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To women stand on a grand staircase in elegant dresses. One woman is of a very slim build, and the other has a fuller figure. The slim woman smiles into the distance while the other woman looks sad, and fans herself.

Document of the Week: Antipon Tonic—Weight Loss Advert in The Tatler (1909)

Nishah Malik

Published 26th May, 2025 4 min read

A black and white photograph of people celebrating the end of the Second World War. The man central to the frame holds up a newspaper that reads IT'S V-E DAY. Everyone is smiling.

80 Years: Victory in Europe Day (VE Day)

Nishah Malik

Published 8th May, 2025 3 min read

An extract from a TV guide, outlining Nai Zindagi - Naya Jeevan airing at 9am.

Document of the Week: BBC Programmes for Asian Immigrants in Britain (1970s)

Nishah Malik

Published 7th April, 2025 3 min read

A notice on sleeping sickness from the Nyasaland Government Gazette, 1911.

Document of the Week: Sleeping Sickness in North-Eastern Rhodesia, 1911

Nishah Malik

Published 24th March, 2025 3 min read

The front cover of a pamphlet titled: A Damnable Treason By a Contagious Plaster of a Plague-Sore. It states Treason in large letters, followed by Plague Sore. There is an illustration of a man with hair down to his ears and a moustache, framed by a border, below the text.

Document of the Week: "A Damnable Treason By a Contagious Plaster of a Plague-Sore" (1641)

Nishah Malik

Published 24th February, 2025 3 min read

A grainy black and white photograph of Malcolm X, who wears glasses and stands with several microphones in front of him. He points towards those he is addressing with one hand.

60 Years Since the Assassination of Malcolm X

Nishah Malik

Published 21st February, 2025 2 min read

Document of the Week: AIDS Poster (1987)

Nishah Malik

Published 17th February, 2025 3 min read

A black and white document with the title Britain's Beneficent Sway In India in a capitalised font. There is an illustration of two elephants at either side, with an ornamental border connecting the two to frame the text.

Document of the Week: "Britain’s Beneficent Sway in India"

Nishah Malik

Published 20th January, 2025 3 min read

A Tampax advertisement that reads Women of the services are winning the war of freedom. An illustration of three women in khaki uniform, wearing British army tin helmets crowd around a machine gun.

Document of the Week: Tampax Advertisement (1942)

Nishah Malik

Published 6th January, 2025 3 min read

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