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A photograph which shows recruits from Trinidad and Barbados being enrolled in the British West Indies Regiment (BWIR). During the First World War, thousands of men from the West Indies volunteered to support the British imperial war effort. The recruits are being sworn in before the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Charles Wakefield.

Document of the Week: Recruits of the British West Indies Regiment, 1916

Mary Wills

Published 14th July, 2025 3 min read

An illustration that features a bubble writing title that reads At the Festival of Empire. Surrounding the writing, there are illustrations of people attending the exhibition.

Document of the Week: The Festival of Empire

Beth Potter

Published 7th July, 2025 4 min read

An illustration of two women in long skirts, carrying turf that is tied to their backs.

Document of the Week: "Irish Turf Carriers"

Dr Tommy Dolan

Published 30th June, 2025 3 min read

A report written in support of the decision taken by the Home Secretary, John Anderson, to detain Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists (BUF), in May 1940, under the terms of Defence Regulation 18B.

Document of the Week: Detention Report for Sir Oswald Mosley

Dr Charlie Hall

Published 23rd June, 2025 2 min read

A report from 1882, addresses illicit diamond dealing, as the British sought to secure and regulate the diamond industry.

Document of the Week: Diamond Trade in Griqualand West, 1882

Nishah Malik

Published 16th June, 2025 3 min read

A letter on aged paper, written in March 1845, from the Bishop of New Zealand to the Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG).

Document of the Week: Hōne Heke and Māori Resistance to British Colonial Rule

Mary Wills

Published 9th June, 2025 3 min read

Document of the Week: "Some Things You Should Know If War Should Come"

Dr Charlie Hall

Published 2nd June, 2025 3 min read

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 typed document with text in two columns. At the head of the page there is a title that reads A Novel in a Nutshell.

Document of the Week: “Kismet”, the First Published Work of Walter de la Mare (1895)

Laura Wales

Published 19th May, 2025 3 min read

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