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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
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An aged piece of paper, Sarah Dulley’s admission record, with the name written in cursive handwriting at the top of the page. There are three portraits overlayed on the document, with low opacity so that the writing can be seen behind them. The three figures are Marsha P Johnson, Chevalier d’Éon, James Barry, and Sylvia Rivera.

Fragmentary Stories: Sarah Dulley and the Difficulties of Retrieving Queer Lived Experiences

Hanna Polasky
Published 18th February, 2025 12 min read
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Document of the Week: AIDS Poster (1987)

Nishah Malik
Published 17th February, 2025 3 min read
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A black and white photograph of Margaret Thatcher in 1975, a woman wearing a collared blazer, with short hair. She looks off in to the distance.

50 Years Since Margaret Thatcher's Election as Conservative Party Leader

Chloe Haney
Published 11th February, 2025 4 min read
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A cartoon graphic of a mobile phone, surrounded by cartoon people. One person sits on top of the phone, while the other two stand either side of it. There are illustrations of leafy plants in the background.

New Social Platforms for BOA

British Online Archives
Published 10th February, 2025 2 min read
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An illustration by Joseph Syddall. The character of Tess, a young woman wearing a dress and a bonnet, tries to evade the sexual advances of Alec, a man stood at the other side of the field.

Document of the Week: "Tess of the D’Urbervilles" (1891)

Laura Wales
Published 10th February, 2025 3 min read
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A list written in cursive handwriting, of enslaved Africans released from a slave ship by the Royal Navy.

Document of the Week: List of “Liberated Africans” in Sierra Leone, 1808

Mary Wills
Published 3rd February, 2025 3 min read
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A monochrome photograph of a globe in the background and a wooden gavel in the foreground.

Colonial Law in Africa, 1808–1919, Is Now UV-enabled!

British Online Archives
Published 29th January, 2025 2 min read
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ntrance gate to the Auschwitz concentration camp, with the infamous slogan Arbeit macht frei above it.

80 Years Since the Liberation of Auschwitz

Chloe Haney
Published 27th January, 2025 4 min read
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