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Printed text reading Corn Law Rhymes; Printed by order of the Sheffield Mechanics' Anti-Bread-Tax.

Document of the Week: Corn Law Rhymes (1831)

Dr Catherine Bateson
Published 30th March, 2026 3 min read

Going to UKSG 2026? BOA Will See You There!

British Online Archives
Published 24th March, 2026 2 min read
Typed text reading Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution. By Thomas Paine.

The Loyalist Response to the Democratic and Working-Class Movements in Britain, 1789–1833

Katrina Navickas
Published 24th March, 2026 20 min read
Various illustrations of office equipment, such as a lamp, a hat stand. a clock, etc.

Document of the Week: “Everything for the Well Dressed Man” (July 1975)

Dr Tommy Dolan
Published 23rd March, 2026 6 min read
Typed text on a page, consisting of two lines, followed by five short paragraphs, and ending with one line.

Incarceration in Britain and its Empire

Panikos Panayi
Published 17th March, 2026 12 min read
An illustration of a Wheel of Fortune on a tarot card. It is a circle containing symbols around the edge and a cross in the centre. A demon-like figure is beneath the wheel, holding it on its back, and a yellow snake is to the left of the wheel.

Document of the Week: “The Key to the Tarot” by Arthur Edward Waite (1910)

Dr Mary Wills
Published 16th March, 2026 5 min read
Six illustrations depicting the telephone, showing it in use and demonstrating how it works internally.

Document of the Week: “The Telephone” (1877)

Chloe Haney
Published 9th March, 2026 2 min read
Text reading The History of Witches, Ghosts, and Highland Seers Containing Many wonderful well-attested Relations. Handwritten text features between the lines History and of.

Document of the Week: The History of Witches, Ghosts, and Highland Seers (c. 1800)

Chloe Haney
Published 2nd March, 2026 3 min read
Two photographs of Indian women wearing saris with the title Feminine Makeup in India.

Document of the Week: Makeup Traditions in India

Nishah Malik
Published 23rd February, 2026 5 min read
Text reading Shall I go to war with my American brethren? A discourse addressed to all concerned in determining that important question.

Document of the Week: “Shall I Go To War With My American Brethren?” (1776)

Dr Catherine Bateson
Published 16th February, 2026 4 min read
Section of a page of typed text titled By the King. A Proclamation.

Document of the Week: Royal Proclamation Forbidding Travel From Ireland (1799)

Dr Tommy Dolan
Published 9th February, 2026 4 min read
A photograph of Florence Nightingale, holding a letter in her lap.

Document of The Week: Nightingale and Sanitation in India

Nishah Malik
Published 2nd February, 2026 3 min read
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