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A page of typed text titled Tuesday, July 18, 1775.
Document of the Week

Document of the Week: Proceedings of the Continental Congress, 18 July 1775

Dr Catherine Bateson
Published 27th July, 2026 3 min read
An illustration of a man holding open a fridge to a blindfolded woman with two children titled The surprise of her life - and the best!
Document of the Week

Document of the Week: "The surprise of her life – and the best!" (1955)

Nishah Malik
Published 20th July, 2026 4 min read
Two page spread from Chyromantia at Natura Planetarum, featuring an annotated illustration of a palm on the right page.
Document of the Week

Document of the Week: Treatise on Palmistry, Dating from the Fifteenth Century

Dr Mary Wills
Published 13th July, 2026 4 min read
A photograph of Annie Jiagge.
Document of the Week

Document of the Week: “The Woman Magistrate” (1954)

Chloe Haney
Published 6th July, 2026 3 min read
Text reading Thomas Paine to the People of England, on the Invasion of England
Document of the Week

Document of the Week: “Thomas Paine to the People of England” (1804)

Dr Catherine Bateson
Published 29th June, 2026 4 min read
Section of a page with The Illustrated London News letterhead at the top, featuring a photograph of three men at a conference table, with the title Uniting Europe.
Document of the Week

Document of the Week: “Uniting Europe” (July 1975)

Dr Tommy Dolan
Published 22nd June, 2026 4 min read
Section of a page from West Africa magazine, 1994, showing three columns of text with an illustration of a man's face in the top left.
Document of the Week

Document of the Week: “I ain’t black ’nough?” (1994)

Nishah Malik
Published 15th June, 2026 4 min read
Section of an article titled African Cultures and Globalisation.
Document of the Week

Document of the Week: “African Cultures and Globalisation”, 2001

Nishah Malik
Published 8th June, 2026 3 min read
Section of an article titled Behind the ban on advertising - the face of injustice, with a photograph of the author, David Ainley, in the center bottom.
Document of the Week

Document of the Week: “Behind the Ban on Advertising”, 2 July 1968

Chloe Haney
Published 1st June, 2026 4 min read
Section of a typed report.
Document of the Week

Document of the Week: Psychological Responses to Nuclear Warfare

Dr Charlie Hall
Published 18th May, 2026 2 min read
Articles

Interdisciplinary Nature of BOA’s Collections

Nishah Malik
Published 11th May, 2026 10 min read
An illustration of Mother Shipton sat at a desk with a book.
Contextual Essays

Mother Shipton: Prophet and “Yorkshire Witch”

Dr Debra Parish
Published 11th May, 2026 10 min read
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