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An illustration of a warden, who wears a uniform and hat, and points to the right, overlayed over an illustration of a street that is being bombed.

Britain Under Threat: Civil Defence in the Era of Total War, 1914–1989

British Online Archives
Published 11th March, 2025 2 min read
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A black and white photograph of Agatha Christie, a woman with short curly hair, on the telephone. There is a second photograph of her sat at a writing desk, with her body twisted so that she faces the camera, overlayed in a circular frame.

Document of the Week: Agatha Christie’s “The Affair at the Victory Ball” (1923)

Laura Wales
Published 10th March, 2025 3 min read
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A small lecture hall with a projection of a presentation on the screen. In front of the screen, Charlie Hall stands at a wooden lectern as he presents to the room. Mary Wills sit in a chair beside him, beneath the presentation screen, and beside her sits Beth Potter.

BOA attend the History and Archives in Practice conference 2025

British Online Archives
Published 10th March, 2025 2 min read
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A tower of American style pancakes, with raspberries, blueberries, and maple syrup drizzled over them.

Shrove Tuesday

British Online Archives
Published 4th March, 2025 1 min read
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An aged piece of paper with several illustrations drawn on it in thick pen. It is a letter from a Spanish convent in Lisbon to one in Britain. It uses simple hand-drawn images to convey words, or part of words, in Spanish, often merely because they sound alike. For example, a picture of a wound (herida in Spanish), positioned between K and S, becomes queridas, or dear. Some of the illustrations include a pair of wings, a mother holding two children, a snake, two oars, an envelope, and music notes.

Document of the Week: Secret Codes in the Second World War

Dr Charlie Hall
Published 3rd March, 2025 2 min read
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A bright yellow daffodil in the foreground of a green forest.

Saint David's Day (Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant)

British Online Archives
Published 1st March, 2025 1 min read
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A green mottled background with a gold crescent moon overlayed. Within the moon, the word Ramadan is written in gold.

Ramadan

British Online Archives
Published 28th February, 2025 1 min read
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Poster for Maha Shivaratri. This features a cartoon of a woman on a purple background, with text reading Happy Maha Shivratri.

Maha Shivratri

British Online Archives
Published 26th February, 2025 1 min read
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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
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