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Section of the front cover of the Central Office of Information Reference Pamphlet 67, titled Women in Britain.
Document of the Week

Document of the Week: “Women in Britain”, 1975

Nishah Malik
Published 7th September, 2026 5 min read
A map of Germany produced in 1943 titled Population Densities of Greater Germany.
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Document of the Week: Map of Population Densities in “Greater Germany” (1943)

Chloe Haney
Published 24th August, 2026 2 min read
A coloured engraving of the Peterloo massacre, with handwritten text beneath.
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Document of the Week: “A Meeting of the Radical Reformers” (1819)

Dr Mary Wills
Published 17th August, 2026 4 min read
Section of the front page of a report titled The Defence Implications of Fall-Out from a Hydrogen Bomb.
Contextual Essays

“A Threat of the Utmost Gravity to our Survival as a Nation”—Planning for Thermonuclear War in Britain, 1954–1955

Dr Charlie Hall
Published 12th August, 2026 11 min read
Section of a newspaper article titled Future of Pakistan, by Neville Maxwell, with photographs of President Mujib and President Bhutto below the title.
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Document of the Week: “Future of Pakistan” (1972)

Nishah Malik
Published 10th August, 2026 5 min read
A confidential telegram from Lord Rosmead to Joseph Chamberlain.
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Document of the Week: Arrest of Robert Baden-Powell (1896)

Dr Charlie Hall
Published 3rd August, 2026 2 min read
A page of typed text titled Tuesday, July 18, 1775.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Document of the Week: “Uniting Europe” (July 1975)

Dr Tommy Dolan
Published 22nd June, 2026 4 min read
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