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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: “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: Psychological Responses to Nuclear Warfare

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

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.

Mother Shipton: Prophet and “Yorkshire Witch”

Dr Debra Parish
Published 11th May, 2026 10 min read
Section of an advertisement from The Illustrated London News, 12 December 1931, featuring a title reading To the Women of Britain, followed by six short paragraphs/sentences, followed by another title reading buy British and a subtitle reading from the Empire at home and overseas.

Document of the Week: “To the Women of Britain [. . .] buy British”, 12 December 1931

Chloe Haney
Published 11th May, 2026 3 min read
Text reading Report of the Select Committee on The Spread of Leprosy.

Document of the Week: Robben Island and the Spread of Leprosy (1883)

Nishah Malik
Published 27th April, 2026 5 min read
Two pages from the 1929 Annual Report on the Southern Provinces in Nigeria. Text on the pages is split into numbered paragraphs.

Document of the Week: The Women’s War in colonial Nigeria, 1929

Dr Mary Wills
Published 20th April, 2026 3 min read
An illustration of a group of schoolchildren from a range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, smiling upwards towards the viewer.

Document of the Week: Race Relations Act (1968)

Nishah Malik
Published 13th April, 2026 4 min read
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
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