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An aged piece of paper, Sarah Dulley’s admission record, with the name written in cursive handwriting at the top of the page. There are three portraits overlayed on the document, with low opacity so that the writing can be seen behind them. The three figures are Marsha P Johnson, Chevalier d’Éon, James Barry, and Sylvia Rivera.

Fragmentary Stories: Sarah Dulley and the Difficulties of Retrieving Queer Lived Experiences

Hanna Polasky
Published 18th February, 2025 12 min read
A black and white illustration of John Coleridge Patteson. He is a sullen faced man wearing a pinstriped suit, sat in a chair with his head resting in his hand which is propped on the arm of the chair.

From the Archive: The Murder of Bishop Patteson

Alice Broome
Published 22nd July, 2024 12 min read
A lithographic print created to promote the film Intezar. In the foreground, occupying the majority of the frame, is a portrait of the character Nimmi, portrayed by Noor Jehan, a renowned Pakistani singer and actress. She is pictured with an orange hijab, with curly dark hair framing her face. There are tears falling from her eyes.

From Hand-Made to Digital: A Study of the Aesthetic Evolution of Lollywood Posters in the CAP Archive

Haya Faruqui - Citizens Archive of Pakistan
Published 2nd May, 2024 19 min read
An illustration set in a bedroom, where a man can be seen asleep in a metal bed frame, with one arm outstretched on a baby's crib next to the bed. A woman in a hat and smart clothing can be seen in the foreground, carrying several papers under her arm, overlooking the man in the bed. The image is captioned her night out at the club.

The Debating Society at American Women’s Club

Katherine Waite
Published 18th April, 2024 16 min read
An illustration titled The cow-pock - or - the wonderful effects of the new inoculation. In the image, a milkmaid has her arm outstretched, preparing for inoculation. Around her, people who have already been inoculated can be seen with small cows protruding from various parts of their bodies.

Vaccines as Corpse Medicine

Hanna Polasky
Published 11th April, 2024 12 min read
A graphic with a purple background - there are bubbles overlapping in various shades of lilac, mauve, and purple. White text overlays the background, reading March is Women's History Month.

Women’s History Month with British Online Archives

British Online Archives
Published 25th March, 2024 17 min read
An old engraving depicting a preaching missionary from the book History of the Church, circa 1880. In the engraving, a preacher stands in the center holding a cross, with people at various levels around him.

From the Archive: Resistance to Christian Missionaries

Alice Broome
Published 21st March, 2024 16 min read
A colourised image of the English poet and author Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe-Hall, who is leaning on her arm which is propped on the arm of the chair she is sitting in. Overlayed is the cover of her novel, The Well of Loneliness, a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature.

From the Archive: Censorship of Lesbian Literature

Alice Broome
Published 14th March, 2024 22 min read
A black and white photograph of stone henge, large rocks stacked upon one another, with a blueprint pencil etching of where another rock should be positioned.

From the Archive: Historical interpretations of Stonehenge in the Media

Izzy Arevalo
Published 21st February, 2024 17 min read
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