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To women stand on a grand staircase in elegant dresses. One woman is of a very slim build, and the other has a fuller figure. The slim woman smiles into the distance while the other woman looks sad, and fans herself.

Document of the Week: Antipon Tonic—Weight Loss Advert in The Tatler (1909)

Nishah Malik

Published 26th May, 2025 4 min read

A typed document with text in two columns. At the head of the page there is a title that reads A Novel in a Nutshell.

Document of the Week: “Kismet”, the First Published Work of Walter de la Mare (1895)

Laura Wales

Published 19th May, 2025 3 min read

A greyscale illustration by Louis Wain. Several young kittens can be seen performing a range of actions associated with the infancy of both humans and cats, including sleeping, crawling, and crying. Some of the kittens perform more feline actions, such as attacking their caregivers, clawing at furniture, and diving headfirst into a bucket of milk, while the adult cats appear firmly anthropomorphised, standing on their hind legs and holding the kittens in their arms.

Document of the Week: “The Seven Ages—I” by Louis Wain, 1900

Chloe Haney

Published 12th May, 2025 3 min read

A page from the Customs Imports and Exports accounts, covering the period December 1719 to December 1720.

Document of the Week: Tobacco and the American Colonies, 1719–1720

Dr Catherine Bateson

Published 5th May, 2025 3 min read

A black and white scan of a handwritten journal entry, dated Friday, Jan. 20th 1899.

Document of the Week: Cultural Interactions in the Journal of Missionary Edward Bernau, 1899

Mary Wills

Published 28th April, 2025 3 min read

A document titled Women-Ridden England in large black serif text. There is a line drawn illustration of a group of women dressed in the same hat and outfit.

Document of the Week: “Woman-Ridden England”, 1928

Chloe Haney

Published 21st April, 2025 3 min read

A piece of aged paper with the title Sanitary Rhymes. There is a subheading printed more centrally, Personal Precautions Against Cholera, And All Kinds of Fever.

Document of the Week: Sanitary Rhymes by Alfred Power (1871)

Dr Tommy Dolan

Published 14th April, 2025 3 min read

An extract from a TV guide, outlining Nai Zindagi - Naya Jeevan airing at 9am.

Document of the Week: BBC Programmes for Asian Immigrants in Britain (1970s)

Nishah Malik

Published 7th April, 2025 3 min read

Neat cursive handwriting written in thick black ink, making up the body of a letter.

Document of the Week: Mico Charity Schools in Trinidad, 1839

Mary Wills

Published 31st March, 2025 3 min read

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