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A page of typed text, cut off halfway, titled A Survey of The German Generals and General Staff.

Document of the Week: A Survey of the German Generals and General Staff

Dr Charlie Hall
Published 25th August, 2025 2 min read
An illustration showing people in a small boat on the water. In the background, another small boat full of people and several large structures with broken railing on top of them can be seen.

Document of the Week: Tay Bridge Disaster

Dr Tommy Dolan
Published 18th August, 2025 3 min read
A greyscale photograph of people overlayed with the title India and Independence. A caption below reads By Theophilus.

Document of the Week: India and Independence Discussions, 1929

Nishah Malik
Published 11th August, 2025 3 min read
An extract from Captain Charlie May’s diary from June 1916.

Document of the Week: Captain Charlie May’s Diaries

Laura Wales
Published 4th August, 2025 3 min read
A photograph of an immigrant family sat around a table enjoying a cup of tea together.

Document of the Week: “The Impact of the Immigrants” (1968)

Nishah Malik
Published 28th July, 2025 4 min read
A photograph which shows recruits from Trinidad and Barbados being enrolled in the British West Indies Regiment (BWIR). During the First World War, thousands of men from the West Indies volunteered to support the British imperial war effort. The recruits are being sworn in before the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Charles Wakefield.

Document of the Week: Recruits of the British West Indies Regiment, 1916

Mary Wills
Published 14th July, 2025 3 min read
An illustration that features a bubble writing title that reads At the Festival of Empire. Surrounding the writing, there are illustrations of people attending the exhibition.

Document of the Week: The Festival of Empire

Beth Potter
Published 7th July, 2025 4 min read
An illustration of two women in long skirts, carrying turf that is tied to their backs.

Document of the Week: "Irish Turf Carriers"

Dr Tommy Dolan
Published 30th June, 2025 3 min read
A report written in support of the decision taken by the Home Secretary, John Anderson, to detain Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists (BUF), in May 1940, under the terms of Defence Regulation 18B.

Document of the Week: Detention Report for Sir Oswald Mosley

Dr Charlie Hall
Published 23rd June, 2025 2 min read
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