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A colourful stained glass window depicting a gothic-style church with glowing orange windows and a tall spire. Surrounding the church are abstract patterns in vivid blues, purples, and reds, along with angelic or celestial imagery, including a figure with a starry headdress and wings. Decorative motifs of holly leaves and geometric shapes frame the scene, blending religious and symbolic elements.

A colourful stained glass window depicting a gothic-style church with glowing orange windows and a tall spire. Surrounding the church are abstract patterns in vivid blues, purples, and reds, along with angelic or celestial imagery, including a figure with a starry headdress and wings. Decorative motifs of holly leaves and geometric shapes frame the scene, blending religious and symbolic elements.

Memory Encapsulated in a Building: Lansdowne Church, Alf Webster, and Memorialisation

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Sep 18 min read

Black and white photo of a Wehrmacht soldier kissing a French prostitute. The man kisses the woman's cheek. She's wearing a blouse with a bow.

Black and white photo of a Wehrmacht soldier kissing a French prostitute. The man kisses the woman's cheek. She's wearing a blouse with a bow.

Pillow Talk - French Prostitution Across Centuries and Continents

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Sep 111 min read

In the focus of the Picture is a statue of Henry III showing his head while crowned. The statue is lay on his back as if laying in rest.

In the focus of the Picture is a statue of Henry III showing his head while crowned. The statue is lay on his back as if laying in rest.

Henry III - Useless or Unfortunate?

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Sep 18 min read

Heritage and Museum Picks

Heritage and Museum Picks

Heritage and Museum Picks

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Sep 110 min read

Black and white portrait of Professor Emyr Estyn Evans, standing outdoors in a suit and tie with a pipe in his right hand.

Black and white portrait of Professor Emyr Estyn Evans, standing outdoors in a suit and tie with a pipe in his right hand.

Emyr Estyn Evans and the Making of Regional Heritage in Northern Ireland

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Sep 19 min read

Review: Margaret Renn’s Paul Foot: A Life in Politics

Review: Margaret Renn’s Paul Foot: A Life in Politics

Review: Margaret Renn’s Paul Foot: A Life in Politics

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Sep 14 min read

LHPC 2025 Recap: Thirty Years of LHPC

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Sep 15 min read

A black and white photograph of Molly Harrison, a woman in her early 40s with pale skin and dark hair wearing a black jacket, white ruffled blouse and grey skirt. She sits looking to the left of the photograph. Some papers and a pair of round glasses are in the foreground of the image in the bottom left corner.

A black and white photograph of Molly Harrison, a woman in her early 40s with pale skin and dark hair wearing a black jacket, white ruffled blouse and grey skirt. She sits looking to the left of the photograph. Some papers and a pair of round glasses are in the foreground of the image in the bottom left corner.

Museum Education in Times of Crisis - Children and Museums in the Second World War

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Sep 17 min read

Voices from the Margins? The Politics of Petitioning in the Plantagenet World

Voices from the Margins? The Politics of Petitioning in the Plantagenet World

Voices from the Margins? The Politics of Petitioning in the Plantagenet World

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Jun 16 min read

Letter From The Editors

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Jun 13 min read

Landscape and Women: Can politics hold a legitimate voice in nature writing?

Landscape and Women: Can politics hold a legitimate voice in nature writing?

Landscape and Women: Can politics hold a legitimate voice in nature writing?

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Jun 18 min read

Photo shows the British Library’s Medieval Women: In Their Own Words exhibit, with blue-coloured display panels in the style of the interior of a medieval abbey surrounding a central exhibit of clothes and personal items.

Photo shows the British Library’s Medieval Women: In Their Own Words exhibit, with blue-coloured display panels in the style of the interior of a medieval abbey surrounding a central exhibit of clothes and personal items.

'Medieval Women: In Their Own Words'… Sort Of

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May 195 min read

The painting The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicholaes Tulp by Rembrandt shows a group of formally dressed men, some wearing dark hats, gathered around a pale, lifeless male corpse lying on a wooden table. Dr Tulp, positioned to the right, gestures with surgical tools as he explains the exposed anatomy of the corpse’s left arm, while the figures around him display varied expressions of curiosity in a dimly lit room with a dramatic sense of light and shadow.

The painting The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicholaes Tulp by Rembrandt shows a group of formally dressed men, some wearing dark hats, gathered around a pale, lifeless male corpse lying on a wooden table. Dr Tulp, positioned to the right, gestures with surgical tools as he explains the exposed anatomy of the corpse’s left arm, while the figures around him display varied expressions of curiosity in a dimly lit room with a dramatic sense of light and shadow.

Rembrandt and the Art of Dissection

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Mar 17 min read

A painting of men working on a fire

A painting of men working on a fire

Materials of Progress: Steel and European Narratives of Civilisation

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Mar 17 min read

What Are A Few More Words? Historical parallels where you least expect them

What Are A Few More Words? Historical parallels where you least expect them

What Are A Few More Words? Historical parallels where you least expect them

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Mar 18 min read

Black Abolitionists and Ladies’ Antislavery Societies in Edinburgh

Black Abolitionists and Ladies’ Antislavery Societies in Edinburgh

Black Abolitionists and Ladies’ Antislavery Societies in Edinburgh

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Mar 17 min read

The Enigmatic Life and Art of Pieter Anthonisz van Groenewegen

The Enigmatic Life and Art of Pieter Anthonisz van Groenewegen

The Enigmatic Life and Art of Pieter Anthonisz van Groenewegen

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Mar 17 min read

Photo shows the pink flowers amongst the sunken rose gardens within the Irish National War Memorial Gardens and the two stone-built book rooms.

Photo shows the pink flowers amongst the sunken rose gardens within the Irish National War Memorial Gardens and the two stone-built book rooms.

Lest We Remember? The Irish National War Memorial Gardens

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Mar 18 min read

Review: Darren Freebury-Jones’s Shakespeare’s Borrowed Feathers

Review: Darren Freebury-Jones’s Shakespeare’s Borrowed Feathers

Review: Darren Freebury-Jones’s Shakespeare’s Borrowed Feathers

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Dec 1, 20247 min read

The Unorthodox Knighting of Amaury de Montfort, 1213

The Unorthodox Knighting of Amaury de Montfort, 1213

The Unorthodox Knighting of Amaury de Montfort, 1213

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Dec 1, 20248 min read

The Jewish Man and the Aryan Woman in Nazi Propaganda

The Jewish Man and the Aryan Woman in Nazi Propaganda

The Jewish Man and the Aryan Woman in Nazi Propaganda

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Dec 1, 20247 min read

The Ranters and the Apocalypse

The Ranters and the Apocalypse

The Ranters and the Apocalypse

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Sep 1, 20248 min read

What did the Medieval Warhorse Look Like?

What did the Medieval Warhorse Look Like?

What did the Medieval Warhorse Look Like?

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Sep 1, 20247 min read

In Conversation about Conservation

In Conversation about Conservation

In Conversation about Conservation

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Sep 1, 202410 min read

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