The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) is seeking a new section editor with expertise in post-1800 Irish history https://buff.ly/4dzSNzv Closing date: 13 December 2024

Call for Section Editor: Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH)

History Day is back and celebrating its 10th year! Join us on 5 Nov 11:00 - 16:00 at Senate House to explore the library, museum, archive and special collections from around the UK. Sign up for #HistDay24buff.ly/3zyvHLE

And we're back. There have been a number of fixes applied, especially to search. Please give it a spin and report any problems to us via the form on this page: www.british-history.ac.uk/contact-us

Very much enjoyed this piece in the Guardian about our colleagues @warburginstitute.bsky.socialwww.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Occult? Try upstairs! Inside the world’s weirdest library, now open to the public

It has folders marked ‘Grasping the victim’s head’ and now – after a £15m revamp and some help from Albert Einstein and the patron saint of the internet – the extraordinary Warburg Institute is lettin...

Obituaries for the great James Earl Jones seem to be overlooking his two finest roles: Thulsa Doom in Conan the Barbarian and Serak the Preparer in the very first Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode

I just learnt that the Victorian name for then-fashionable bushy sideburns was “Piccadilly Weepers”

Another excellent, eclectic delivery from @brighterdayvinyl.bsky.social. The Priest LP has a bonus 7” and a wonderful merchandising sheet, the Palace one has a lovely poster.

Some exciting news: We have made The Onion's historical front page archive, dating back to 1900, available and free for all. Explore history with us, starting with this day in 1932: theonion.com/front-page-a...

Compilations that shaped your musical taste, go!

This is probably extremely old news, but since when did they yassify Cluedo?