New collection—Witchcraft and Magic in England, c. 1400–1920.
It explores the place of witchcraft in English history, as well as the influence of alchemy, astrology, herbalism, and related esoteric practices!
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Our latest “Document of the Week”, chosen by our Editorial Assistant, Chloe Haney, is a book from our new primary source collection, Witchcraft and Magic in England, c. 1400–1920, titled “The History of Witches, Ghosts, and Highland Seers”.
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We strive to make our primary source collections as easy to explore as possible. This is why our skilled editorial team ensure that our collections are tagged comprehensively!
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23.02.2026 11:00 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Our latest “Document of the Week” was chosen by our Editor, Nishah Malik. It is an article titled “Feminine Make Up in India” from The Sphere. Published on 3 December 1938, this piece discusses how women of the subcontinent practiced the “art of personal adornment”.
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New collection coming soon—West Africa Magazine, 1917–2003.
The back catalogue of this publication offers remarkable insights into a period of significant transformation across Africa and the wider world.
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Our latest "Document of the Week" was chosen by our Academic Liaison Manager, Dr Catherine Bateson. It explores how the title page of one British pamphlet about growing tensions amongst colonial Americans foreshadowed the coming American Revolution in 1776.
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New collection coming very soon—Witchcraft and Magic in England, c. 1400–1920.
Comprising over 55,000 document images, it charts the evolution of witchcraft and magic in England over five centuries.
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Tommy shows how this source can illuminate a key theme in British and Irish history.
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Our latest "Document of the Week" was chosen by our Senior Editor, Dr Tommy Dolan. It is a royal proclamation, issued by King George III in March 1799, forbidding travel from Ireland to Britain.
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We’ve grouped our fascinating range of unique primary source collections under key historical themes! “War, Security, and Intelligence” contains 31 collections, totalling over 1,246,700 document images!
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Our latest "Document of the Week" was chosen by our Editor, Nishah Malik. This extract from Florence Nightingale’s correspondence shows how cleanliness, morality, and empire shaped responses to cholera.
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Our new brochure provides detailed overviews of our fascinating India collections, alongside key insights and imagery!
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We’ve grouped our extensive range of unique primary source collections under key historical themes! “Politics and Social Movements” contains 44 collections, totalling over 763,000 images!
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Our latest “Document of the Week” was chosen by our Senior Curator, Dr Charlie Hall. It shows how the British government sought to prepare the public on the eve of a feared German invasion of Britain during the Second World War.
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Our latest “Document of the Week”, chosen by our Senior Curator, Dr Mary Wills, examines the role of caricature in the scandal of the “Queen Caroline Affair” of 1820.
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In the spirit of the New Year, our latest “Document of the Week”, chosen by our Editorial Assistant, Chloe Haney, is an illustration titled “The Birth of the New Year”, published in The Illustrated London News in 1846.
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We’ve added new material to our popular primary source collection released earlier this year—Britain Under Threat: Civil Defence in the Era of Total War, 1914–1989. The new documents date from the Cold War.
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Our latest “Document of the Week”, chosen by our Editor, Nishah Malik, is a Christmas cooking guide from December 1939. It provides a snapshot of Christmas on the Home Front during the Second World War.
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Our latest “Document of the Week”, chosen by our Editorial Assistant, Chloe Haney, is a page of festive puzzles, riddles, and jokes published in The Illustrated London News in December 1847. Why not have a go at solving some of these puzzles yourself!
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We’ve grouped our primary source collections under historical themes! “Slavery and Abolition” contains 19 collections, totalling over 695,000 images. They document Britain’s involvement in transatlantic slavery and opposition to it.
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New collection out now—The Laws of War: Justice, Rights, and Ethics in Military Contexts.
Containing over 100,000 images from The National Archives (UK), it illuminates attitudes to warfare over the last 300 years and how efforts to regulate it have fared.
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Today we are taking a look at an illustrated guide from Britannia and Eve published in 1931 and titled “How to Pack your Christmas Gifts”.
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Our latest “Document of the Week” was chosen by our Editor, Nishah Malik. As we have reached December and the countdown to Christmas has begun, this week’s document brings a festive touch to our “Document of the Week” series.
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The back catalogues of The Illustrated London News and its nine so-called “sister” titles are available on BOA’s digital archive! Our new brochure showcases these fascinating collections! We hope that you enjoy perusing it as much as we enjoyed compiling it!
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Our latest "Document of the Week", chosen by our Academic Liaison Manager, Dr Catherine Bateson, looks at how The Illustrated London News advertised winter fashion catalogues for readers in the 1840s.
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Our latest “Document of the Week”, chosen by our Senior Curator, Dr Mary Wills, looks at records revealing conspiracy, plots, and intrigue in BOA’s new collection, Radicalism and Popular Protest in Georgian Britain, c. 1714–1832.
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We’ve published a fantastic new primary source collection—"Radicalism and Popular Protest in Georgian Britain, c. 1714–1832”.
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Hey look! Some of our Folklore Society Library & Archive material is included in this digital collection
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With Remembrance Day approaching, it is important that we remember the contributions and sacrifices of all who fought, regardless of background or rank.
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