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Interdisciplinary Nature of BOA’s Collections

Nishah Malik
Published 11th May, 2026 10 min read
An illustration of Mother Shipton sat at a desk with a book.

Mother Shipton: Prophet and “Yorkshire Witch”

Dr Debra Parish
Published 11th May, 2026 10 min read
Section of an advertisement from The Illustrated London News, 12 December 1931, featuring a title reading To the Women of Britain, followed by six short paragraphs/sentences, followed by another title reading buy British and a subtitle reading from the Empire at home and overseas.

Document of the Week: “To the Women of Britain [. . .] buy British”, 12 December 1931

Chloe Haney
Published 11th May, 2026 3 min read
Text reading Report of the Select Committee on The Spread of Leprosy.

Document of the Week: Robben Island and the Spread of Leprosy (1883)

Nishah Malik
Published 27th April, 2026 5 min read
Two pages from the 1929 Annual Report on the Southern Provinces in Nigeria. Text on the pages is split into numbered paragraphs.

Document of the Week: The Women’s War in colonial Nigeria, 1929

Dr Mary Wills
Published 20th April, 2026 3 min read
An illustration of a group of schoolchildren from a range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, smiling upwards towards the viewer.

Document of the Week: Race Relations Act (1968)

Nishah Malik
Published 13th April, 2026 4 min read
Printed text reading Corn Law Rhymes; Printed by order of the Sheffield Mechanics' Anti-Bread-Tax.

Document of the Week: Corn Law Rhymes (1831)

Dr Catherine Bateson
Published 30th March, 2026 3 min read

Going to UKSG 2026? BOA Will See You There!

British Online Archives
Published 24th March, 2026 2 min read
Typed text reading Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution. By Thomas Paine.

The Loyalist Response to the Democratic and Working-Class Movements in Britain, 1789–1833

Katrina Navickas
Published 24th March, 2026 20 min read
Various illustrations of office equipment, such as a lamp, a hat stand. a clock, etc.

Document of the Week: “Everything for the Well Dressed Man” (July 1975)

Dr Tommy Dolan
Published 23rd March, 2026 6 min read
Typed text on a page, consisting of two lines, followed by five short paragraphs, and ending with one line.

Incarceration in Britain and its Empire

Panikos Panayi
Published 17th March, 2026 12 min read
An illustration of a Wheel of Fortune on a tarot card. It is a circle containing symbols around the edge and a cross in the centre. A demon-like figure is beneath the wheel, holding it on its back, and a yellow snake is to the left of the wheel.

Document of the Week: “The Key to the Tarot” by Arthur Edward Waite (1910)

Dr Mary Wills
Published 16th March, 2026 5 min read
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