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Key Events in The Illustrated London News: Part Two

Nishah Malik

Published 29th July, 2025 1 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

An illustration of several smartly dressed women climbing the spiral staircase of the Eiffel Tower.

Key Events in The Illustrated London News: Part One

Nishah Malik

Published 22nd July, 2025 1 min read

A report from 1882, addresses illicit diamond dealing, as the British sought to secure and regulate the diamond industry.

Document of the Week: Diamond Trade in Griqualand West, 1882

Nishah Malik

Published 16th June, 2025 3 min read

To women stand on a grand staircase in elegant dresses. One woman is of a very slim build, and the other has a fuller figure. The slim woman smiles into the distance while the other woman looks sad, and fans herself.

Document of the Week: Antipon Tonic—Weight Loss Advert in The Tatler (1909)

Nishah Malik

Published 26th May, 2025 4 min read

A black and white photograph of people celebrating the end of the Second World War. The man central to the frame holds up a newspaper that reads IT'S V-E DAY. Everyone is smiling.

80 Years: Victory in Europe Day (VE Day)

Nishah Malik

Published 8th May, 2025 3 min read

An extract from a TV guide, outlining Nai Zindagi - Naya Jeevan airing at 9am.

Document of the Week: BBC Programmes for Asian Immigrants in Britain (1970s)

Nishah Malik

Published 7th April, 2025 3 min read

A notice on sleeping sickness from the Nyasaland Government Gazette, 1911.

Document of the Week: Sleeping Sickness in North-Eastern Rhodesia, 1911

Nishah Malik

Published 24th March, 2025 3 min read

The front cover of a pamphlet titled: A Damnable Treason By a Contagious Plaster of a Plague-Sore. It states Treason in large letters, followed by Plague Sore. There is an illustration of a man with hair down to his ears and a moustache, framed by a border, below the text.

Document of the Week: "A Damnable Treason By a Contagious Plaster of a Plague-Sore" (1641)

Nishah Malik

Published 24th February, 2025 3 min read

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