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Section of a page of typed text titled By the King. A Proclamation.

Document of the Week: Royal Proclamation Forbidding Travel From Ireland (1799)

Dr Tommy Dolan

Published 9th February, 2026 4 min read

A photograph of Florence Nightingale, holding a letter in her lap.

Document of The Week: Nightingale and Sanitation in India

Nishah Malik

Published 2nd February, 2026 3 min read

Printed text reading If the Invader Comes What to Do - and How to Do it.

Document of the Week: “If the Invader Comes” (1940)

Dr Charlie Hall

Published 26th January, 2026 3 min read

A section of the print The Radical Ladder by George Cruikshank, showing Queen Caroline at the top of a stepladder attempting to burn the royal crown.

Document of the Week: “The Radical Ladder” (1820)

Dr Mary Wills

Published 19th January, 2026 4 min read

An illustration of three women huddled together, looking downwards, holding various objects.

Document of the Week: The Birth of the New Year (1846)

Chloe Haney

Published 12th January, 2026 3 min read

An illustration of three cartoon men carrying a large roasted turkey over their heads. A Christmas dinner menu features in the background on the left.

Document of the Week: Christmas Dinner During the Second World War

Nishah Malik

Published 15th December, 2025 2 min read

An illustrated puzzle with the title The Illustrated London News. The puzzle reads A merry Christmas and a happy new year, depicted by illustrations.

Document of the Week: “Christmas Crackers” (1847)

Chloe Haney

Published 8th December, 2025 3 min read

A photograph of a wrapped gift with the test How to Pack your Christmas Gifts around it. A hand is cutting a ribbon around the gift.

Document of the Week: How to Pack Your Christmas Gifts in 1931

Nishah Malik

Published 1st December, 2025 3 min read

An illustration from 1847 of two women and two children in winter clothing.

Document of the Week: Winter Fashions Advertisement, The Illustrated London News (1847)

Dr Catherine Bateson

Published 24th November, 2025 4 min read

A print of politicians dancing around a maypole with the decapitated heads of the Cato Street conspirators atop it. Captioned A May Day Garland for 1820.

Document of the Week: A Coded Speech Relating to the Cato Street Conspiracy, 1820

Dr Mary Wills

Published 17th November, 2025 5 min read

Six portraits of Indian soldiers.

Document of the Week: “Soldier Types in the Indian Contingent”, 1915

Nishah Malik

Published 10th November, 2025 4 min read

Document of the Week: “Northern Ireland Observed” (1980s)

Dr Tommy Dolan

Published 3rd November, 2025 4 min read

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