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A composite image of several pages from editions of the West Africa magazine. A title reading West Africa A Weekly Newspaper appears in the top left.

West Africa Magazine, 1917–2003

Featuring over 170,000 images, this comprehensive run of West Africa, spanning the years 1917 to 2003, offers remarkable insights into a period of huge transformation across Africa and the wider world....

Date:1917-2003
Contributor:Graphic Communications Group Ltd.
Identifier:9781851174065
An illustration of a witches' sabbath. In the center of the image a demon sits on a chair. Several human figures surround the devil, dancing. On the left, a group sit at a table, eating a dismembered baby. On the right, a figure holds a baby over a cauldron.

Witchcraft and Magic in England, c. 1400–1920

The practice of witchcraft is centuries old, yet we continue to live in a world fascinated by the potential of magic. Witches have existed in many eras and in many...

Date:1400-1920
Contributor:The National Archives (UK); British Library; University College London; The Folklore Society
Identifier:9781851173976
A map of Greater Germany, 1943, overlayed with text reading Confidential Treatment, by the German Government of American and British Prisoners of War, Europe, 1939-1945.

Germany, 1920–1969: British Foreign Office Confidential Print

Comprising over 55,000 images sourced from The National Archives (UK), this collection surveys Foreign Office material relating to Germany and its nearest neighbours. The collection contains a wide variety of documents,...

Date:1920-1969
Contributor:The National Archives (UK)
Identifier:9781851174058

The Slave Trade, c. 1830–1893: British Foreign Office Confidential Print

Britain’s role in the history of slavery is long and complex. After decades of abolitionist campaigning, the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in 1807 ended Britain’s involvement...

Date:1830-1893
Contributor:The National Archives (UK)
Identifier:9781851174072

South-East Asia, c. 1844–1975: British Foreign Office Confidential Print

The history of South-East Asia over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is fascinating, complex, and deeply entwined with Britain’s own experiences in that period. According to the Foreign Office’s own...

Date:1844-1975
Contributor:The National Archives (UK)
Identifier:9781851174089

Spain and Portugal, 1837–1974: British Foreign Office Confidential Print

Britain’s relationships with Spain and Portugal have been among its closest, and most complicated, ties to the European continent for hundreds of years. This collection comprises 90 items, including diplomatic...

Date:1837-1974
Contributor:The National Archives (UK)
Identifier:9781851174119

British Foreign Office Confidential Print and International Organisations, 1923–1969

After the First World War, the victorious Allies sought to create an international system which would resolve disputes between states through diplomacy and thus avert another major conflict. This took...

Date:1923-1969
Contributor:The National Archives (UK)
Identifier:9781851174096

Italy 1832–1969: British Foreign Office Confidential Print

Few European countries have experienced as much upheaval and transformation in the last two centuries as Italy. Throughout this period, Britain’s fate has often been entangled with Italy’s in complex...

Date:1832-1969
Contributor:The National Archives (UK)
Identifier:9781851174102