Chance discovery inspires new historical insights into queer domestic life during the Georgian era
An unexplained reference to a mysterious figure known as the ‘cotquean’ has inspired a radical new exploration of the historical...
Archaeology and History
Archaeology student honoured by Devon museum
A young Devon archaeologist has been regonised by Budleigh Salterton‘s Fairlynch Museum for her work researching, studying and discovering Cornwall's...
The 80th anniversary of Hiroshima
On the 80th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, historian Professor Richard...
University historian appointed to governmental advisory body
A leading authority on the history of the welfare state is to join an advisory body for the Department for...
Major new research centre to challenge existing perspectives on Eastern Europe and Eurasia
A major new research centre is home to experts undertaking crucial work to challenge existing perspectives on Eastern Europe and...
Discovery of rare medieval music brings sounds of monks back to Devon abbey for first time in 500 years
For the first time in nearly five centuries, Buckland Abbey in Devon will resonate once more with the sacred sounds...
Research project investigating material culture and historic wills inspires night of history and music
Tudor, Stuart and Georgian era wills were the inspiration for a packed public event this week that fused history and...
First-of-its-kind archaeological laboratory helps the National Trust to restore rare book
A rare and ornate book dating back to the 1600s has been restored and returned to public exhibition with the...
History graduate publishes book on his great-grandfather’s epic wartime odyssey
The remarkable story of an RAF serviceman who undertook a 1,400-mile escape across Southern Europe after being shot down by...