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WÃSÙ was the journal produced by the West African Students’ Union (WASU) and distributed across Europe and Africa from 1926.
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Vicky’s role allows her to delve into the under-explored and traditionally marginalised histories in the archives.
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These handwritten pages offer a window onto a Prime Minister’s thinking about the issues of the day. In 1978, they ranged from education to the environment.
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Section 28 of the 1988 Local Government Act negatively affected LGBTQ+ lives for decades. How did such a seismic piece of legislation come about?
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This debated document officially ended the First World War and set out the terms and conditions for peace, and determined the course of the 20th century.
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Described by the Birmingham Post as the ‘queen of Jamaican theatre’, Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919–2006) was a poet, performer, folklorist, writer and educator.
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Nancy Wake (1912–2011), an agent for the Special Operations Executive, was the most wanted woman in France during the Second World War.
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The Treason Act defined the crime of ‘high treason’ in law for the first time. It is one of the oldest pieces of legislation still on the statute book today.
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Paper envelopes were revolutionised by Victorian mass production and design innovation. Our copyright and registered design records offer some examples.
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Our collection includes many weird and wonderful records – one of the weirdest is undoubtedly a small box containing the remains of two long-dead rats.
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This previously unknown set of records from an 18th-century galleon shines a light on one of history's most significant trade routes.
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These photographs, captured through police investigations, give a unique insight into the heart of the early British Black Panther movement.
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Copyright photographs of composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor provide us with a unique insight into his status in early 20th-century British society.
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John Blanke was a trumpeter at the courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII. He is one of the earliest people of colour in England we have records about.
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