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A brown plaque on a wall that reads The British Broadcasting Corporation.

55 Years Since BBC One Launched its First Full Colour Service

Alice Broome
Published 15th November, 2024 2 min read
A photograph of Henri Matisse in his studio. There are paintings hanging on the wall behind him.

70 Years Since the Death of Iconic French Modernist Artist, Henri Matisse

Alice Broome
Published 3rd November, 2024 4 min read
A black and white illustration of John Coleridge Patteson. He is a sullen faced man wearing a pinstriped suit, sat in a chair with his head resting in his hand which is propped on the arm of the chair.

From the Archive: The Murder of Bishop Patteson

Alice Broome
Published 22nd July, 2024 12 min read
An illustration of the Rosetta Stone being inspected. People crowd around a plinth to inspect it.

225 Years Since The Rosetta Stone Was Found In Egypt By Napoleonic Forces

Alice Broome
Published 15th July, 2024 1 min read
A metal statue of Marie Curie set against a background of green foliage and trees.

The 90th Anniversary Of The Death Of Marie Curie

Alice Broome
Published 4th July, 2024 2 min read
A collage of 1132 Old Slaughter's Coffee House, a tall brick house where the RSPCA was founded, and the blue plaque on it's wall.

200 Years Since The RSPCA Was Established In Great Britain

Alice Broome
Published 16th June, 2024 4 min read
Riot at the meeting at Haymarket Square, Chicago, Illinois, 4 May 1886. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper.

May Day (International Workers' Day)

Alice Broome
Published 1st May, 2024 1 min read
Two illustrations of Immanuel Kant overlapping one another.

300th Anniversary of the Birth of Immanuel Kant

Alice Broome
Published 22nd April, 2024 2 min read
A blue and yellow infographic titled NATO. Why and How.

75 years: NATO is founded

Alice Broome
Published 4th April, 2024 1 min read
An old engraving depicting a preaching missionary from the book History of the Church, circa 1880. In the engraving, a preacher stands in the center holding a cross, with people at various levels around him.

From the Archive: Resistance to Christian Missionaries

Alice Broome
Published 21st March, 2024 16 min read
A photograph of Zaha Hadid in front of one of her buildings.

20 years: Architect Zaha Hadid becomes the first female recipient of the Pritzker Prize

Alice Broome
Published 21st March, 2024 2 min read
A colourised image of the English poet and author Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe-Hall, who is leaning on her arm which is propped on the arm of the chair she is sitting in. Overlayed is the cover of her novel, The Well of Loneliness, a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature.

From the Archive: Censorship of Lesbian Literature

Alice Broome
Published 14th March, 2024 22 min read
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