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Rolling out the ‘celluloid circus’: wartime film shows in the village halls of Britain 

Rolling out the ‘celluloid circus’: wartime film shows in the village halls of Britain 

by Talking Humanities | Oct 17, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Digital, Features, History & Classics, Public Engagement, Research & Resources

Hollie Price introduces her 2017 Being Human event – a recreation of a wartime film show originally created by the Ministry of Information (MoI) which was responsible for government publicity and propaganda during the Second World War. It will be held at Senate House,...
Finding Mr Hart

Finding Mr Hart

by Talking Humanities | Oct 3, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Features, Languages & Literature, Public Engagement

The life of Robert Edward Hart, one of the UK’s most prolific collectors of rare books and coins, was truly, and perhaps deliberately, lost for the 70 years since his death. As part of the 2017 Being Human festival of the humanities, researchers from the School of...
Hart Collection reveals its treasures

Hart Collection reveals its treasures

by Talking Humanities | Mar 30, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, Fellowships & Networks, From the Archives, Graduate Study, History & Classics, Public Engagement, Research & Resources

Dr Cynthia Johnston discusses the benefits of the ‘academic partnership’ between the Institute of English Studies and the Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, which she says has resulted in the rediscovery of a major research resource in the UK. In 2014, the Institute of...

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