FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 3 - Caught on Camera

The KLF remake scrapped 1987 album and donate it to British Library

1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) was withdrawn from sale following a dispute with ABBA over unauthorized samples

MusicRadar · Aug 29, 2023

‘Heart-stopping’: censored pages of history of Elizabeth I reappear after 400 years

British Library uses new technique to uncover passages of Camden’s Annals, the first official account of Elizabeth’s reign

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2023

British Library acquires ultra-rare cricket book thanks to anonymous donor

William Epps’s 1799 book of scorecards from ‘the grand matches’, formerly owned by commentator John Arlott, has been saved for the nation

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2023

Buildings tumbling, survivors living in tents: medieval descriptions of an 1114 CE earthquake in present-day Turkey and Syria feel eerily familiar

The catastrophic earthquakes of February 6 2023 in Turkey and Syria are so far known to have claimed the lives of over 41,000 people. This number will likely grow as rescue and recovery efforts continue.

The Conversation · Feb 15, 2023

The secret of happy home working? A good local pub

Letters: A pint and a laugh | Sir Harry Lauder | Lord Rockingham’s XI | Pitney v Pitney | Turkey and Grenfell | British Library

The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2023

Otherlands author Thomas Halliday: ‘Some people have insisted on reading the book backwards’

The paleobiologist and author of Foyles’ nonfiction book of 2022 on Earth’s deep past, the joys of the British Library, and how early four-limbed vertebrates helped him find his feet

The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2023

How British theatre censorship laws have inadvertently created a rich archive of Black history

In an age of so-called “cancel culture” it’s important to remember that for much of British history it was the state, not the masses, who censored the work of artists.

The Conversation · Jan 17, 2023

Mystery markings in 20,000-year-old drawings decoded for first time

Ice Age hunter-gatherers used markings of animals prey to store information about the behaviour of species crucial to their survival

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2023

Ice Age hunters used cave paintings to time life cycles of animals, study shows

A study has found the wall paintings were more than art – they timed the reproductive cycle of animals.

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2023

Durham University study shows Ice Age hunters used cave paintings to time animals' life cycles

Markings on cave paintings could have been used as a kind of lunar calendar

Chronicle Live · Jan 5, 2023