Posts from December 2020 Records and researchThe Ghost of Christmas past? St Thomas Becket and Edwardian CanterburyTuesday 29 December 2020Everyone loves a ghost story at Christmas, right? One might even say they represent...Records and researchGood will to all: Henry VI’s Christmas pardon of 1470-71Friday 18 December 2020Those watching in bemusement, as every year before Thanksgiving the President of the United...Records and researchCast-iron cosiness: Designs for the Victorian hearthFriday 4 December 2020Cold, black metal might not be the first thing that comes to mind when...Records and researchA ‘new system of slavery’? The British West Indies and the origins of Indian indentureThursday 3 December 2020In March 1837, John Gladstone, a sugar plantation owner in British Guiana and representative...Archives and archivistsEngaging the public with archive material at East Riding ArchivesTuesday 1 December 2020In the Bridging the Digital Gap programme, eight trainees a year bring their digital...