Reform to tell museums how to display history in 'frightening' election pledge FEARS have been raised by a UK charity after Reform UK pledged they would tell museums how to display history in a "frightening" election…

More on Reform's #BadHistory:

Reform to tell museums how to display history in 'frightening' pledge

The Museums Association .... has raised concerns about the pledge saying it is "vital that curatorial decisions are independent from government influence".

www.thenational.scot/news/2603856...

Reform to tell Welsh museums how to present history, manifesto says Election pledges say Reform would ask museums to present history chronologically.

Reform promising to enforce fraudulent #BadHistory upon us:

Reform UK will tell Welsh museums how to present history, manifesto says

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

And more 1921 census reports released into the #PublicDomain

Derby: books.google.co.uk/books?id=sJ-...

Dorset: books.google.co.uk/books?id=mzi...

Durham: books.google.co.uk/books?id=cgE...

Essex: books.google.co.uk/books?id=N_X...

On now at the Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, until May 17:

Suzanne Perrottet. After Dada, After Dance
www.cabaretvoltaire.ch#node-126634-en

One of many women so central to Zurich Dada, yet so disregarded. Recovering their lives and works is essential.

#Dada

More #PublicDomain 1921 Census reports, obtained from Google:

Pembroke: books.google.co.uk/books?id=FWM...

Cambridge: books.google.co.uk/books?id=9O3...

Gloucester: books.google.co.uk/books?id=tQ5...

Leicester: books.google.co.uk/books?id=MJN...

Buckingham: books.google.co.uk/books?id=oCK...

John Satia and the 1731 Ban on Black Apprenticeship - Jamie Gemmell - 18th May — CEMS KCL Blog On 18th May at 17:00(GMT)/12:00(EST), we will discuss a pre-circulated paper titled ‘John Satia and the 1731 Ban on Black Apprenticeship’ by Jamie Gemmell (King’s College London). During the seminar...

This looks a very interesting online seminar:

John Satia and the 1731 Ban on Black Apprenticeship

kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...

#c18th #BlackHistory

And the last Northern Ireland PRO vols released by Google Books into the #PublicDomain:

Irish Economic Documents: books.google.co.uk/books?id=3bi...

Sources for the Study of Local History in Northern Ireland: books.google.co.uk/books?id=HMK...

More Northern Ireland PRO vols released into the #PublicDomain :

Maps of Ireland & Ulster: books.google.co.uk/books?id=-lQ...

Irish Unionism, 1885-1923: A Documentary History: books.google.co.uk/books?id=2ra...

Londonderry & the London Companies, 1609-1629: books.google.co.uk/books?id=Fp5...

I get a 404 too, from UK.

This search page works though:
kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/bo...

More Northern Ireland PRO vols released by Google into the #PublicDomain

Exhibition of Irish Economic Documents: books.google.co.uk/books?id=hTA...

2000 Years of Handwriting: books.google.co.uk/books?id=aAM...

Aspects of Irish Social History 1750-1800: books.google.co.uk/books?id=GkI...

In any case. I am not a librarian by training, my colleagues are very nice to me about this, and it is funny to me how much we missed the mark in digital humanities land by making DH = Tools and Websites = Success

Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Records for the Year ... Get this book in print

Northern Ireland PRO publications released by Google into the #PublicDomain

Report of Deputy Keeper of Records:

1938-45: books.google.co.uk/books?id=1Oe...

1949-50: books.google.co.uk/books?id=S40...

1960-1965: books.google.co.uk/books?id=z4P...

Great news!

Mayflower hero was secretly sold into slavery, hidden files reveal Crumbling documents discovered in a Malaga archive expose how an English merchant used a legal fiction to sell Squanto and other indigenous captives in 1614

First Nations Mayflower hero was sold into slavery, files in Malaga Archives reveal

www.thetimes.com/article/1306...

More #PublicDomain Hansard vols released by Google Books:

1920 vol 8: books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZqU...

1921 vol 2: books.google.co.uk/books?id=la8...

1923 vol 1: books.google.co.uk/books?id=16s...

1923 vol 6: books.google.co.uk/books?id=arI...

1924 Index: books.google.co.uk/books?id=kNM...

A 'Dinosaur Smarties' Easter egg.

Erm, they're called palaeontologists, actually.

Bar Nicanor: Collected Writings Translated, with an introduction, by Terry Bradford / June 2026 / 5.375 x 8, 296 pp. / 10 B&W illustrations / 978-1-962728-12-6 “And so, war has not caused enough of a massacre, for the postwar pe...

Coming soon from Wakefield Press @wakefieldpress.bsky.social :

Bar Nicanor: Collected Writings, by Clément Pansaers

wakefieldpress.com/products/bar...

#Dada

William Kentridge: The Battle Between YES and NO Visit Kunsthalle Praha – a modern gallery in the heart of the city, presenting exhibitions of both Czech and international art. Open to art lovers and curious explorers alike.

William #Kentridge exhibition in Prague: The Battle between Yes and No:

www.kunsthallepraha.org/en/events/wi...

And more Hansard vols gotten into the #PublicDomain from Google Books:

1924 vol 3: books.google.co.uk/books?id=YMw...

1924-5 vol 1: books.google.co.uk/books?id=BKY...

1928-9 Index: books.google.co.uk/books?id=4sk...

1934-5 Index: books.google.co.uk/books?id=Brs...

Not going to get into the cross-confessional history of theological justifications of tyrannicide in the early modern period here but ... the guys who killed the English monarch weren't Catholics.

Census of England & Wales, 1921 ...

Still more #PublicDomain vols I got Google Books to release:

1921 Census Reports:

Occupation Tables: books.google.co.uk/books?id=LS7...

Lincoln & Rutland: books.google.co.uk/books?id=IyV...

Worcester: books.google.co.uk/books?id=XwU...

Isle of Man: books.google.co.uk/books?id=8ot...

More #PublicDomain vols from Google Books:

Official Publications, Jan 1901:
books.google.co.uk/books?id=jS2...

Hist of #WW2: Greece & Crete 1941:
books.google.co.uk/books?id=dGs...

Summary of ... Geological Survey of Great Britain & Museum of Practical Geology
books.google.co.uk/books?id=kS8...

More #PublicDomain Hansard:

1929-30 Index: books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ptc...
1930-1: books.google.co.uk/books?id=5ss...
1932-3 Index: books.google.co.uk/books?id=VNQ...
1933-4 Index: books.google.co.uk/books?id=qME...
1934-5:
books.google.co.uk/books?id=CCe...
books.google.co.uk/books?id=pcM...

More #PublicDomain Hansard vols released by Google Books:

1919: books.google.co.uk/books?id=MYp...

1920: books.google.co.uk/books?id=7ox...

1921: books.google.co.uk/books?id=4oV...

1921: books.google.co.uk/books?id=PVw...

1934-5 Index: books.google.co.uk/books?id=Brs...

Anna's Archive aren't AI bros; and this hack is not like the AI bots making websites inaccessible.

This is an interesting use case for AI translation of an ancient language. I'm less interested in discussing the ethics of it than I am interested in exploring the economy that fosters a project like this.

I've shared some thoughts below, I'd be glad to hear your thoughts:

A couple more #PublicDomain volumes requested from Google Books:

Report on the Economic and Financial Situation of Palestine, 1927:
books.google.co.uk/books?id=-uG...

The Young Clerk's Compleat Guide in the Modern Practice of the Court of King's Bench, 11776:
books.google.co.uk/books?id=rN9...

Event: the 1926 General Strike in Hackney and beyond – May 9th 2026 “Not a thing was moving”: the 1926 General Strike in Hackney and beyond Sat 9 May 2026 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Hackney Archives, Dalston Square, E8 3BQ. A talk by Radical History Faction as part of…

New #RadicalHistory event:

“Not a thing was moving”: the 1926 General Strike in Hackney and beyond

Sat 9 May 2026 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Hackney Archives, Dalston Square, E8 3BQ.

radicalhistoryfaction.wordpress.com/2026/03/08/e...

#History

I have a joke about Reviewer 2, but it's poorly researched, wretchedly written, and doesn't cite their book.

Lovely interview with Tim Sherratt @wragge.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy
on hacking, history and generosity.

lab.slv.vic.gov.au/experiments/...

#DigitalHistory