To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...
‘They live by Trade’: Britain’s global trade in the Great Days of Sail Britain's history has been shaped by its relationship with the...
The Greenlanders - Arctic whaleships and whalers From 1750 to the early 20th century, fleets of ‘Greenlanders’...
The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition and Development in the Western World since 1700 At the end of the eighteenth century, the average British...
The Hidden Face of British Gardening Gardening has been big business since the 17th century, but how can we measure its growth and economic importance?