A short bill has now been introduced to remedy this situation. Craig Prescott explains the history behind the restrictions put on Catholics and Jews in public life, and the role of ministers in ...
As University College London marks its bicentenary, looking back to 1826 offers more than an opportunity for institutional celebration. It invites us to examine the radical intellectual climate in ...
This post concludes International Open Access Week with a roundup of the Open Science and Scholarship Awards ceremony, which took place yesterday. The awards recognised another year of rising quality ...
As International Open Access Week continues, Andrew introduces Dimensions, a global dataset offering a comprehensive picture of the research taking place across UCL. This post explains what this new ...
TCRU has a longstanding interest in how early years policy and services can better support children and families, particularly those facing disadvantage or additional needs. Ivana La Valle recently ...
During the Blitz in 1940–1 a Whitechapel building, the Commercial Road Goods Depot, housed the East End’s single biggest bomb shelter. The history of what was known as the Tilbury Shelter seems timely ...
The importance of checks and balances is often cited in debates about the health of democracy, and their erosion is widely considered a sign of democratic backsliding. But what are they, and why are ...
Thank you for reading the Survey of London’s blog posts over the last year. A highlight of this year for the Survey has been the publication of Volume 53 on Oxford Street in April, edited by Andrew ...
This blog has been distilled into an animation of less than 15 mins on the Aucademy YouTube channel. To be a “person with autism”, a person labelled – sometimes officially – with a medical disorder, ...
We are very excited to share the full programme for the London Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2026 and announce that bookings are officially open! With the combined energy and effort of a host of ...
In my previous post, I wrote about the possible connection between objects in the Petrie Museum, and ancient Egyptian tattooing practices. One of the greatest challenges in reconstructing the body ...
Harley Street has long been synonymous with the top echelon of the medical profession, a Harley Street consultant the apogee of the profession. This reputation was forged in the second half of the ...