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Shock of the Record: Latest webinar can now be viewed online

The latest Shock of the Record  partnership seminar with the Institute of Historical Research is now available online to view in a fully captioned film. The topics discussed in this webinar series cover conspiracy theories, the idea of 'truth' and the impact of this on both everyday life and our understanding of history. Thanks to speakers Iyra Buenrostro-Cabbab from the University of the Philippines, Stanley Griffin from the University of the West Indies, Philosopher Susan Stuart and chairs Sarah Tyacke and David Thomas.  

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Winner of the 2021 Janette Harley Prize announced

The British Records Association is delighted to announce that the winner of the 2021 Janette Harley Prize is Dr Amy L Erickson, Robinson College, Cambridge, for City Women in the 18th Century, a free open-air exhibition in autumn 2019 about women who ran luxury businesses in the City of London in the 18th century; and a supporting article, ‘Esther Sleepe, fanmaker, and her family’, Eighteenth-Century Life, 42 (2) (2018), pp.15-37. “The exhibition was based upon trade cards in the British Museum, and described over fifty women in business in the heart of the City ...

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Legal Records at Risk Guidance now online

The Records at Risk Steering Group have updated Legal Records at Risk guidance for solicitors and law firms needing advice on keeping archives. The guide has been endorsed by the Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Professor Carl Stychin, the British Records Association and the Business Archives Council. The guide can be downloaded as a PDF here. Find out more about the BRA's records preservation work by visiting the Records at Risk page on our website. You can download  our 2012 Records and Risk report on risks to historical records in the East of ...

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