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Spare Rib archive - possible suspension of access UPDATE

21 October 2019 Social Science

In February 2019 the British Library determined that if the UK leaves the European Union without a deal it will be necessary to remove from access the full run of digitised Spare Rib magazines hosted on the Jisc Journals platform. If the UK were to exit the EU on 31 October without a deal, therefore, the Spare Rib digital resource will no longer be available as of this date.

Start-up Day 2019 – How to spot the key UK market trends right now with Mintel

21 October 2019 Innovation and enterprise

Did you know you can access Mintel reports at the BIPC for free? If you need to do some market research, but aren’t sure where to start, Jack Duckett, Associate Director at Mintel, gave Start-up Day attendees some great pointers…...

Recording of the week: turning down Vincent van Gogh’s sunflowers

21 October 2019 Sound and vision

This week's selection comes from Camille Johnston, Oral History Assistant Archivist. In his life story recording the artist Michael Rothenstein related a remarkable story about an encounter between his teacher A. S. Hartrick and the artist Vincent van Gogh. Michael...

Drawing a blank: an attempt to save the life of Charles I?

19 October 2019 Medieval manuscripts

Leafing through Harley MS 6988, it would be easy to flick past an unobtrusive empty page towards the end of the manuscript. Upon closer inspection, however, this ‘blank’ may be one of the central documents of the trial and execution...