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Rosemary Goad

20 January 2022 Sound and vision

Sue Bradley remembers Rosemary Goad and the agreement that allows us to hear her voice today.

The man who lost his memory – Part 2

20 January 2022 Untold lives

We continue our story of the Reverend Philip Read, looking at his work and travels across the globe. Philip Read (or Philip Chesshyre Read) was born in 1850 in Hyde, Cheshire, the son of Anglican clergyman Alexander and his wife...

‘As goodly a child as I have seen’

20 January 2022 Medieval manuscripts

In March 1543, King Henry VIII sent Sir Ralph Sadler as ambassador to Scotland. A protégé of Thomas Cromwell, Sadler had his first audience with the dowager queen, Mary of Guise, within days of arriving. The subject of their interview...

Explore Women’s Football in the UK Web Archive

19 January 2022 UK Web Archive

By Helena Byrne, Curator Web Archives, The British Library On 5 December 1921, the Football Association (FA) banned women from playing football on affiliated grounds and stated that football is “quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged”...