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The British press made a battle out of the miners’ strike
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/09/the-british-press-made-a-battle-out-of-the-miners-strike/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 9, 2016 Analysis from The Conversation: https://theconversation.
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Millionaires and Inequality
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/millionaires-and-inequality/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 Which countries have the most millionaires? Find out in the latest Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report which also has sections on household inequality and changes in income...
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Soldier magazine archive online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/soldier-magazine-archive-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 80-year archive of the British Army’s in-house magazine, Soldier , has been digitised and is now available online for free.
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Exhibition: Women, Politics, Textiles
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/03/14/exhibition-women-politics-textiles/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 14, 2022 What Lies Beneath: Women, Politics, Textiles is a 2022 exhibition being held physically in New Hall Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, it also has an accompanying...
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Yemen Truce Monitor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/05/20/yemen-truce-monitor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2022 Yemen Truce Monitor – ACLED (acleddata.com) Updated every Tuesday, this site tracks violations of the truce in Yemen which was agreed in April 2022.
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Examining UK government performance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/01/examining-uk-government-performance/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2015 Just released from the Institute for Government the Annual Whitehall Monitor 2015 .
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The Barnardo’s Oral History project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/10/18/the-barnardos-oral-history-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2024 This project includes : The personal experience of Vice President, Baroness Floella Benjamin who came to Britain from Trinidad and Tobago as a small child A...
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Where is the world’s happiest country?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/where-is-the-worlds-happiest-country/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 Find out in the 2016 update to the World Happiness report . It ranks 156 nations according to a number of detailed criteria which are explained in the methodology.
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The Social Welfare History Image Portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/30/the-social-welfare-history-image-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 30, 2017 This great site provides free access to a wealth of images drawn from the collections of VCU Libraries, Union Presbyterian Seminary Library, Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives,...
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Photographs of the Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry 1946 (US)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/22/photographs-of-the-medical-survey-of-the-bituminous-coal-industry-1946-us/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2024 New from the USA National Archives thousands of photographs of mining industry and regions taken in USA in 1946 as part of a survey of conditions In 1946 the Department of Interior...