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The Worshipful Company of Curriers essay prize on London for early career scholars, in association with The London Journal Trust and the Institute of Historical Research.

The author of the winning submission will receive £1,000, and publication, subject to peer review, in The London Journal.
Curriers' Essay Prize | The London Journal
The author of the winning submission will receive £1,000, and publication, subject to peer review, in The London Journal. Other promising entries may also be considered for publication.
www.thelondonjournal.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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The second in our series of threads on the wonderful articles comprising our 50th anniversary special issue, 'London's Past Today', is on Sam Waterman and Charlotte Grant's 'Teaching London’s Past Today: An Experiential Approach to a Global City' (available open access).
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Teaching London’s Past Today: An Experiential Approach to a Global City*
This article provides an account of teaching London’s cultural history on a semester-long, first-year undergraduate study-abroad course at Northeastern University London (NUL) using a multi-authore...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
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November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Seeing the covers side-by-side shows just how much things have changed, but also how much they’ve stayed the same.

I’m really proud of this special issue ❤️
It's here. Our 50th anniversary special issue, on 'London's Past Today', edited by @aidannorrie.bsky.social and Robert Shoemaker: www.tandfonline.com/toc/yldn20/c....
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May 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Today’s the day! The 50th anniversary special issue of @thelondonjournal.bsky.social, which I co-edited with Bob Shoemaker, is published!
It concludes with my rather personal reflection on the future of the humanities: I’d be very grateful if you gave it a read

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London’s Past into the Future
Published in The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present (Vol. 50, No. 1, 2025)
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May 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Really pleased that 2024 update of The Old Bailey Online was awarded the 2024 Mary Dudziak Digital Legal History Prize by the American Society for Legal History, for "a project that continues to break new ground in the field of digital legal history". www.oldbaileyonline.org
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey
A searchable online edition of the Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913.
www.oldbaileyonline.org
October 29, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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The London Journal is currently seeking EOIs (due 15/03/24) for the role of exhibitions, media, and arts reviews editor. The appointee will commission & edit reviews of creative works about London and be a member of the journal's editorial board. Full call here: thelondonjournal.org/LDN_EMARev_E...
January 5, 2024 at 3:40 PM
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Really pleased to announce the launch of a new version (9.0) of the Old Bailey Online oldbaileyonline.org. There is lots of new functionality, and a thoroughly redesigned front and back end.
December 12, 2023 at 9:41 AM