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A British Chain Store Out of Place: Boots The Chemists in Suva, Fiji, 1944-1964 (2025)
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Greenwood, A., Hornsey, R., & Ingram, H. (in press). A British Chain Store Out of Place: Boots The Chemists in Suva, Fiji, 1944-1964. Journal of Pacific History,

In 1944, Boots The Chemists, the UK's leading retail pharmacy chain, opened a store in Suva, Fiji. It lasted less than twenty years. The brief and troubled history of this store – hitherto untold – reveals a great deal about imperialist retail cultur... Read More about A British Chain Store Out of Place: Boots The Chemists in Suva, Fiji, 1944-1964.

Captain of the Roving Bandits: “Collaborationist” theatre and the pacification of “red drama” in Japanese-occupied China (2025)
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Taylor, J. E. (in press). Captain of the Roving Bandits: “Collaborationist” theatre and the pacification of “red drama” in Japanese-occupied China. Modern Chinese Literature and Culture,

Captain of the Roving Bandits was a three-act play first performed in Yan’an in 1938. Written by Wang Zhenzhi, it was designed to remind audiences about the threats posed by “traitors” (hanjian), and the need for resistance fighters to behave in an u... Read More about Captain of the Roving Bandits: “Collaborationist” theatre and the pacification of “red drama” in Japanese-occupied China.

Bishop Torhthelm’s letter to Boniface (2025)
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Darby, P. (2025). Bishop Torhthelm’s letter to Boniface. Early Medieval Europe, 33(2), 244-273. https://doi.org/10.1111/emed.12764

In c.738, Saint Boniface distributed a circular letter to a broad audience of ecclesiastics in England. One response to that letter survives, written by Torhthelm, bishop of the Middle Angles (737-764). The letter is written in an allusive style and... Read More about Bishop Torhthelm’s letter to Boniface.

Biblical exegesis at Wearmouth‐Jarrow before Bede? The Hereford commentary on Matthew (2025)
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Cardwell, S. (2025). Biblical exegesis at Wearmouth‐Jarrow before Bede? The Hereford commentary on Matthew. Early Medieval Europe, 33(2), 183-219. https://doi.org/10.1111/emed.12762

This article examines a previously neglected fragment of an early medieval commentary on Matthew’s Gospel, the bifolium Hereford Cathedral Library, P. II. 10. I argue on palaeographical grounds that this fragment was produced in Bede’s monastery of W... Read More about Biblical exegesis at Wearmouth‐Jarrow before Bede? The Hereford commentary on Matthew.

Monks, Martyrs, and Masculinity: Rethinking Christian Authority in Early Islamic Palestine (2025)
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Parker, L. (2025). Monks, Martyrs, and Masculinity: Rethinking Christian Authority in Early Islamic Palestine. Journal of Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies, 4(1), 28-70. https://doi.org/10.3366/jlaibs.2025.0040

This article seeks to reassess monasticism within Abbasid Palestine, arguing that monasteries experienced decline and insecurity in the eighth and ninth centuries. It focuses on the Life of Stephen of Mar Sabas by Leontios of Damascus, arguing that L... Read More about Monks, Martyrs, and Masculinity: Rethinking Christian Authority in Early Islamic Palestine.

Tracing an Archive: The Mackintosh Archive in Familial and Colonial Context (2025)
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Gust, O. (2025). Tracing an Archive: The Mackintosh Archive in Familial and Colonial Context. Genealogy, 9(2), Article 34. https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy9020034

This article focuses on the genealogy of the Mackintosh archive, showing how subjects are interpellated through archival networks that span imperial and metropolitan sites, linking people, ideas, knowledge and material resources. By tracing the Macki... Read More about Tracing an Archive: The Mackintosh Archive in Familial and Colonial Context.

Cold War Diplomatic Surveillance: The British Government, the Chinese Mission, and the Aliens Order, August–November 1967 (2025)
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Rawcliffe, D. (2025). Cold War Diplomatic Surveillance: The British Government, the Chinese Mission, and the Aliens Order, August–November 1967. International History Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2025.2480653

The Anglo–Chinese relationship reached a nadir during the Cultural Revolution and the Hong Kong 1967 Leftist Riots. The burning of the British Mission in Beijing and the subsequent hostage crisis further exacerbated the tensions. In response to these... Read More about Cold War Diplomatic Surveillance: The British Government, the Chinese Mission, and the Aliens Order, August–November 1967.

Review of Kit Kowol. Blue Jerusalem: British Conservatism, Winson Churchill, and the Second World War. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. Pp. 336. Cloth $38.99 (2025)
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Blackburn, D. (in press). Review of Kit Kowol. Blue Jerusalem: British Conservatism, Winson Churchill, and the Second World War. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. Pp. 336. Cloth $38.99. American Historical Review,

AElfflaed of Whitby's letter to Adela of Pfalzel (2025)
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Darby, P. (in press). AElfflaed of Whitby's letter to Adela of Pfalzel. The Mediaeval Journal,

In early medieval Europe, many high-status women commanded great influence as abbesses of important monasteries. These women, who were often connected to local ruling elites through kinship, were responsible for managing large estates and exerting sp... Read More about AElfflaed of Whitby's letter to Adela of Pfalzel.

The Guardian Angels: crime, citizenship, and “popular neoliberalism” in crisis-era New York City (2025)
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Merton, J. (in press). The Guardian Angels: crime, citizenship, and “popular neoliberalism” in crisis-era New York City. Journal of Social History,

Recent historical scholarship has begun to explore the agency of grassroots actors in the ascent of neoliberalism in late twentieth century New York, uncovering a history of neoliberalism “from the bottom up”. This article builds upon this scholarshi... Read More about The Guardian Angels: crime, citizenship, and “popular neoliberalism” in crisis-era New York City.

A British Road To Socialism? Die Kommunistische Partei Großbritanniens und der große Bergarbeiterstreik 1984/85 (2025)
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Arnold, J. (2025). A British Road To Socialism? Die Kommunistische Partei Großbritanniens und der große Bergarbeiterstreik 1984/85. Jahrbuch für Historische Kommunismusforschung, 2025, 151-164

The popular memory of the famous British miners' strike of 1984/85 owes much to the contribution of communist intellectuals. Yet communism itself has been written out of the story. While popular memory owes much to the interpretations first put forwa... Read More about A British Road To Socialism? Die Kommunistische Partei Großbritanniens und der große Bergarbeiterstreik 1984/85.

To Go and Look for Law (2025)
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Auerbach, S. (in press). To Go and Look for Law. History Workshop Journal,

Focusing on the crown colonies acquired by Britain during the Napoleonic Wars, this article examines the integration of state oversight with colonial labor discipline during the final decades of slavery. The structural foundations post-emancipation... Read More about To Go and Look for Law.