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Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.


World Book Day: Our Recent Reviews
The Archive team reflect on work related books that they have recently read.

Rebecca Somerset
Mar 6, 20249 min read


Calendaring the letters of William Strickland SJ, Procurator of the Suppression
In this blog post volunteer Claire reflects on her project to calendar the letters of Fr William Strickland SJ, written during and...
Volunteer
Nov 30, 20235 min read


A visit to assess the Jesuit Guyana Archives
Archivist Rebecca reflects on a visit to assess the Jesuit archive material in Guyana.

Rebecca Somerset
Sep 29, 20236 min read


A Catholic translation of Bede’s History
This blogpost discusses Thomas Stapleton’s 1656 translation of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People. It looks at...

Lucy Vinten
May 31, 20237 min read


Celebrating Jubilees
This blog considers the importance of celebrating jubilees in light of recent and upcoming anniversaries.

Rebecca Somerset
Nov 8, 20223 min read


New Year Hopes
At this time of year, we often take time to reflect on the year just gone and set goals for the year ahead. Each of the Archives team...

Rebecca Somerset
Jan 6, 20224 min read


Planning a Move: 10 Lessons learnt
A post that explores lessons learnt from preparing for extensive building work in an Archive with collections sent offsite.

Rebecca Somerset
Dec 10, 20216 min read


Reflections on venturing into podcasting
Archivist Rebecca reflects on creating a first podcast for the British Jesuit Archives.

Rebecca Somerset
Nov 4, 20213 min read
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