Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 19/5/2015 May 20th World Metrology Day Inching Towards the Meter: Dr. Velkar Reflects on Britishness on World Metrology Day May 20th 2015 is ‘World Metrology Day’. The theme for 2015 is ‘Measurements and Light’. Historically, light has had a special significance in modern metrology, which is…

As part of a series of posts showcasing recent publications by members of staff, below are three works that have appeared in various forms in the last few months by Dr James Connolly: ‘Fresh Eyes, Dead Topic?  Writing the History of the Occupation of Northern France in World War One,’ in Ludivine Broch and Alison…

‘The Scrapbooking Detective: Frederick Porter Wensley and the Limits of ‘Celebrity’ and ‘Authority’ in Inter-War Britain’ By Eloise Moss Social History 40/1 (2015) The article deals with the published life-writings of ‘celebrity detective’ Frederick Porter Wensley, who was head of C.I.D. at Scotland Yard during the interwar years and captured some of the period’s most…