Authors Liz Fekete & Liam Shrivastava (Cllr Liam Shrivastava) emphasise the role that social media & populist media are playing in amplifying the far Right by promoting conspiracy theories, like the Great Replacement theory. irr.org.uk/article/mainst…

The Archive is back open after the Easter break - with a full archive for three days. Do get in touch if we can support your research or other work.

Another bit of media which uses material from the Archive, 'Blue is the Colour' is a fantastic documentary by Xaymaca Awoyungbo, funded by Chelsea FC and Chelsea Foundation, which explores what it means to be Black and a Chelsea fan. Worth a watch. youtube.com/watch?v=9sKFUG…

Today is Stephen Lawrence day - commemorating the day on which he was murdered in Eltham at just 18 years old. Stephen's murder gets mentioned in May 1993, with Searchlight linking it to a 180% increase in racist attacks in the area since the BNP moved its HQ to Welling.

At 4.30pm today historians UniofNorthampton are offering an A Level Masterclass in the Wars of the Roses - click here to sign up! mail.northampton.ac.uk/p/4H8M-WOJ/reg….

As we enter the (in theory) warmer months, a reminder to archive users that our main reading room is also our store room and work room - so even in the heat of summer the room will be chilly. Do bring along something to wrap up warm with!

FINALLY OUT! "Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s 'Siege'" shows how today’s popular neo-Nazi terrorist manual—the “bible” of the Atomwaffen Division—was created. routledge.com/Neo-Nazi-Terro…

Yesterday, with the co-operation of our amazing colleagues in the University Archive, we managed to double our capacity. We are exploring the feasibility of this - if successful it will mean we can keep waiting lists down, after they spiked at over 3 months earlier this year.

A really fascinating conference underway here at UniofNorthampton from the The Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology Centre for Historical Studies. Later the archivist will be exploring how cartoons and satire were used by John Tyndall’s Spearhead magazine from 1964-1975.

Well, we would agree (but you’d expect that!)

A busy and full day in the archive - we are in the University Archive reading room today as part of our effort to accommodate more users. UON students, external students and media - along with our amazing work experience student.

One of the archival surprises we have is a signed letter from Otto Frank to Searchlight's editor at the time, Maurice Ludmer, discussing Richard Harwood's 'Did Six Million Really Die', the possibility of blocking its publication, and the real identity of Richard Harwood (Verrall)

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Today’s find is the call for sponsors for the Anti Nazi League, a list of existing sponsors and a trendy ANL badge. Names on the list include Carter USM, Peter Tatchell, Lily Savage, Mark Steele, the Proclaimers, Paul Foot, John Peel and Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓.

Today has been press and images day - tracking down images for publications, and images for the press. We are slowly building up our photo archive, and are happy to license out images for books etc where we can.