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


Work in Progress 2
The second in a series in which the archives team shares what they have been doing over the last few months.
Rebecca Somerset
Oct 25, 20245 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


When an object becomes sacred
In 2018, shortly before the final closure of Heythrop College, some very special items arrived at the British Jesuit Archives.
Mary Allen
Apr 12, 20212 min read

Reflections on creating our Relic Exhibition
On 1 March 2021 the virtual relic exhibition, How bleedeth burning love, launched. This was a very exciting, and by then long...
Rebecca Somerset
Mar 29, 20216 min read

How Bleedeth Burning Love: A history of the Martyrs’ Cause
Christ's Bloody Sweat by Robert Southwell, from which the exhibition's title is taken Veneration of the English and Welsh Martyrs of the...
Mary Allen
Mar 1, 20214 min read


Cataloguing Relics
In this blog post Jonathan Roche, a PhD student who undertook work experience in the Archives, gives an account of his work cataloguing...
Work Experience Placement
Apr 8, 20196 min read


ArchI've Explored
In October, the Archives team was joined for a week by Sophie, a recent graduate with an interest in a career in Archives. As well as the...
Work Experience Placement
Nov 19, 20184 min read


Archive Open Day 2016
On 29 December we once again opened their doors to give staff and community members a glimpse at some of the treasures held within the...
Mary Allen
Dec 5, 20162 min read
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