Rebecca Somerset
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.
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Blog Posts
Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.
Rebecca Somerset
Nov 4, 20213 min read
Reflections on venturing into podcasting
Archivist Rebecca reflects on creating a first podcast for the British Jesuit Archives.
Mary Allen
Apr 11, 20212 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.
Rebecca Somerset
Mar 28, 20216 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...
Mary Allen
Mar 1, 20214 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...
Work Experience Placement
Apr 7, 20196 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
Nov 19, 20184 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...
Mary Allen
Dec 5, 20162 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...
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