By Eve Andreski, BECC Documentation Assistant A new accession to the British Empire and Commonwealth Collection (BECC) recalls a ground-breaking feat! 90 years ago today, on 3 April 1933, the first flight expedition over Everest prepared to embark. Two …

Spotlight compiled by Eve Andreski, Documentation Assistant. To coincide with Black History Month, the British Empire and Commonwealth Collection (BECC) team wanted to focus on an important series of images within the archive. The Jones collectio…

By Pat Ellingham, British Empire and Commonwealth Collection volunteer I’ve just completed a virtual voyage round the coastline of the Americas, popping into the East and West Indies and navigating the Panama Canal twice. All this is thanks to Able S…

by Matthew Hallows, MA Curating student at the University of the West of England Matt spent his placement with the British Empire & Commonwealth Collection. He helped to catalogue an extensive collection of documents from the Royal British Legion in …

by Pat Ellingham, volunteer with the British Empire and Commonwealth Collection This week (9-15 May) marks Mental Health Awareness Week. Pat Ellingham, a British Empire and Commonwealth Collection (BECC) volunteer, reflects on her recent glimpse into c…

By Laura Dow, Volunteer Cataloguer and Nicky Sugar, Archivist Laura and Nicky describe the range of emotions stirred by the Dorothy Myers photographs in the British Empire & Commonwealth Collection. Laura Two boys take part in a boxing lesson with …