The Full Monty

Four Catalogues from Montague Burton 'The Tailor of Taste', and the story of the Baggy Greens factory visit, wherein you find out the origins of the phrase 'The Full Monty'

Topical Sketches

Brutally naive World War I sketches from Douglas Ward. Link…

Curiosities

The Log-Book of a Fisherman and Zoologist by Frank Buckland (1891) makes for an interesting read. Link…

Animals & Astronomy

Glass slides from the Bill Douglas Centre at the University of Exeter. Link…

Wells

Via this Metafilter post, Oyly-Wells. Link…

Foxe’s martyrology

Woodcuts from John Foxe's Book of Martyrs. Link…

Birmingham Proton Synchrotron 1947

"Under the supervision of Professor Marcus Olipahnt, F.R.S., members of the Physics Department of the University of Birmingham are constructing what will be one of the largest proton synchrotrons in the world. It will be used for accelerating protons to an energy of 1,300,000,000 electron-volts for use as projectiles in the study of nuclear structure." Link…