This month we welcome automotive author and editor Malcolm Bobbitt in a special guest blog featuring Jeremy Collins.

In our Brand Spotlight this month Richard Roberts shares with us the history of celebrity advertising in Scottish domestic advertisements using Duncans of Edinburgh chocolates

Join Richard Roberts as he discovers the work of American painter and illustrator, William Meade Prince through the lens of Dodge Brothers Type-A Saloon advertising from the 1920s

Each month we pick an interesting tale from the archive about a successful research request. Join us as we assist Dr Craig Horner from Manchester Centre for Public History and Heritage on his quest to find a rare 1926 advertisement for DuPont paint

Take a peek at our latest acquisitions. Throughout the national restrictions and lockdowns we have been receiving items by courier - here are just a selection of the latest items to be added to our rapidly expanding collections

The archive in stockport may be closed to visitors but we are still open digitally. Take a look at all the lovely new items we are receiving into the collections, highlights include new copies of Lincolnshire Life and copies of beautiful art deco belgian motoring journal ‘Engelbert’

Minimax may not be a brand that many people are familiar with but you may be surprised to know that since it was established in 1903, the brand has become internationally acknowledged as being at the forefront of commercial fire safety products. Richard Roberts takes us through the history of the company from its beginnings in Germany through its advertising artwork