Bookings are now open for this one-day conference, in London, on Thursday 7 February 2013. We at the UK Web Archive are joint organisers, with the Institute of Historical Research (University of London), and the Royal Archives.

The end of the Diamond Jubilee year affords an opportunity to look back and examine a neglected aspect of the history of the monarchy: the engagement with new forms of media. The event will include reflections on royal engagement with successive new technologies: telegraphy, radio, newsreel and television.

The event will also see the formal launch of our own jubilee collection, with reflections on our experience of creating it in collaboration with the Royal Archives and the IHR, and one historian’s engagement with the collection itself (our very own Peter Webster).

Booking costs a very reasonable £10, and further details, including a programme and a booking form may be found here.