Latest posts Records and researchRemembering the Gross-Rosen concentration campThursday 26 January 2023Friday 27 January is Holocaust Memorial Day. Together, we remember the millions of victims... Records and researchThe Royal Vauxhall Tavern: RaidedTuesday 24 January 2023In January 1987 the iconic LGBTQ+ bar and drag venue, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern... Records and researchOut on the street: Investigating fact or fictionFriday 20 January 2023Jane Golding from the British Association for Local History explores how the 1921 census... Records and research‘Compassing and imagining’: Magic and civil warThursday 19 January 2023Magic (to the medieval mind at least) could be used to produce real-world effects... Records and research‘Compassing and imagining’: Treasonous wordsThursday 12 January 2023The crime of high treason, as first defined in law in 1352 and still... Records and researchIntersectional queer lives on the 1921 CensusWednesday 11 January 2023Queer lives on the census are a minority, even more so when combined with... View all posts
Posts by category Records and research Behind the scenes Technology and innovation Managing information Archives and archivists Archives and archivistsQueer, there and everywhere: LGBTQ+ lives and the censusThursday 5 January 2023On Saturday 19 November, we held our event ‘Queer, There and Everywhere: LGBTQ+ lives... Archives and archivistsExploring archives and emotions through applied psychology and arts practiceTuesday 13 December 2022This blog is the culmination of a number of years of work which started... Archives and archivistsExploring computational access to the UK Government Web Archive (Part 2)Wednesday 7 December 2022Our Research Exchange series features the work of researchers across The National Archives in which they... View all 'Archives and archivists' posts Behind the scenesDrama and archives: The Bulletin & Persons UnknownFriday 16 December 2022To support further public engagement with our collections, since 2016 we have been leading... Behind the scenesThe trials and tribulations of treasonFriday 2 December 2022The Act of Treason was first written into English law by Parliament in 1352,... Behind the scenesCare and maintenance of The National Archives Library collectionMonday 8 August 2022The National Archives library was established in 1836 to support the work and research... View all 'Behind the scenes' posts Behind the scenes10 years of GOV.UK in three minutesFriday 5 November 2021To celebrate the UK Government Web Archive (UKGWA) turning 25 this week, we have... Behind the scenesPreserving UK Government history for 25 yearsThursday 4 November 2021On 4 November 2021, the UK Government Web Archive (UKGWA) celebrates its 25th anniversary.... Managing informationMaking the UK Government Social Media Archive even betterMonday 29 March 2021We have been archiving the online presence of UK central government since 2003. Originally... View all 'Managing information' posts Records and researchRemembering the Gross-Rosen concentration campThursday 26 January 2023Friday 27 January is Holocaust Memorial Day. Together, we remember the millions of victims... Records and researchThe Royal Vauxhall Tavern: RaidedTuesday 24 January 2023In January 1987 the iconic LGBTQ+ bar and drag venue, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern... Records and researchOut on the street: Investigating fact or fictionFriday 20 January 2023Jane Golding from the British Association for Local History explores how the 1921 census... View all 'Records and research' posts Technology and innovationMiiifyThursday 17 November 2022The National Archives has benefitted from the generous work of volunteers for years, welcoming... Technology and innovationVisualising our Visual CollectionsTuesday 15 November 2022The National Archives holds multiple collections of intellectual property registration records. These records were... Technology and innovationAnalysing Britain’s earliest copyrighted photographsThursday 10 November 2022In the 1860s photography as a new medium was coming under scrutiny and issues... View all 'Technology and innovation' posts