Latest posts Records and researchEscape from ColditzTuesday 29 September 2020The location of Colditz Castle, situated on a steep conical hill above the River... Records and researchPublicising the Battle of Britain: Creative publishing in the Second World WarTuesday 22 September 2020The Battle of Britain occupies a powerful place in the British cultural memory of... Records and researchThe Home Office: Then and nowMonday 21 September 2020For more than 10 years volunteers at The National Archives have been cataloguing a... Records and researchThe South Sea Bubble of 1720Friday 18 September 2020This year marks the 300th anniversary of one of the most famous financial crashes... Records and researchThe British sailor murdered at Bergen-Belsen: The 75th anniversary of the Bergen-Belsen TrialsFriday 18 September 2020At 22:00 on the evening of 7 April 1945, an Austrian Jew named Rolf... Records and researchTurning points in the Battle of Britain: The report of RAF Air Vice-Marshal Keith ParkTuesday 15 September 2020On the 80th anniversary of Battle of Britain Day, it is important to ask... View all posts
Posts by category Records and research Behind the scenes Technology and innovation Managing information Archives and archivists Archives and archivistsThe Archivists’ Guide to Film: The Bridge on the River KwaiThursday 13 August 2020Correspondence between film companies and the War Office turns up in a number of... Archives and archivistsWatermarks: New ways to see and search themThursday 30 July 2020If you hold an old letter up to a lamp, you might see a... Archives and archivistsExploring the possibilities of citizen research and heritage dataTuesday 28 July 2020A timely new research project, led by The National Archives, is examining the ways... View all 'Archives and archivists' posts Behind the scenesAwakening the giantTuesday 21 July 2020In early April, we published a blog about ‘sending the giant to sleep’, which... Behind the scenesCOVID-19 and the challenge it presents to volunteeringFriday 17 July 2020The closure of the Kew site has affected us all since 20 March 2020,... Archives and archivistsThe Archivists’ Guide to Film: The Great EscapeMonday 29 June 2020The Archivists’ Guide to Film is a blog series in which staff at The... View all 'Behind the scenes' posts Managing informationThe National Bibliographic KnowledgebaseWednesday 15 July 2020The National Bibliographic Knowledgebase (NBK) is a search site that allows for searching for... Archives and archivistsDigital archiving is a risky businessMonday 3 June 2019This blog is published as part of International Archives Week, which explores the theme... Archives and archivistsWhat to do with degraded film?Tuesday 12 March 2019I am currently an intern on the one-year Icon Photographic Conservation programme, working at... View all 'Managing information' posts Records and researchEscape from ColditzTuesday 29 September 2020The location of Colditz Castle, situated on a steep conical hill above the River... Records and researchPublicising the Battle of Britain: Creative publishing in the Second World WarTuesday 22 September 2020The Battle of Britain occupies a powerful place in the British cultural memory of... Records and researchThe Home Office: Then and nowMonday 21 September 2020For more than 10 years volunteers at The National Archives have been cataloguing a... View all 'Records and research' posts Archives and archivistsWatermarks: New ways to see and search themThursday 30 July 2020If you hold an old letter up to a lamp, you might see a... Archives and archivistsQuantifying digital preservation risks using statisticsFriday 17 July 2020The National Archives has been working with statisticians from the University of Warwick and... Managing informationThe National Bibliographic KnowledgebaseWednesday 15 July 2020The National Bibliographic Knowledgebase (NBK) is a search site that allows for searching for... View all 'Technology and innovation' posts
