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1618 and ‘The Great Confessional War’
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the outbreak of one of the most desperately bloody struggles in European history. May 1618 would witness the beginnin... read more
Summer reading
For many people the sudden advent of summer weather means an opportunity to get out to the beach, go for a swim, set out for a run or play some tennis. For com... read more
St George’s Chapel: history of a royal wedding venue
With nationwide excitement building in advance of this weekend’s royal wedding, I wanted to take a look at the venue which will be at the heart of proceed... read more
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Using archives to improve mental wellbeing
How can researching the lives of people in the past benefit us in the present? It is Mental Health Awareness Week, and an opportunity to think about the huge po... read more
Archive Service Accreditation refreshed
Since 2013, over 120 archives have been awarded Archive Service Accreditation, making it a good moment to take stock of progress and evaluate the scheme. Over t... read more
Data Protection law changes – help us to help you
By the end of May, the new Data Protection Bill is expected to pass into law, replacing the Data Protection Act 1998. This follows new privacy legislation at Eu... read more
Summer reading
For many people the sudden advent of summer weather means an opportunity to get out to the beach, go for a swim, set out for a run or play some tennis. For com... read more
Saving our past for the future: meet the conservators
Related event: Saturday 9 June 2018, 12:00 Behind the scenes: conservation studio tours The Collection Care department is offering a rare opportunity to go behi... read more
How to move a 120 TB web archive to the cloud in two weeks
Building a resource as big as the UK Government Web Archive takes a lot of storage space. Comprising over 5,000 websites from 1996 to the present, as well as tw... read more
Data Protection law changes – help us to help you
By the end of May, the new Data Protection Bill is expected to pass into law, replacing the Data Protection Act 1998. This follows new privacy legislation at Eu... read more
Digital archiving: the seven pillars of metadata
Two of the key challenges facing The National Archives in the digital age are the need to provide new ways of accessing digital archival records the desire to... read more
The generation game: evolving with the digital record
We’ve had quite a lot of practice at being an archive: we’ve been looking after the public record for over 150 years. Most of the fundamentals of archival p... read more
1618 and ‘The Great Confessional War’
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the outbreak of one of the most desperately bloody struggles in European history. May 1618 would witness the beginnin... read more
St George’s Chapel: history of a royal wedding venue
With nationwide excitement building in advance of this weekend’s royal wedding, I wanted to take a look at the venue which will be at the heart of proceed... read more
Saving our past for the future: meet the conservators
Related event: Saturday 9 June 2018, 12:00 Behind the scenes: conservation studio tours The Collection Care department is offering a rare opportunity to go behi... read more
Saving our past for the future: meet the conservators
Related event: Saturday 9 June 2018, 12:00 Behind the scenes: conservation studio tours The Collection Care department is offering a rare opportunity to go behi... read more
How to move a 120 TB web archive to the cloud in two weeks
Building a resource as big as the UK Government Web Archive takes a lot of storage space. Comprising over 5,000 websites from 1996 to the present, as well as tw... read more
Catalogue as data: hacking the paper
A little while ago I produced a couple of blogs looking at how you can use data from our catalogue to do some basic, but useful digital history. This works very... read more
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