Search results found for: What is Britain Records and researchMapping Caribbean migration to BritainMonday 9 October 2023Trace the journeys of passengers aboard three post-war ships from the Caribbean to Britain,...Records and researchBlack boxers and the colour bar in 20th century BritainWednesday 26 July 2023We take a closer look at boxing as a cultural arena for 20th-century debates...Technology and innovationAnalysing Britain’s earliest copyrighted photographsThursday 10 November 2022In the 1860s photography as a new medium was coming under scrutiny and issues...Records and researchBlack GIs arrive in Britain (Part two)Thursday 20 October 2022The first white American troops landed in Northern Ireland in January 1942, and they...Records and researchBlack GIs arrive in Britain (Part one)Friday 14 October 2022Several years ago I recall hearing a story about villagers in the West Country...Archives and archivistsBeyond 2022: Exploring the Irish collections in Britain and beyondWednesday 29 June 2022When the Public Record Office of Ireland (PROI) was destroyed, many mourned the future...Records and researchJazz, the Charleston and moral panic: Music and dance in 1920s BritainFriday 13 May 2022At midnight on Saturday 17 December 1927 an undercover police officer, Frederick Broomfield,...Records and researchImproving the nation’s stock for ‘Great and Greater Britain’: Eugenics in the 1920sWednesday 30 March 2022The practice of eugenics - that is, selectively encouraging people with what are perceived...Records and researchMarkets, London buses and motifs: Untold tales of the Festival of BritainThursday 30 September 2021Seventy years ago today, on 30 September 1951, the Festival of Britain took down...Records and researchThe Lion and Unicorn Pavilion: Legacies of the 1951 Festival of BritainTuesday 25 May 2021If you had taken a walk along the south bank of London’s River Thames...Records and researchSir Robert Walpole: Britain’s first Prime MinisterThursday 1 April 2021On 3 April 1721, Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745) became the First Lord of the...Records and researchOnce British Always British: Stories of Indian and Yemeni sailors in Britain in the 1920sThursday 11 March 2021In April and May this year The National Archives will be launching two new... 1 2 3 … 52 »
