Posts by Dr Juliette Desplat 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 researchStories from home and abroad in the Cabinet Office file releaseFriday 30 December 2022Today, we have released almost 600 Cabinet Office files covering Tony Blair’s Labour administration...Records and researchThe Cuban Missile Crisis: ‘A solemn moment for the fate of the entire world’Monday 31 October 2022The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 is usually portrayed solely as a stand-off...Records and researchSpies, social climbers and suspicious stories from the files of MI5Tuesday 11 October 2022In 1962, civil servant John Vassall was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for espionage....Records and researchLady Hester Stanhope: Queen of the DesertMonday 26 September 2022Lady Hester Stanhope was born in 1776. She was the niece of William Pitt...Records and research100 years ago: ‘Egypt is declared to be an independent sovereign State’Thursday 17 March 2022One hundred years ago, on 28 February 1922, Edmund Allenby, the British High-Commissioner in...Records and researchNeuengamme: ‘Among the worst of the concentration camps in Germany’Thursday 27 January 2022Warning: This blog post contains potentially distressing text and images. You may not have...Records and research5 May 1821: ‘Napoleon is no more’Wednesday 5 May 2021200 years ago, on 5 May 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte, former Emperor of the French,...Records and research‘Many adventures!’ British archivists in Italy during the Second World WarThursday 12 November 2020You may have heard of, or seen, George Clooney’s ‘The Monuments Men’ film. It...Records and research‘France has lost a battle! But France hasn’t lost the war!’Monday 22 June 202080 years ago, on 18 June 1940, powerful words were pronounced on the BBC,...Records and researchBritain and Assyrian refugees after the First World WarTuesday 16 June 2020This blog post is part one of three in our Refugee Stories series for...Archives and archivistsThe Archivists’ Guide to Film: The Imitation GameWednesday 20 May 2020The Archivists’ Guide to Film is a blog series in which staff at The... 1 2 3 … 5 »