Posts by Dr Juliette Desplat Records and research‘A man one could do business with’Wednesday 11 March 2015‘Perestroika’ and ‘glasnost’. These are two Russian words you may have heard at school...Records and research‘A triumph of hope over evidence’Friday 6 March 2015Agincourt, Trafalgar, Waterloo, Fashoda, Mers-el-Kebir… With the England-France rugby game drawing closer, these are...Records and research‘To those who forgive and forget too quickly…’Tuesday 27 January 2015Like many French people of my generation, I’ve grown up amidst war stories –...Records and researchDigging for King and CountryTuesday 18 November 2014As I very often tell my friends and colleagues, not all archaeologists are spies....Records and research‘Paris fights today so that France can speak tomorrow’Monday 25 August 2014If you’ve ever been to Paris, you may, as most people do, have missed...Records and research‘Entente Cordiale’, you said?Friday 25 July 2014As a French historian working at The National Archives, I am particularly interested in...Records and researchPolitics, Egyptology and revolutionMonday 2 June 2014In May 1919, the British government decided to send a Special Mission headed by...Records and researchI have seen yesterday, I know tomorrow…Monday 7 April 2014My colleagues are already tired of my obsession with Ancient Egypt, but today at... « 1 … 3 4 5