Posts by Katie Fox Behind the scenesDigitising documents for ‘Royalty on Record’Wednesday 11 May 2022In 2022 Her Majesty The Queen celebrates a Platinum Jubilee, as the first British...Records and researchJix’s ‘war on night club evils’Wednesday 20 April 2022After the strains of the First World War, the nation craved entertainment and throughout...Records and researchThe Archivists’ Guide to Film: SuffragetteWednesday 3 March 2021The Archivists’ Guide to Film is a blog series in which staff at The...Behind the scenesSacrifices for loveFriday 22 May 2020What would you sacrifice for love? And who sacrifices more: those who have it all,...Records and researchLove dividedThursday 7 May 2020Today, as we write this blog, people across the world have been separated, in...Records and researchDisappointed and forbidden loveThursday 23 April 2020A lovestruck medieval clerk writing out romantic lyrics as he daydreams. A gay man...Records and researchResist: Black Power in the courtroomThursday 30 January 2020In 1965 Britain passed the Race Relations Act, making it illegal to refuse service...Records and researchReform: Violence and the struggle for suffrageThursday 23 January 2020The campaign for women’s suffrage is often characterised by its militant factions and leaders...Records and researchRevolt: The story of England’s first protestThursday 16 January 2020In 1990, a march in protest of the government’s Poll Tax turned violent as...Records and researchDouble agents and double standardsFriday 17 May 2019Espionage is a complicated business. Not only do you, as a spy, have to...Records and researchLawrence and BellFriday 10 May 2019T.E. Lawrence is a legendary figure, known for spying and fighting in the Middle...Records and researchArchetype of a SpyFriday 3 May 2019Whenever I think of spies my first thought is always of a James Bond-type... 1 2 »