Posts by Keith Mitchell Records and researchA Great Escape from Castello di VincigliataMonday 30 September 2024Discover how Second World War PoWs escaped an Italian castle....Records and researchTracing merchant seamen in the 19th centuryTuesday 17 September 2024Thanks to our offsite volunteers it's now easier to research 19th century life at...Records and researchInternational Volunteer Day 2023: The work that inspired Great EscapesTuesday 5 December 2023International Volunteer Day is the perfect time to celebrate the efforts that inspired our...Records and researchLeaving the Italian prisoner of war camp FontanellatoWednesday 7 June 2023How prisoners of war escaped from Italy following the Italian armistice of September 1943....Records and researchColonial correspondence: Tasmania settlersWednesday 9 November 2022Tasmania, well known today as the home of the Tasmanian Devil, was formerly two...Records and researchRoyal Patriotic School: Interrogation of civilians arriving in UK from abroadFriday 3 December 2021From May 1940 British officials started interviewing foreign nationals or refugees arriving at British...Behind the scenesCataloguing WO 25 officers’ records of serviceThursday 15 July 2021The restrictions over the past year have meant having to look at other ways...Records and researchCataloguing the Middle East mandates – making inroadsMonday 18 May 2020Back in August 2018, we published a blog on a volunteer project to catalogue...Records and researchFrom Pinewood with LoveFriday 20 December 2019There are certain films that I’ve always associated with my youth – films that remind...Records and researchWine: A taste of the archiveMonday 9 December 2019The National Archives has recently hosted two wine tasting sessions. This may seem a...Records and researchSkynet: the real communication satellite systemThursday 24 October 2019The latest instalment of the ‘Terminator’ franchise has hit our cinema screens. A rather...Archives and archivistsA world of wine and taxesThursday 23 May 2019Sparkling wines produced in the United Kingdom today win international awards, and we import... 1 2 »