Posts by Mark Dunton Records and research10 May 1940: A day to rememberSaturday 9 May 2020Friday 10 May 1940 was surely one of the most dramatic days in modern...Records and researchFall of the WallWednesday 6 November 2019The Berlin Wall was breached 30 years ago, on 9 November 1989. In this...Records and researchGeorge Orwell: Surveillance and the StateThursday 6 June 20198 June is the 70th anniversary (1949) of the publication of George Orwell’s famous...Archives and archivistsCreating our Cold War exhibitionFriday 12 April 2019When Steve Burgess and Juliette Johnstone from our events and exhibitions team first approached...Records and researchAugust 14 1967, midnight: showdown for the pop piratesMonday 14 August 2017The Marine Broadcasting (Offences) Act effectively outlawed the operation of pirate radio stations broadcasting...Records and research‘Expo 67 has opened and is a wow!’Thursday 27 April 2017Expo 67 is considered to be the most successful world’s fair of the 20th...Records and researchExplore Sir Geoffrey Howe’s Private Office papersFriday 25 November 2016Today a new series of records is released which give us a new perspective...Records and researchSir Maurice Hankey and the birth of modern governmentWednesday 19 October 2016Almost 100 years ago, there was a revolution in government: the first official record...Records and researchThe 1966 World Cup and diplomatic gamesFriday 29 July 2016Explore how a sporting competition can damage international relations…...Records and researchHarold Wilson’s resignation, 16 March 1976Wednesday 9 March 2016On 16 March 1976 Harold Wilson caused a political sensation when he announced he...Records and researchThe AIDS health campaignThursday 28 January 2016We look at how Margaret Thatcher’s administration grappled with the issue of educating the...Records and researchSir Edward Grey’s doomed questFriday 25 July 2014On July 24, 1914, Count von Mensdorff, Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, communicated the text of the... « 1 2 3 »