Posts by Melinda Haunton Archives and archivistsFarewell to fellowships: How did the year go?Tuesday 15 October 2019Our year as The National Archives-Research Library UK (RLUK) Professional Fellows 2018-19 has come...Records and researchSeeking lessons from public history: The story so farMonday 29 July 2019I have blogged twice before about my 2018-19 Professional Fellowship, supported by Research Libraries...Archives and archivistsVikings, squirrels and viral social media: my professional placementThursday 28 March 2019I blogged back in November with the other 2018-19 fellows as we started out...Archives and archivistsProfessional Fellows in 2018-19Wednesday 28 November 2018We are the first fellows who have had the opportunity to apply to the...Archives and archivistsArchive Service Accreditation: refreshed and reopened for businessThursday 28 June 2018I’m so pleased to say that a refreshed Archive Service Accreditation reopens today, almost...Records and researchIs this the face of William Shakespeare?Thursday 27 October 2016The portrait shows a balding man, rather askew of eye, wearing a white lace...Archives and archivistsInfinite variety: Archiving the ArtsMonday 16 March 2015What links a springboard , a sonnet, a commode, a peacock, many hairpins and...Archives and archivistsA day in the life of an archivistMonday 10 November 2014As part of Explore Your Archive week the organisations and people who look after...Records and researchMy Family’s War: across enemy linesFriday 20 June 2014Last year, I begged this ‘My Tommy’s War’ slot to write about my mother’s...Archives and archivistsTalking ‘Archiving the Arts’Wednesday 4 June 2014I’m talking with my colleagues Fleur Soper and Kate Wheeler about Archiving the Arts,...Archives and archivistsWe are Accredited!Wednesday 9 April 2014You might have seen that The National Archives was among the latest batch of...Archives and archivistsArchives are our businessMonday 3 March 2014Part of The National Archives’ work with the wider archive sector is about exploring... 1 2 3 4 »