Posts by Michael Mahoney Behind the scenesSigned, sealed and delivered’: Online learning with a SEND audienceMonday 31 May 2021Since January this year, Outreach at The National Archives have engaged with a vulnerable...Records and research‘The Great Experiment’: Explaining the advent of indenture to the West IndiesTuesday 26 January 2021Between the abolition of slavery in 1834 and the First World War, more than...Records and researchA ‘new system of slavery’? The British West Indies and the origins of Indian indentureThursday 3 December 2020In March 1837, John Gladstone, a sugar plantation owner in British Guiana and representative...Behind the scenesThe art of kindness: Using images to improve mental wellbeingThursday 21 May 2020Using creativity to explore our collections is especially relevant at a time when we...Records and researchThe birth of council housingTuesday 31 March 2020‘Deficiency of housing accommodation is one of the most prolific causes of industrial unrest.’...Archives and archivistsThe power of photography: Black History Month at Roehampton LibraryFriday 8 November 2019As part of Black History Month, the Outreach team at The National Archives decamped...Archives and archivists‘This is our park’: A community well-being projectFriday 4 October 2019‘This is our park’ is a unique collaboration between The National Archives, Wandsworth Heritage...Archives and archivistsRaising awareness of the 1919 ‘Race Riots’ in LiverpoolWednesday 12 June 2019The 1919 race riots were the first time many in Britain became aware of...Archives and archivistsBack in Battersea: a creative reminiscence projectTuesday 9 April 2019In the course of a few afternoons, I learned so much about the lives...Behind the scenesHistorical images inspire memories in RoehamptonTuesday 27 November 2018Memories of life in swinging London’s music scene… Anecdotes about hiding, as a child,...Records and researchOur man in Antigua: Oliver Baldwin, an unconventional governorWednesday 22 August 2018In my opinion the policy adopted by Earl Baldwin towards the populace of the...Records and researchAnatomy of a disaster: the Bombay Docks ExplosionThursday 13 April 2017On Friday 14 April 1944, explosions in Victoria Dock killed over 740 people and... 1 2 »
