Posts by Sally Hughes Behind the scenesRecommended reading: Forbidden loveTuesday 21 April 2020The National Archives exhibition With Love is currently closed but if you wish to...Behind the scenesHistory in the strangest thingsFriday 18 October 2019I know it is frightfully early to be thinking about your Christmas list but...Behind the scenesDressed in the past: the stories clothes tellThursday 1 August 2019Clothes are not just essential for warmth and modesty – they can be for so...Behind the scenesThe saviour of the sewersWednesday 27 March 2019Thursday 28 March marks the bicentenary of the birth of Joseph Bazalgette – one of...Behind the scenesQueens on film and in printTuesday 29 January 2019When you were little did you play at being a princess? I did and I...Behind the scenesPuzzled by Christmas? Some suggestions for giftsTuesday 4 December 2018Yes, it is December. Again. And we will be celebrating Christmas soon. On the...Behind the scenesDiscover James Cook in our BookshopTuesday 9 October 2018While the main focus this year has been on anniversaries associated with the First...Behind the scenesMarking time with diaries and calendarsWednesday 12 September 2018Are you a plan-ahead-with-military-precision type of person? Or more of a go-with-the-flow-embrace-your-inner-spontaneity sort? Just...Behind the scenesA Georgian autumnTuesday 14 August 2018As we move inside, dazed and somewhat sun-struck from our amazing run of totally...Behind the scenesA new look for The National Archives’ shopFriday 22 June 2018Over the last May Bank Holiday there was banging and crashing in The National...Behind the scenesSummer readingTuesday 22 May 2018For many people the sudden advent of summer weather means an opportunity to get...Behind the scenesOur mothers’ storiesTuesday 27 March 2018During this Suffrage commemoration year there are increasing numbers of women’s stories appearing on the shelves... 1 2 3 … 5 »