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Tag: books
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Ideas for your Christmas list
It’s getting closer… Not so close that you need to panic: there’s still plenty of time to buy presents. But it is close enough that you need to gr... read more
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The not so distant sound of jingle bells
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat… I know you are in denial, we all are. But Guy Fawkes night has passed and it is high time you knuckled down an... read more
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Step into The National Archives’ library
Twenty years ago, we first opened our research library to the public. This anniversary seemed an appropriate time for me to see what I could uncover about the... read more
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Reading about railways
Trains cause frustrations at times but where would we be without them?... read more
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Dunkirk on film and in print
Have you seen Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk and now want to explore the history in more depth?... read more
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Something about Jane
With the bicentenary of Austen’s death, we look at Austen-related books in our shop...... read more
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Food for thought: eating with Queen Victoria and Mrs Beeton
'Human lives are marked out in meals,' observes food historian Annie Gray…... read more
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The hocus pocus of witchcraft
Discover five books focused on the history of withcraft and magic, and the figure of the witch…... read more
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Lives on the ocean waves
This month I thought we might impart a nautical flavour to our reading recommendations…... read more
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Sharing your family stories
I want to highlight some of the titles where writers choose a public forum for their private family secrets to great and very readable effect…... read more
