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Tag: bookshop
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The saviour of the sewers
Thursday 28 March marks the bicentenary of the birth of Joseph Bazalgette – one of the most illustrious Victorians, but someone you may never have heard of.... read more
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Reading about the Great Escape
During the Second World War, more than 100,000 British servicemen were captured by the Germans – many from conflicts such as the RAF bomber offensives over... read more
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Read about child evacuees in the Second World War
One of my favourite books as a child was ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ by C S Lewis, a story about four siblings who are evacuated from London dur... read more
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Puzzled by Christmas? Some suggestions for gifts
Yes, it is December. Again. And we will be celebrating Christmas soon. On the 25th (just like last year, amazing how that happens). I agree, it does seem to hav... read more
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Historical letters and messages from the battlefield
From love letters of kings and queens to political calls for liberation… from declarations of war to reflections on the death of an unknown soldier…... read more
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Discover James Cook in our Bookshop
While the main focus this year has been on anniversaries associated with the First World War and with Suffrage, 2018 also marks the 250th anniversary of the b... read more
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Marking time with diaries and calendars
Are you a plan-ahead-with-military-precision type of person? Or more of a go-with-the-flow-embrace-your-inner-spontaneity sort? Just asking, as we have our 2019... read more
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A Georgian autumn
As we move inside, dazed and somewhat sun-struck from our amazing run of totally un-British weather, there is nothing like the prospect of a good solid historic... read more
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The Home Guard
In June 1940, following a scrambled evacuation of troops at Dunkirk, the Second World War was brought home to Britain. As Hitler’s Luftwaffe initiated its bom... read more
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A new look for The National Archives’ shop
Over the last May Bank Holiday there was banging and crashing in The National Archives as we worked refresh the layout of the shop. If you have not visited yet... read more
