All posts Records and researchThe treason of Sir Thomas MoreTuesday 7 March 2023Sir Thomas More was a leading Tudor statesman. What led to his execution?...Records and researchHow Florence Nightingale David saved lives during the Blitz – with statisticsFriday 3 March 2023We explore the wartime work carried out by this pioneering statistician...Records and research‘Excessive severity’: Treason and the Grenadian Rebellion of 1795Thursday 2 March 2023In this blog, curator Chris Day looks at how treason was used, and misused,...Records and researchA love story that threatened the Commonwealth: Seretse Khama and Ruth WilliamsMonday 27 February 2023Discover the marriage that caused a diplomatic storm at the end of the 1940s....Behind the scenesIntroduction to conservation for digitisationWednesday 22 February 2023The National Archives digitises over 40,000 records every year. Who prepares them?...Records and researchAccroaching royal power in 1380s London: The downfall of Nicholas BrembreMonday 20 February 2023Explore the downfall of a key figure of 1380s London, a period characterised by...Records and researchThe Bag of SecretsThursday 16 February 2023What is the 'Bag of Secrets' and how did it come to exist?...Archives and archivistsLocal studies at The National Archives and beyondWednesday 15 February 2023We reflect on the practice of local studies and highlight the launch of a...Records and research‘You don’t understand our love’: Lady Austin’s camp boysMonday 13 February 2023Discover London's queer parties of the 1930s, and how the police persecuted these spaces....Records and researchTreason against the state: America declares independenceFriday 3 February 2023Explore how and why America declared independence from Great Britain, and where treason fits...Records and researchThe many misfortunes of an Irish merchant in Tenerife, 1740–1744Tuesday 31 January 2023Three remarkable letters written in May 1744 survive at The National Archives, which were...Records and researchTreason against the state: The execution of Charles IMonday 30 January 2023Levying war against the Crown was one of the key treasonable offences defined by... « 1 … 8 9 10 11 12 … 168 »