All posts Records and research‘Fair international reasoning’Friday 16 October 2015In my last blog, I mentioned antiquities discovered in Samarra that became the centre...Records and researchSt. Dunstan’s Hostel for Blind Soldiers and SailorsThursday 15 October 2015In a series of blog posts on medical technology in the First World War, we’ve attempted...Behind the scenesA stitch in time…Wednesday 14 October 2015A stitch in time saves nine: an apt phrase that sums up one of...Records and researchKeeping tabs on suffragettes: the official watchlistMonday 12 October 2015To coincide with the nationwide release of the film Suffragette, the official watchlist containing...Behind the scenesPreserving First World War diariesFriday 9 October 2015The National Archives is committed to digitising our collections as a tool for both access...Records and researchStriking women: labour unrest among First World War female workersThursday 8 October 2015On 30 September 1916 ‘between 2,000 and 3,000 of the women employees of the Lancaster...Archives and archivistsDiscovering the Manorial Documents RegisterTuesday 6 October 2015Our catalogue Discovery lets you find records held here at The National Archives and also...Records and researchThe Battle of Kringen, 1612: uncovering an obscure Norwegian conflictMonday 5 October 2015I was travelling through the town of Otta, about halfway on the route between...Records and researchA pauper’s life in their own wordsFriday 2 October 2015It is generally accepted that primary sources detailing paupers’ experience of the 19th century are...Records and researchKeeper’s Gallery: Battle of Britain 1940Thursday 1 October 2015Our Keeper’s Gallery currently features a display highlighting the Battle of Britain in 1940....Records and researchTwickenham to Tanganyika: an extraordinary naval expeditionWednesday 30 September 2015It is sometimes said that truth is stranger than fiction, a maxim which undoubtedly...Records and researchNational registration day: 29 September 1939Tuesday 29 September 2015On 29 September 1939 the National Register was taken throughout the UK, Isle of... « 1 … 106 107 108 109 110 … 169 »