All posts Records and researchThe Carlisle Experiment – limiting alcohol in wartimeThursday 15 January 2015One of the early casualties of the First World War was, in many respects,...Records and researchIllustrating historyMonday 12 January 2015As a repository for records of central government, you may not expect to find...Behind the scenesNew year in the bookshopWednesday 7 January 2015New Year, new you. It’s the time of resolutions (which you won’t keep), spring...Records and researchFiles from 1985/86: football, fire and hooliganismTuesday 30 December 2014The mid-1980s are often characterised as a period of success, excess and the shoulder-padded...Records and researchMy grandfather and the Cuxhaven RaidThursday 25 December 2014Christmas Day 1914 was the day of the Cuxhaven Raid, when the British Royal...Records and researchResearching FWW through personal objects: soldiers’ testamentsTuesday 23 December 2014In the First World War many soldiers carried at least two books with them...Records and researchYour disco needs youFriday 19 December 2014The National Archives was in the grip of the 1970s when I first joined...Behind the scenesSeeing the invisible – striking images of dust!Thursday 18 December 2014Scanning electron microscopy has revealed striking images of dust particles found in The National Archives’...Records and researchA ‘special relationship’?Tuesday 16 December 2014When looking at British history in the twentieth century strong Anglo-American ties appear to...Records and research‘German havoc in English homes’Tuesday 16 December 2014Our tendency to view the First World War through the prism of the Western...Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: Construction and destruction with the Royal EngineersFriday 12 December 2014Born in Newport, South Wales, on 16 June, 1894, William Alfred Bale was the...Behind the scenesThe season for givingThursday 11 December 2014‘Tis indeed the festive season. We’ve eaten the first of the mince pies now.... « 1 … 117 118 119 120 121 … 169 »