All posts Technology and innovationA (moving) picture is worth 1,000 wordsTuesday 1 July 2014Update: the survey is now closed. Thank you to everyone who took part. Calling...Behind the scenesGathering dustMonday 30 June 2014Unsurprisingly, we have dust at The National Archives! I never imagined that dust would...Records and researchTwo bullets that changed the course of historySaturday 28 June 2014On this day exactly 100 years ago, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, and his wife...Behind the scenesReading to escapeTuesday 24 June 2014Did you have a good day? I thought not. There are those days when...Behind the scenesCalling all A Level history teachersMonday 23 June 2014If you’re an A level history teacher, you’ll know that new draft specifications have...Records and researchMy Family’s War: across enemy linesFriday 20 June 2014Last year, I begged this ‘My Tommy’s War’ slot to write about my mother’s...Records and researchThe working women’s struggle for the voteThursday 19 June 2014On 20 June 1914 one of the first deputations of suffragettes met with the Prime...Behind the scenesCommendation for bravery (with a little help from our Friends)Tuesday 17 June 2014What would you do if a bomb landed on your house in the middle...Records and researchHere comes the cavalry! Records of the Household Cavalry go onlineFriday 13 June 2014Records for over 12,000 servicemen from the Household Cavalry (file series ref: WO 400)...Records and researchDoodlebugFriday 13 June 2014The bombing of British towns and cities during the Second World War was far...Records and researchNelson Mandela: life imprisonment 12 June 1964Thursday 12 June 2014Today is the 50th anniversary of Nelson Mandela being sentenced to life imprisonment. At...Records and researchThe World Cup: more than just footballThursday 12 June 2014The World Cup is an event that excites the footballing world. The English press... « 1 … 126 127 128 129 130 … 169 »