All posts Records and researchFlixborough, 1 June 1974Friday 30 May 20141 June is the 40th anniversary of the Flixborough disaster, an explosion at a...Records and researchTales from the Special Operations Executive: Operation RemorseThursday 29 May 2014It was ‘the biggest currency black market in history’, a secret operation under the...Behind the scenesSummer readingWednesday 28 May 2014Now spring has finally sprung and we’ve had our first few days of sunshine...Behind the scenesUsing WordPress to manage our web contentFriday 23 May 2014During our website redesign process, the goal has been to make our site as...Behind the scenesDigital by defaultThursday 22 May 2014A few weeks ago myself and a couple of colleagues (Aleks, a technical architect...Records and researchMapped with a purposeWednesday 21 May 2014A few years ago, a colleague asked me for help in finding a map....Behind the scenesThe best of FriendsFriday 16 May 2014The National Archives – full of national treasures, and a national treasure itself. The...Managing informationManaging information: are you game?Wednesday 14 May 2014Today I’d like to talk about ‘gamification’ – a term that as I type...Records and researchThe World Cup: considering a boycott in 1982Monday 12 May 2014Many people’s memories of the 1982 football World Cup in Spain might centre on...Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: thinking of youFriday 9 May 2014My First World War soldier is my great-great uncle. Although he is not a blood...Records and researchArchiving social mediaThursday 8 May 2014Our social media archive has been released today, as a collaborative effort between The National...Records and researchThe travelling photographer: Emil Otto HoppéTuesday 6 May 2014Emil Otto Hoppé (1878–1972) is my kind of photographer. He was incredibly prolific, producing... « 1 … 127 128 129 130 131 … 168 »