All posts Records and researchOne positive outcome from a terrible disasterThursday 7 April 2022This is the latest in a series of blogs to promote the work of...Archives and archivistsThe challenges of working on the Operation War Diary recordsWednesday 6 April 2022Operation War Diary was a five-year collaboration between Zooniverse, Imperial War Museums and The...Records and researchThe Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands and Sir Rex HuntSaturday 2 April 2022For Sir Rex Hunt, Governor of the Falkland Islands, Thursday 1 April 1982 ‘began...Records and researchThe Falklands Conflict 40th anniversary: Researching Operation CorporateFriday 1 April 2022As the official archive for the UK Government, it is perhaps unsurprising that The...Behind the scenesThe secrets of a manuscriptThursday 31 March 2022Over the many thousands of years on this planet, we have looked to unravel...Records and researchImproving the nation’s stock for ‘Great and Greater Britain’: Eugenics in the 1920sWednesday 30 March 2022The practice of eugenics - that is, selectively encouraging people with what are perceived...Records and researchLepers of Maiden Bradley: Tracing the lives of women in medieval leper hospitalsTuesday 29 March 2022The leper hospital of Maiden Bradley was founded prior to 1164 by Manasser Biset,...Records and researchFamily planning in the 1920s: Marie Stopes and the ‘wise precaution of delay’Tuesday 29 March 2022was published. Aimed at married couples, it became an instant bestseller and went through...Records and researchHannah More: A woman of lettersMonday 28 March 2022Hannah More (1745-1833) used her pen and her literary talents to promote four main...Archives and archivistsResearch Exchange: An open access encyclopedia of British and European sociability in the long eighteenth centuryMonday 28 March 2022The DIGIT.EN.S digital encyclopedia, the first open-access encyclopedia of British and European sociability in...Archives and archivistsResearch Exchange: Engaging CrowdsMonday 28 March 2022‘Engaging Crowds’ is a project led by The National Archives, in partnership with Royal...Records and researchThe 1922 Wilmcote railway accident: 100 years onThursday 24 March 2022You probably won’t have heard of Edward Sherwood, Lewis Washburn, George Booker or William... « 1 … 20 21 22 23 24 … 168 »