All posts Records and researchLGBTQ+ lives through the censusMonday 28 February 2022Families come in all shapes and sizes. Same-sex couples now have the right to...Records and researchLocal history in The National Archives LibrarySunday 27 February 2022Archives of any kind are probably the best place to conduct local history research...Technology and innovationPRONOM: A database centenaryThursday 24 February 2022Recently The National Archives released the 100th version of PRONOM but many people may...Records and researchEquality of sexuality: The age of consentWednesday 23 February 2022The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 represented a partial decriminalisation of male homosexuality: it...Records and researchIntroducing the Printed Prize Appeals: Selected examples from HCA 45Tuesday 22 February 2022In the days when wooden ships could be taken by (threat of) force, without...Records and research‘A vast window display’: The British Empire Exhibition of 1924-5Tuesday 22 February 2022In 1924 an exhibition was held at Wembley Park in London, which aimed to...Records and researchImagining Empire in the 1920s: Posters of the Empire Marketing BoardTuesday 15 February 2022If you found yourself walking on Charing Cross Road on New Year’s Day in...Records and researchInvestigating the strange disappearance of Mrs Agatha ChristieFriday 11 February 2022On the evening of Friday 3 December 1926, Agatha Christie left her home in...Records and researchThe Ladies of LlangollenTuesday 8 February 2022Given the extraordinary and unsettling situation of the past two years, it has been...Behind the scenesThe 1920s and all that jazzWednesday 2 February 2022Britain had been affected profoundly by the First World War, both socially and economically,...Archives and archivistsConservation volunteers rehouse over 5,000 films and negativesWednesday 2 February 2022The team of well-established volunteers in the Collection Care department has successfully completed a...Records and researchThen and now: The People’s Palace in the 20sTuesday 1 February 2022During lockdown in 2020, archive volunteers at Alexandra Palace (Ally Pally) were able to... « 1 … 22 23 24 25 26 … 168 »