All posts 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...Records and researchThe Right of WreckMonday 31 January 2022Countless lives, ships and cargo have been lost along the Cornish coastline. ‘Wrecking’ –...Records and researchThe Battles of Tobruk, 1941-42 (Part two)Monday 31 January 2022As the siege came to an end the hospital ship Gloucestershire began making trips...Records and researchNeuengamme: ‘Among the worst of the concentration camps in Germany’Thursday 27 January 2022Warning: This blog post contains potentially distressing text and images. You may not have...Records and researchWomen in the Second World War: The Palestinian Auxiliary Territorial ServiceWednesday 26 January 2022As the women’s branch of the British Army during the Second World War, the...Records and researchArthur Freethy, Ossulston Estate and slum clearance in the 1920sTuesday 25 January 2022Following the First World War, the British government was increasingly concerned about the health...Records and researchThe Battles of Tobruk, 1941-42 (Part one)Friday 21 January 2022Tobruk, a small town and military base in Libya, was the scene of some...Archives and archivistsCall for participants: Beyond the archiveThursday 13 January 2022One of our PhD students, Alex Leigh, is looking for participants to take part...Records and researchFragmented lives: Migrant sex workers’ lives in the archivesTuesday 11 January 2022As a state archive, The National Archives holds many items relating to the experiences... « 1 … 23 24 25 26 27 … 169 »