All posts Archives and archivistsAI and archives: Current challenges and prospects of digital and born-digital archivesFriday 19 February 2021The Archives in the UK/Republic of Ireland & AI (AURA) network, which is funded...Records and researchThe Khilafat Movement in KewTuesday 16 February 2021Among the vast collection of documents relating to the fallout from the First World...Records and research‘Queer’ history: A history of QueerTuesday 9 February 2021‘I honestly thought you were queer, but different from the others, and I liked...Behind the scenesFive Photos: Exploring a mindful archiveMonday 8 February 2021How useful are archives right now? I don’t mean to be provocative. Like many...Records and researchThe makings of manuscripts: More than what’s written on the pageFriday 5 February 2021To celebrate National Storytelling Week 2021 I want to dive into the world of...Archives and archivistsIntroducing Novice to Know-How 2.0Thursday 4 February 2021A year ago, in January 2020, The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) and The National...Records and researchSearching for Cliff TyrellThursday 28 January 2021Much has been written about the relationship between the Caribbean and Britain, particularly around...Records and research‘The Great Experiment’: Explaining the advent of indenture to the West IndiesTuesday 26 January 2021Between the abolition of slavery in 1834 and the First World War, more than...Records and researchVerdict – Accidental death: The strange case of the Scottish aristocrat killed on the Midland RailwayFriday 22 January 2021Chris Heather writes: Over the past two years, The National Archives has been cataloguing a...Records and research‘Brown Babies’: The children born to black GI and white British women during the Second World WarMonday 4 January 2021In January 1942, after the US had entered the war, a large number of...Records and researchThe Ghost of Christmas past? St Thomas Becket and Edwardian CanterburyTuesday 29 December 2020Everyone loves a ghost story at Christmas, right? One might even say they represent...Records and researchGood will to all: Henry VI’s Christmas pardon of 1470-71Friday 18 December 2020Those watching in bemusement, as every year before Thanksgiving the President of the United... « 1 … 34 35 36 37 38 … 168 »