All posts Records and researchEvery little helps: The history of the National Savings movementMonday 11 May 2020Most of us probably try to save some of our hard-earned money if we...Records and research10 May 1940: A day to rememberSaturday 9 May 2020Friday 10 May 1940 was surely one of the most dramatic days in modern...Records and research‘Decided to cancel at last minute to save snarl from Uncle Joe’: How VE Day became VE DayFriday 8 May 2020Friday 8 May marks the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day –...Records and researchWhy was Mrs Churchill in Moscow on VE Day?Thursday 7 May 2020Seventy-five years on, as we reflect on images of Britain’s Prime Minister, Winston Churchill,...Records and researchLove dividedThursday 7 May 2020Today, as we write this blog, people across the world have been separated, in...Records and researchPetitioning for love: ‘The grief we have suffered no tongue can tell’Wednesday 6 May 2020In 1829, John Travwicks, described as ‘a quiet inoffensive man’, was sentenced to transportation...Records and researchDr James Barry: The importance of archival discoveriesTuesday 5 May 2020Finding documents in the archives that relate to trans or gender non-conforming people from...Records and researchMaps in the Drawing RoomMonday 4 May 2020Military map surveyors and the early history of the Ordnance Survey have long been...Records and researchLetters of Note: Preparing the Prize Papers for digitisationThursday 30 April 2020Digitisation improves access to The National Archives’ rich collections. It is vital for opening...Records and researchThe Applications of Probability to Cryptography (Part 1)Friday 24 April 2020‘The Applications of Probability to Cryptography’ is a paper written by Alan Turing released...Records and researchDisappointed and forbidden loveThursday 23 April 2020A lovestruck medieval clerk writing out romantic lyrics as he daydreams. A gay man...Archives and archivistsFighting a great fight: Women workers at Ford DagenhamWednesday 22 April 2020The action began on 7 June 1968, when 187 women walked out of Ford’s... « 1 … 44 45 46 47 48 … 169 »