All posts Behind the scenesReading With Love: Part oneThursday 12 March 2020If there is one thing we all enjoy, it’s a decent love story. One...Records and researchA rough deal for Captain KiddTuesday 3 March 2020In 1695, William Kidd concocted a plan to travel to London to acquire a royal...Records and researchBillie’s Club: Queer club culture in 1930s LondonTuesday 25 February 2020Billie’s Club, run by club proprietor Billie Joyce, was located on 6 Little Denmark...Records and researchBlue skies and warmer climes: A journey into the ADM 344 seriesThursday 20 February 2020It is human nature at this time of year, when seemingly under an unbroken...Records and researchOut of the Archives: Classified adverts at the Royal Vauxhall TavernWednesday 12 February 2020On the 23rd November 2019, The National Archives and Bishopsgate Institute took over the Royal...Records and research‘What went wrong on Poland’: Reconsidering the legacy of the Yalta AgreementMonday 10 February 2020In 1985, at the height of the Thatcher era, officials in the Foreign and...Records and researchThe Shim Sham Club: ‘London’s miniature Harlem’Wednesday 5 February 2020Queer club culture in the 1930s was vibrant and varied, especially in the growing...Records and researchResist: Black Power in the courtroomThursday 30 January 2020In 1965 Britain passed the Race Relations Act, making it illegal to refuse service...Archives and archivistsBaffled by archives: Part threeTuesday 28 January 2020‘Baffled by archives’ is a three-part blog series addressing the issues and challenges that...Behind the scenesWhat happens when school students take overMonday 27 January 2020Giving students the opportunity to work with original sources is central to everything that...Records and researchWar behind the wire: The story of allied civilians in occupied Europe during the Second World WarFriday 24 January 2020On 16 January 2018 I wrote an introductory blog on the project to catalogue...Records and researchReform: Violence and the struggle for suffrageThursday 23 January 2020The campaign for women’s suffrage is often characterised by its militant factions and leaders... « 1 … 46 47 48 49 50 … 169 »