All posts Records and researchWine: A taste of the archiveMonday 9 December 2019The National Archives has recently hosted two wine tasting sessions. This may seem a...Records and researchThalidomide: Limb-fitting centresMonday 9 December 2019Thalidomide was one of the worst man-made medical disasters in history and had far-reaching...Records and research‘The merry adventures of two Military Attachés’Friday 6 December 2019Serendipity often occurs in the course of archival research. While looking for something entirely...Archives and archivistsDiscovering collections, discovering communitiesFriday 6 December 2019In 2019 The National Archives awarded four bursaries to support students, early career professionals,...Records and researchLiving with leprosy in late medieval EnglandThursday 5 December 2019Leprosy – now known as Hansen’s disease in order to remove the stigma with...Records and research‘Needs tactful and sympathetic treatment’: Mental health during the First World WarMonday 2 December 2019The image of the shell shocked soldier remains one of the most enduring of...Archives and archivistsBaffled by archives: Part oneFriday 29 November 2019After 20 years of living in a world with Google in it, many web...Records and researchMedieval mental illness and care in the community: Emma de Beston’s case, 1383Thursday 28 November 2019For Disability History Month, we ask, 'What happened in the medieval period when people...Records and researchDamnified, quantified and classified: Descriptions of disability in government recordsMonday 25 November 2019Disability History Month runs from 22 November to 22 December. To mark it, The...Records and researchErnie and Geof: Love between menWednesday 20 November 2019In November 1920 the youthful Ernest [Ernie] Smyth was arrested. At 22 years old...Archives and archivistsSuffragettes and the Black Friday protests: 18 November 1910Monday 18 November 2019The 18th of November 1910 is one of the iconic dates in the history...Behind the scenes‘Behind the scenes’: Take a tour of The National ArchivesFriday 15 November 2019It is said that only one tenth of an iceberg is ever visible –... « 1 … 48 49 50 51 52 … 169 »