All posts Records and research100 years since Nelson Mandela’s birth, 18 July 1918Wednesday 18 July 2018Nelson Mandela was born at Mvezo, a village near Umtata, Transkei (now Eastern Cape)...Behind the scenesThe Home GuardTuesday 17 July 2018In June 1940, following a scrambled evacuation of troops at Dunkirk, the Second World...Records and researchWhere do I start my research?Monday 16 July 2018Here at The National Archives, we are asked questions covering a huge range of...Records and researchBehind the scenes of organising an exhibition: Modern Brazilian Paintings (1944)Friday 13 July 2018Recently, the Sala Brasil Arts Centre at the Embassy of Brazil hosted the exhibition ‘The...Archives and archivistsWhat’s new in UK archives?Wednesday 11 July 2018Whether it be a gigabyte of data, a single file or 230 boxes of...Records and researchWhy can’t I find what I’m looking for?Monday 9 July 2018Some people contact The National Archives with an unspoken hope that we hold all...Records and researchThe NHS at 70, part 2: publicising national healthFriday 6 July 2018Welcome back to this, the second of my short series of blogs celebrating the...Records and researchThe NHS on filmFriday 6 July 2018When the NHS was founded in 1948, film was in at the ground floor....UncategorizedThe NHS at 70, part 1: ‘Here is our chance to do something big’Thursday 5 July 2018Today (5 July) marks the 70th anniversary of ‘the appointed day’, 5 July 1948, when...Records and researchExploring new ways of visualising The National Archives’ First World War diariesMonday 2 July 2018Since 2014, The National Archives has been opening up our collection of handwritten First World...Records and researchAlice Hawkins, suffragette and working womanMonday 2 July 2018Today marks 90 years since the passing of the 1928 Representation of the People...Archives and archivistsArchive Service Accreditation: refreshed and reopened for businessThursday 28 June 2018I’m so pleased to say that a refreshed Archive Service Accreditation reopens today, almost... « 1 … 64 65 66 67 68 … 169 »