All posts Behind the scenesSlang in the English LanguageTuesday 24 April 2018Words have always been a vital part of how we communicate on many levels...Archives and archivistsDigital archiving: ‘Context is everything’Thursday 19 April 2018Related podcast: Digital Archives of the Future What’s the difference between an archive and...Records and researchSuffrage and Mr HardyWednesday 18 April 2018Thursday 26 April 2018, 14:00 Suffrage 100 – Suffragettes in trousers: male support for women’s...Records and researchCaviar is for battleships: Intelligence and the late Victorian Royal NavyMonday 16 April 2018Special codes, wiretapping, and secret communication devices disguised as flag poles: this all sounds...Records and researchUniversal Manhood SuffrageThursday 12 April 2018Thursday 26 April 2018, 14:00 Suffrage 100 – Suffragettes in trousers: male support for women’s...Records and research19th century crime at railway stationsTuesday 10 April 2018Wednesday 2 May 2018, 14:00 Britain on film: Railways Horatio Holland was only ten...Records and researchPublic bins – a design history we shouldn’t discard too easilyMonday 9 April 2018Why do our public bins, benches and bus shelters – things collectively known as...Records and researchFrom Tripoli to TimbuktuThursday 5 April 2018One hundred and ninety years ago, in April 1828, French explorer René Caillé became...Behind the scenesDomesday: on the record and on the roadWednesday 4 April 2018The National Archives recently announced that we are going to be loaning our earliest...Records and researchMusic in the ArchivesWednesday 4 April 2018Following the success of our 'Behind the Scenes' repository tours we are currently running...Records and research100 years since the formation of the Women’s Royal Air ForceTuesday 3 April 2018‘The Air Service is urgently in need of women workers – so urgently that...Records and researchPolicing the powder puff in 1930s LondonTuesday 3 April 2018On the evening of Saturday 14 November 1936, 28 year old Arthur Agate –... « 1 … 67 68 69 70 71 … 168 »