All posts Archives and archivistsCatalogue as Data: the Prize Papers from the 2nd Anglo-Dutch WarThursday 1 February 2018In my last blog I highlighted the opportunities of using cataloguing as an historical dataset,...Records and researchFrost Fairs on the ThamesWednesday 31 January 2018Frost Fairs on the River Thames have long been part of popular imaginings of...Behind the scenesMary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley: extraordinary mother and daughterTuesday 30 January 2018The centenary commemoration of Women’s Suffrage has cast a spotlight of the lives of...Records and researchElizabeth’s Rival, by Nicola TallisMonday 29 January 2018‘Elizabeth’s Rival’ is the first ever biography of the extraordinary Lettice Knollys, Countess of...Behind the scenesModelling our digital archival dataFriday 26 January 2018The National Archives’ Digital Strategy (2017-19) identifies the challenges we face as we become a...Archives and archivistsCatalogue as Data: the basicsWednesday 24 January 2018Any researcher interested in working with historical data knows that the most difficult and...Records and researchDeath, the doctor and the detective writerThursday 18 January 2018Recently, while researching documents to use as part of a document display, I chanced...Records and researchLady Jane Grey’s correspondenceTuesday 16 January 2018Lady Jane Grey is perhaps the least known English queen of the sixteenth century...Behind the scenesOpening up our prisoner of war collectionTuesday 16 January 2018In December 2014, the Ministry of Defence transferred to The National Archives the series...Behind the scenesDigital apprentices at The National ArchivesWednesday 10 January 2018In July, five Software Developers from the National College of Digital Skills (ADA) joined The...Behind the scenesNew Year reads: The Secret Life of Bletchley ParkMonday 8 January 2018Winston Churchill said in June 1940, ‘We shall fight on the beaches’… and so...Records and researchThe civil servant’s tale: Geoffrey Chaucer in the archives (part three)Tuesday 2 January 2018In part one and part two of this blog series I’ve been tracing the history... « 1 … 71 72 73 74 75 … 169 »