All posts Records and researchStrange meeting: from Voysey’s heresy to Aldred’s anarchismFriday 15 December 2017To me, ‘The Sling and the Stone’ seemed an odd entry to find in...Records and researchThe battle for heavy waterThursday 14 December 2017Last October, I attended a conference on ‘Résistance et Dissuasion’ – the Resistance and...Records and researchPost-war Thailand and the onset of the Cold War in Southeast AsiaWednesday 13 December 2017This year marks the 70th anniversary of a military coup that occurred during the...Records and researchDisabled British Army Great War veterans, 1918-1939Tuesday 12 December 2017With 2018 marking the centenary of the Armistice, a host of public and cultural...Records and research‘Deaf and dumb’: disabled Victorian civil servantsFriday 8 December 2017The National Archives holds detailed records of people in some areas of public service...Records and researchThe Beveridge Report and the foundations of the Welfare StateThursday 7 December 2017‘Now, when the war is abolishing landmarks of every kind, is the opportunity for...Records and researchDo you have a suffrage ancestor?Wednesday 6 December 2017On 6 February 1918, the Representation of the People Act received royal assent, enfranchising approximately...Behind the scenesIdeas for your Christmas listMonday 4 December 2017It’s getting closer… Not so close that you need to panic: there’s still plenty...Records and researchMedieval army pensioners: the Poor Knights of WindsorFriday 1 December 2017One of our most interesting collections for the study of military and family history is...Behind the scenesHow do you move a web archive?Thursday 30 November 2017Today is the very first International Digital Preservation Day, organised by our colleagues at...Records and researchDomestic duties only? WRNS and the First World WarWednesday 29 November 2017The Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS) was founded in November 1917. The intention was...Records and researchSex, Spies and another Scandal: the other Profumo affairTuesday 28 November 2017At the height of the Profumo affair, the greatest British political scandal of the... « 1 … 72 73 74 75 76 … 168 »