All posts Records and researchThe Hampton Court RobberyMonday 5 June 2023One of our dedicated volunteers tells a true crime story he discovered in our...Records and researchPatently obvious: Tracing the inventions of William Henry Fox Talbot, photography pioneerThursday 1 June 2023We demonstrate how you can look at historical inventions recorded in documents at The...Behind the scenesHandling historic collections: The gloves are still offWednesday 31 May 2023The use of gloves in handling historic collections is a question that arises frequently....Records and researchLegacies of Chinese indenture aboard the Empire Windrush in 1948Wednesday 31 May 2023As Migration and Citizenship researcher, I've been tracing the stories of passengers...Records and researchPolicing migration: researching the lives of foreign nationals in a government archiveTuesday 30 May 2023We trace the stories of three people who migrated to Britain during the 1920s...Records and researchIndian indenture: Creative responses to the archivesWednesday 24 May 2023Iqbal Singh reflects on the launch of the Kuli Dhal Puri anthology....Archives and archivistsDementia Action Week 2023: Disabled nurses of the First World WarThursday 18 May 2023Two years ago, while still in lockdown, we ran an online creative project with...Records and researchSyrups and ships: Early sugar consumption in EnglandTuesday 16 May 2023What can a recipe teach us about the role of sugar in English society...Records and researchWhat links Dracula and Tess of the d’Urbervilles?Tuesday 9 May 2023The answer is hidden in our collection of copyright registration forms...Records and researchThe unexpected beauty in copyright registration: Robert Jackson’s photographsThursday 4 May 2023Unearthing a series of images captured by a Manchester-based photographer in the 1860s....Behind the scenesYoung filmmakers at The National ArchivesMonday 24 April 2023Find out about a young people's filmmaking project run at The National Archives....Records and researchThe coronation of James IIFriday 21 April 2023A lavish volume in our library's rare books collection gives us a glimpse into... « 1 … 6 7 8 9 10 … 169 »