All posts Records and researchGreasy poles, jam tarts and music hall songs: Celebrating the Coronation of Edward VIITuesday 18 April 2023Copyright records can show us how Edward VII's coronation was celebrated locally....Records and researchApril Ashley: The legal battleMonday 17 April 2023Explore the explosive divorce case between April Ashley and Arthur Corbett, and its legacy....Records and research‘Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the hairiest of them all?’Wednesday 12 April 2023What has a head, a tail, spine, and body, and is covered in short,...Records and research‘Wicked and seditious writings’ – Thomas Paine, Rights of Man and treasonWednesday 5 April 2023What happened when the radical writer was taken to court, accused of sedition?...Records and researchExamining the Foreign Office’s ‘Slave Trade Department’ records: Part twoTuesday 4 April 2023Examine the role slavery played in the regional diplomacy of the Indian Ocean in...Records and researchApril Ashley: Her early lifeFriday 31 March 2023Explore the early life of April Ashley, pioneering model and key figure in trans...Records and researchStories Unboxed: A One Document DisplayFriday 31 March 2023Our new initiative, 'Stories Unboxed: Document of the Month', sheds light on royal coronations....Behind the scenesA little light reading: Reimagining display at The National ArchivesFriday 31 March 2023Our Collection Care team have been investigating where to locate our new initiative....Records and researchFictitious treasons: ‘The Popish Plot’Thursday 30 March 2023How was 'treason' used during the extraordinary political tensions in England in 1678?...Records and researchOgu Umunwanyi, Ekong Iban, Women’s War: A story of protest by Nigerian womenThursday 30 March 2023Why did thousands of Nigerian women begin a series of protests in 1929 and...Records and researchEna Clare Sullivan: A Jamaican nurse aboard the Empire WindrushWednesday 29 March 2023Records we hold provide a unique insight into Sullivan’s story after she disembarked at...Records and researchHow those found guilty of treason were punishedTuesday 28 March 2023Explore some of the more unusual, symbolic and grisly executions of traitors.... « 1 … 6 7 8 9 10 … 168 »