All posts Archives and archivistsTransforming Archives: Cheshire Archives and Local StudiesTuesday 10 May 2016For the past eight months, I have digitised and described a wide variety of...Behind the scenesWebsite redesign: one website of multisitesFriday 6 May 2016Our site appears to be a single website, but we are actually segmenting it...Technology and innovationBT Archives: making a collaborative resourceThursday 5 May 2016James Fleming uncovers the extraordinary role played by telecommunications in the First World War…......Records and researchFastolf not ‘Falstaff’: the soldier behind Shakespeare’s mythWednesday 4 May 2016The Falstaff of Shakespeare’s plays bears little resemblance to what we understand of the...Records and researchThe Good Parliament of 1376Friday 29 April 2016It is the 640th anniversary of one of the most important sessions of parliament...Archives and archivistsConscription and conscience in TwickenhamThursday 28 April 2016I have discovered the stories of two conscientious objectors from Twickenham, whose wartime experiences...Behind the scenesMerry May readingTuesday 26 April 2016From Tudor tales to First World War diaries, we share books for the May...Records and researchPaying for the privilege: a new Shakespeare discoverySaturday 23 April 2016One third of a pound does not go far today, but in 1603 it...Archives and archivistsWhen art and archives collideFriday 22 April 2016On 12 April The National Archives opened its first contemporary art exhibition: 'Changing the...Records and research‘Not a fair trial’: Edward Ashford’s petitions for mercyWednesday 20 April 2016Exploring the story of Edward Ashford, who appears to have been in the wrong...Records and researchFounding a world court: the International Court of JusticeMonday 18 April 2016Today is the 70th anniversary of the first meeting of ‘the principal judicial organ...Archives and archivistsDiscovering the nation’s newly accessioned collectionsThursday 14 April 2016Every year archives enrich their collections by taking in new records and developing... « 1 … 96 97 98 99 100 … 168 »