Category: Records and research Records and researchYou read it here firstThursday 8 December 2022Around November and December the major dictionary publishers start presenting us with their annual...Records and researchAnniversary of a new beginning: The Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922Tuesday 6 December 2022On 5 December 1922, the Irish Free State Constituent Act ratified the Articles of...Records and researchLady Lisle: Reluctant rebel?Tuesday 6 December 2022Among The National Archives’ vast collections can be found the rather overlooked and somewhat...Records and researchCataloguing First World War medical records for Napsbury HospitalMonday 5 December 2022To celebrate International Volunteer Day, this blog is dedicated to all those volunteers who...Records and researchWinston Churchill’s hearing lossWednesday 30 November 2022Winston Churchill experienced ill health throughout his life; he caught pneumonia multiple times, sustained...Records and researchRemembering the Crystal Palace fire of 1936Wednesday 30 November 2022On the evening of 30 November 1936, a fire was discovered within the Crystal...Records and researchNeither a British subject nor a British protected personTuesday 29 November 2022The First World War unleashed a significant ‘anti-alien’ backlash, focused initially on Germans living...Records and researchThe Sheriff, the Nave, and Chaucer tooMonday 28 November 2022The origins of the earliest architectural drawing in The National Archives are shrouded in...Records and researchThe Irish War of Independence, 1919-21Tuesday 22 November 2022How can The National Archives’ specific collections help narrate the story of the Irish...Records and researchWomen, Parliament and Political SpaceMonday 21 November 2022How did women’s admission to the House of Commons impact the masculine structure of...Records and researchThe Eye of the Beholder: A rediscovered image of King Henry IIISunday 20 November 2022Working with archives, there are many tips you can follow that can have a...Records and researchFirst World War ambulance trainsFriday 18 November 2022The railways, and the men and women who worked on them, made a significant... « 1 … 8 9 10 11 12 … 114 »