Category: Records and research Behind the scenesThe conservation of MH 47: Preparing military tribunal records for digitisationThursday 8 November 2012The conservation of MH 47 in preparation for digitisation has been an intriguing and...Records and researchGerald Aylmer seminar 2013Wednesday 7 November 2012Where has this year gone?! It only seems a short time ago that we...Records and researchTrainee Tuesday: Dare to Struggle! Dare to Win!Tuesday 6 November 2012Using archival resources to aid citizenship teaching When I started at London Metropolitan Archives...Records and researchGunpowder Plot: the league of gentlemenMonday 5 November 2012The first Bonfire Night celebration happened on the very evening of the discovery of...Records and researchMaybe it’s because I’m a LondonerWednesday 31 October 2012One of the many legacies of the United Kingdom’s colonial past is the number...Archives and archivistsTrainee Tuesday: Through a glass, darklyTuesday 30 October 2012Leicestershire’s Folk Past in Pictures Welcome to another exciting instalment of ‘Trainee Tuesdays’ –...Records and researchAppealing against conscription? Not just for conscientious objectorsFriday 26 October 2012On the 27 January 1916 the Military Service Act came into force in the United...Records and researchJames Bond, the Cold War diaries and spying in KewFriday 26 October 2012It’s almost impossible to separate in the popular imagination the real world of espionage...Records and researchTrainee Tuesday: Watch out – Aliens!Tuesday 23 October 2012As an ‘Opening up Archives’ trainee I was set the task of preparing a...Records and researchReaching out – Ugandan Asians 40 years onMonday 22 October 2012In August 1972, Idi Amin, the leader of Uganda, gave the order that Asian...Records and researchThe National Archives of…where, exactly?Friday 19 October 2012People sometimes comment on the fact that we are called ‘The National Archives’ and...Records and researchHarrow and Wealdstone Rail Crash 1952Thursday 18 October 2012At 08.19 on 8 October 1952 three trains collided with one another at Harrow... « 1 … 106 107 108 109 110 … 114 »