Category: Records and research 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...Records and researchToy stories: Peter Rabbit and friendsTuesday 16 October 2012Peter Rabbit has been in the headlines in the past few weeks with the...Records and researchDo you have archival intelligence?Monday 15 October 2012My inspiration for today’s blog post comes from three things that I’ve been involved...Records and researchHobsbawm, UNESCO, and ‘notorious’ CommunistsFriday 12 October 2012The recent passing of the eminent historian Professor Eric Hobsbawm precipitated a flurry of...Records and researchIntroducing our new team member, Victoria Lain!Wednesday 10 October 2012The latest edition of The National Archives’ research newsletter will be out on Monday....Records and researchThe Ministry of RecordsThursday 4 October 2012At last, a hero who was a data specialist: Christopher Tietjens in the recent...Records and researchTrainee Tuesday: Get Wisdom!Tuesday 2 October 2012‘Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom, and with all thy getting get...Records and research‘Through a lens’ is back!Friday 28 September 2012On Wednesday we released ‘Asia through a lens’, the latest batch of Colonial Office photographs... « 1 … 106 107 108 109 110 … 114 »