Category: Records and research Records and researchPlanning the burial of the Unknown WarriorThursday 5 November 2020On Friday 15 October 1920, a mere 27 days before Armistice Day, the British...Records and researchShedding new light on First World War Royal Navy operational recordsWednesday 4 November 2020The most significant collection of First World War operational records of the Royal Navy...Records and researchChristmas with the Victorians: Upcoming eventsTuesday 3 November 2020The Christmas we enjoy today is heavily influenced by the Victorians. From the stories...Records and researchThe birth (and the death?) of Edward VMonday 2 November 2020In this blog I take a look at some of those left behind in...Records and researchW E B Du Bois: Letter to LondonThursday 29 October 2020In May 1921 W E B Du Bois wrote to Winston Churchill, then Secretary...Records and researchResearching Africa at The National ArchivesThursday 22 October 2020In the course of Britain’s long-term involvement in the Atlantic slave trade and its...Records and researchThe 550th anniversary of Henry VI’s ReadeptionFriday 2 October 2020October 2020 marks the start of the 550th anniversary of what historians know as...Records and researchEscape from ColditzTuesday 29 September 2020The location of Colditz Castle, situated on a steep conical hill above the River...Records and researchPublicising the Battle of Britain: Creative publishing in the Second World WarTuesday 22 September 2020The Battle of Britain occupies a powerful place in the British cultural memory of...Records and researchThe Home Office: Then and nowMonday 21 September 2020For more than 10 years volunteers at The National Archives have been cataloguing a...Records and researchThe South Sea Bubble of 1720Friday 18 September 2020This year marks the 300th anniversary of one of the most famous financial crashes...Records and researchThe British sailor murdered at Bergen-Belsen: The 75th anniversary of the Bergen-Belsen TrialsFriday 18 September 2020At 22:00 on the evening of 7 April 1945, an Austrian Jew named Rolf... « 1 … 25 26 27 28 29 … 114 »