Category: Records and research Records and researchArchives and agency: Sex work and the stateWednesday 22 July 2020Within the records of government, sex workers lack agency. As with most of our...Records and researchThe voyage of HMS Dolphin: The first Europeans on TahitiTuesday 21 July 2020The end of the Seven Years War in 1763 saw a revitalisation of British...Records and researchThe Royal Naval inspiration behind Jane Austen’s workSaturday 18 July 2020Leading up to the 203rd anniversary of Jane Austen’s death in 1817, I have...Records and researchReclaiming the records: Sex work and the stateThursday 16 July 2020The state has had a long, complex and largely negative relationship with sex workers...Records and researchIn Their Own Write: Three million words!Friday 26 June 2020In Their Own Write is an ambitious research project which is uncovering the voice...Records and researchDigitising little treasures – Part 2: The Edouard LineThursday 25 June 2020Following a 1,500km bicycle journey and two weeks at sea, Egbert was finally back...Records and researchBefore Glastonbury there was … Hyde ParkThursday 25 June 2020This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Glastonbury Festival. Music has brought comfort...Records and researchDigitising little treasures – Part 1: Egbert Rizzo and the making of an SOE AgentWednesday 24 June 2020As a Project Conservator in the Digitisation Team, I am used to hundreds of...Records and research‘The Devil among The Antiquaries’: Archivists and arguments at the Tower of LondonTuesday 23 June 2020We like to think of archivists as not just incredibly knowledgeable, resourceful and hard-working...Records and researchBefore Notting Hill: Causeway Green and Britain’s anti-black hostel riotsMonday 22 June 2020The dominant narrative of post-war ‘race’ relations in Britain begins with the Empire Windrush...Records and research‘France has lost a battle! But France hasn’t lost the war!’Monday 22 June 202080 years ago, on 18 June 1940, powerful words were pronounced on the BBC,...Records and researchRefugee Week 2020: ‘We were the lucky few’Friday 19 June 2020Refugee Week (15-21 June) happens each year. It is a significant opportunity to hear... « 1 … 27 28 29 30 31 … 114 »