Category: Records and research Records and researchSay ‘cheese’: exposing photographs in the archivesTuesday 2 April 2019If you search The National Archives’ catalogue for ‘photograph’ you get 365,199 results. Try...Records and research‘The White Crow’: Rudolf Nureyev’s defection to the WestFriday 22 March 2019This month sees the release of Ralph Fiennes’ film ‘The White Crow’, written by...Records and researchMistaken identity: Elizabeth Burley and the Contagious Diseases ActsThursday 14 March 2019Let those who have never seen a ship of war, picture to themselves a...Records and researchArchaeology and the Second World War in IraqFriday 1 March 2019A new law on antiquities was approved in Iraq in 1936. Drafted by Sati...Records and researchLGBTQ+ history: the red rose of Colonel BarkerMonday 25 February 2019Stories of women ‘masquerading’ or cross-dressing in men’s clothing were widely reported by the...Records and researchA lot to be excited about – Admiralty Allotment RegistersFriday 22 February 2019Finding next-of-kin details for men who served in the Royal Navy and the Royal...Records and researchThe Lobster WarThursday 21 February 2019Diving deep in the archive, you can find some stories which really stand out....Archives and archivistsMedieval Church and State, and the nun who faked her own deathWednesday 20 February 2019In the high summer of 1318, a nun of the priory of St Clement...Records and researchLGBTQ+ history: Maud Allan and ‘unnatural practices among women’Thursday 14 February 2019It is safe to say that no lawsuit of modern times has attracted such...Records and researchJoin us to discuss seven centuries of Irish historyWednesday 13 February 2019Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 March 2019 Dominus Hibernie/Rex Hiberniae: pre-modern Ireland, 1200-1801 Tickets...Archives and archivistsThe Trial of Charles IWednesday 30 January 2019The execution of Charles I on 30 January 1649 still arouses strong emotions in...Records and researchTrade marks: making their markWednesday 23 January 2019For hundreds of years, traders have put their particular marks or symbols on their... « 1 … 39 40 41 42 43 … 114 »