Category: Records and research Archives and archivistsfoinsí Ghaeilge (Irish sources) at The National ArchivesMonday 20 May 2019It is a thoroughly unremarkable occurrence to see a letter in The National Archives...Records and researchDouble agents and double standardsFriday 17 May 2019Espionage is a complicated business. Not only do you, as a spy, have to...Records and researchLawrence and BellFriday 10 May 2019T.E. Lawrence is a legendary figure, known for spying and fighting in the Middle...Records and researchArchetype of a SpyFriday 3 May 2019Whenever I think of spies my first thought is always of a James Bond-type...Archives and archivistsThe poignant last will and testament of Nicholas HilliardTuesday 30 April 2019Nicholas Hilliard – goldsmith, portrait painter, royal servant – was buried in St Martin-in-the-Fields,...Records and researchThe Cairo Museum that never wasFriday 26 April 2019Very few things are actually better than the opening of a new archaeological museum....Archives and archivistsThe Hearth Tax Exemption Certificates projectTuesday 16 April 2019Before I retired from the staff of The National Archives in 2010 and became...Records and researchOne man’s vision: Ernest Bevin and the creation of NATOThursday 4 April 20194 April 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the signing of the treaty that brought...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... « 1 … 39 40 41 42 43 … 115 »