Category: Records and research Records and researchThe fates of six real-life pirates of the CaribbeanWednesday 31 May 2017The real-life pirates of the Caribbean often had short careers, meeting with violent ends....Records and researchProtecting health: Venereal Disease Act 1917Friday 26 May 2017Find out how the government tried to ensure that people with venereal disease went...Records and researchThe Battle of LincolnFriday 19 May 2017One of the most critical battles in medieval history was fought on Saturday 20...Records and researchA purple pursuitThursday 18 May 2017I was invited to look at a collection of documents relating to dye manufacture...Archives and archivistsBattles and Dynasties: a collaborative exhibitionTuesday 9 May 2017I will focus on the documents we are loaning to the exhibition, including Great...Records and researchSunday trading controversies: private enterprise meets public oversightThursday 4 May 2017This story, like many unconventional research journeys, starts with an uncatalogued record…...Records and research‘Expo 67 has opened and is a wow!’Thursday 27 April 2017Expo 67 is considered to be the most successful world’s fair of the 20th...Records and researchUncovering evidence of the Black Prince’s Spanish gamble: NajeraWednesday 26 April 2017Exploring a forgotten Iberian dimension to the Hundred Years' War…...Records and researchThe Battle of Vimy Ridge: war artFriday 21 April 2017The Battle of Vimy Ridge captured the imagination of professional and amateur artists alike…......Records and researchOn the trail of Henry VIII… in ItalyThursday 20 April 2017Many details of how Henry’s ambassadors went about their work were not to be...Records and researchThe Battle of Vimy Ridge: memorialisationWednesday 19 April 2017In the days following the battle, headlines proclaimed that Canada’s soldiers had captured an...Records and researchBritain’s secret war against the SovietsWednesday 19 April 2017Letters written by two young men give an extraordinary personal perspective on a forgotten... « 1 … 56 57 58 59 60 … 114 »