Category: Records and research Records and researchEnemy aliens in Great Britain 1914-1919Friday 24 March 2017The Aliens Restriction Act required foreign nationals (aliens) to register with the police; they...Records and researchTracing the political history of Cairo’s coffeehousesThursday 23 March 2017Tracing the history of Cairo’s coffeehouses can offer invaluable insights into Egypt’s social, cultural,...Records and researchIn recognition of suffering: compensating victims of Nazi persecutionTuesday 21 March 2017These files offer an insight into the Anglo-German compensation agreement but also unlock personal...Records and researchExploring LGBTQ spaces and places in historyWednesday 15 March 2017I was drawn to a set of documents on the 1930s club called The...Records and researchStateless history: connecting Palestinian archivesThursday 9 March 2017For the past two years I have been researching the history of the Palestinian...Records and researchHans Holbein in EnglandWednesday 8 March 2017We look for traces of Holbein’s activities, networks and movements during his two visits...Records and researchQueerly complicit at Holland ParkTuesday 7 March 2017In late 1932, two plain clothes police officers were welcomed into a drag party...Records and researchA British ‘spy school’ in the Middle East?Friday 3 March 2017The Middle East Centre for Arab Studies was nicknamed ‘the British spy school’ in...Records and researchThe loss of HMS GhurkaTuesday 28 February 2017This month marks the centenary of the sinking of the Ghurka, a Tribal-class destroyer...Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: Herbert Randolph ElvinMonday 27 February 2017My grandfather passed away in 1972, aged 73. I can't remember him discussing anything...Records and researchThe sinking of SS Mendi: an avoidable tragedyTuesday 21 February 2017The sea was calm on the afternoon of 20 February 1917 as the SS...Records and researchCurzon’s curiosMonday 20 February 2017The Curzon correspondence has not disappointed in providing candid and amusing anecdotes, shedding light... « 1 … 59 60 61 62 63 … 115 »