Category: Records and research 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...Records and researchMerchant Navy shipwrecks in the First World WarFriday 17 February 2017Battles and diplomacy tend to dominate the narrative of the war, but little of...Records and researchDiscover local history in our libraryFriday 17 February 2017The National Archives' library has a fine collection of local history books - and... « 1 … 59 60 61 62 63 … 115 »