Category: Records and research Records and researchLesney toys: they fit inside a matchboxMonday 6 February 2017From meeting in a virtually derelict pub to an Award for Industry, explore the...Records and research1717 and the invasion that never wasThursday 2 February 2017300 years ago, Swedish ambassadors attempted to foment an invasion plan and embark a...Records and researchScottish charters and the emergence of governmentTuesday 31 January 2017Tracing the emergence of royal government in medieval Scotland is a difficult task: the...Records and researchWhat happened to refugees and Displaced Persons after the Holocaust?Friday 27 January 2017What happened to the millions of people liberated from camps and ghettos across Nazi-occupied...Records and researchBritish diplomats on Castro, 1959-1963: in the global spotlightMonday 23 January 2017From 1959, scrutiny of Castro intensified. Reports sent back to the Foreign Office included...Records and researchChinese Labour Corps on the Western FrontWednesday 18 January 2017As the First World War progressed, the need for more manpower became acutely problematic…......Records and researchYoung, British and black: opposing race discriminationTuesday 10 January 2017On 15 September 1973 Lorne Horsford was refused entry to the Mecca Palais dance hall…...Records and researchThe murder of RasputinFriday 30 December 2016Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered on this day 100 years ago in Petrograd…...Records and researchFiles from 1989 and 1990: Kuwait, condolences and acid houseFriday 30 December 2016Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet files from 1989 and 1990 have been released today...Records and researchBritish diplomats on Castro, 1953-1959: mystery manThursday 22 December 2016I will present the British diplomatic service's view of Fidel Castro during the 1950s,...Records and researchSix Wives in the archives: Howard’s endWednesday 21 December 2016Take a closer look at documents relating to Katherine Howard’s relationships and the reaction...Records and researchFlying in the face of technology?Monday 19 December 2016I was surprised to find a file hiding in the Admiralty records showing the... « 1 … 60 61 62 63 64 … 114 »