Category: Records and research Records and researchThe dissolution of the pasties: GBBO’S Tudor WeekWednesday 12 October 2016It’s Tudor Week on The Great British Bake Off tonight - so I've delved...Records and researchSeals, my miniature window into the pastWednesday 12 October 2016I had no idea I would find what must be one of the earliest...Records and researchPoetry and the First World WarWednesday 5 October 2016I'm going to focus on three poets associated with the war: Geoffrey Studdert-Kennedy, Charles...Records and research‘No pasarán’: the Battle of Cable StreetTuesday 4 October 2016On Sunday 4 October 1936 a march by the British Union of Fascists (BUF)...Records and researchIreland after the Easter RisingFriday 30 September 2016Tracing political development in Ireland, and how support for the Irish Parliamentary Party dissipated,...Records and researchThe life and death of King JohnThursday 29 September 2016King John is seen today as a cardboard villain – the archetypal Bad King....Records and researchGarbo: the story behind Britain’s greatest Double Cross agentWednesday 28 September 2016Explore the story of spy Juan Pujol Garcia, codenamed Garbo, one of Britain’s most...Records and researchA movie disaster: The Lackey and the LadyTuesday 27 September 2016This is the story of a film made nearly 100 years ago that culminated...Records and researchGenuine hardship in the Military Service TribunalsThursday 22 September 2016When analysing Middlesex Military Service Appeal Tribunal Papers I became interested in what would...Records and researchThe Nefertiti affair: the history of a repatriation debateFriday 16 September 2016Anglo-French rivalry, Germanophobia, two world wars and a flawless artefact. This is the background...Records and researchHMS Resolution and Britain’s first maritime nuclear deterrentThursday 15 September 2016On 15 September 1966, the lead ship of the Royal Navy’s Resolution-class was launched…...Records and researchNew Zealand and the SommeThursday 15 September 2016The Battle of Flers-Courcelette began 100 years ago today - this blog is focused... « 1 … 62 63 64 65 66 … 114 »