Category: Records and research Records and researchOgu Umunwanyi, Ekong Iban, Women’s War: A story of protest by Nigerian womenThursday 30 March 2023Why did thousands of Nigerian women begin a series of protests in 1929 and...Records and researchFictitious treasons: ‘The Popish Plot’Thursday 30 March 2023How was 'treason' used during the extraordinary political tensions in England in 1678?...Records and researchEna Clare Sullivan: A Jamaican nurse aboard the Empire WindrushWednesday 29 March 2023Records we hold provide a unique insight into Sullivan’s story after she disembarked at...Records and researchHow those found guilty of treason were punishedTuesday 28 March 2023Explore some of the more unusual, symbolic and grisly executions of traitors....Records and researchThe Beeching AxeMonday 27 March 2023Today marks 60 years since the publication of The Reshaping of British Railways....Records and researchExamining the Foreign Office’s ‘Slave Trade Department’ recordsFriday 24 March 2023This blog examines what these records can tell us about the experiences of the...Records and researchProphet, prisoner and pretend prelate: Lady Eleanor Davies (1590–1652)Thursday 23 March 2023In 1636, a woman was was committed to Bethlem Hospital for her 'insufferable profanations'...Records and researchPolitical pioneers: The first 20 women in CabinetWednesday 22 March 2023Find out more about the first 20 female Cabinet ministers and their journeys into government....Records and researchThe 1794 trial of Thomas Hardy: ‘New-fangled treasons’Tuesday 21 March 2023Discover an attempt to reimagine treason as a primarily political crime aimed at the...Records and researchDockyard incendiarist: The tale of ‘John the Painter’Wednesday 15 March 2023246 years ago this month, James Aitken was publicly executed at Portsmouth for heinous...Behind the scenes‘For you, my friend, the war is over’: cataloguing 200,000 prisoner of war recordsMonday 13 March 2023National Archives volunteers have completed a major project to catalogue the personnel cards of...Records and researchThe treason of Sir Thomas MoreTuesday 7 March 2023Sir Thomas More was a leading Tudor statesman. What led to his execution?... « 1 … 5 6 7 8 9 … 114 »