Category: Records and research Records and researchRights, resistance and racism: the story of the Mangrove NineWednesday 21 October 2015How resistance to repeated raids on a Notting Hill restaurant marked a key moment...Records and researchEchoes of the past: Greek debt and the International Finance CommissionMonday 19 October 2015We are frequently told that history does not repeat itself, but for the historically...Records and research‘Fair international reasoning’Friday 16 October 2015In my last blog, I mentioned antiquities discovered in Samarra that became the centre...Records and researchSt. Dunstan’s Hostel for Blind Soldiers and SailorsThursday 15 October 2015In a series of blog posts on medical technology in the First World War, we’ve attempted...Records and researchKeeping tabs on suffragettes: the official watchlistMonday 12 October 2015To coincide with the nationwide release of the film Suffragette, the official watchlist containing...Records and researchStriking women: labour unrest among First World War female workersThursday 8 October 2015On 30 September 1916 ‘between 2,000 and 3,000 of the women employees of the Lancaster...Records and researchThe Battle of Kringen, 1612: uncovering an obscure Norwegian conflictMonday 5 October 2015I was travelling through the town of Otta, about halfway on the route between...Records and researchA pauper’s life in their own wordsFriday 2 October 2015It is generally accepted that primary sources detailing paupers’ experience of the 19th century are...Records and researchKeeper’s Gallery: Battle of Britain 1940Thursday 1 October 2015Our Keeper’s Gallery currently features a display highlighting the Battle of Britain in 1940....Records and researchTwickenham to Tanganyika: an extraordinary naval expeditionWednesday 30 September 2015It is sometimes said that truth is stranger than fiction, a maxim which undoubtedly...Records and researchNational registration day: 29 September 1939Tuesday 29 September 2015On 29 September 1939 the National Register was taken throughout the UK, Isle of...Records and researchPigeons at Loos: heroes of the skyFriday 25 September 2015Pigeons probably aren’t the first thing you think of in relation to The Battle... « 1 … 72 73 74 75 76 … 114 »