Category: Records and research Behind the scenesKeeping FO 371 accessibleWednesday 28 January 2015Among the vast collections held here at The National Archives, FO 371 is one of...Records and researchIllustrating diversityTuesday 27 January 2015Welcome to The National Archives’ Diversity Week! This is a week designed to highlight...Records and research‘To those who forgive and forget too quickly…’Tuesday 27 January 2015Like many French people of my generation, I’ve grown up amidst war stories –...Records and researchTales from the Special Operations Executive: Operation Remorse, part fourWednesday 21 January 2015This is my fourth blog post on Operation Remorse, the secret Second World War...Behind the scenesProtecting our (and your!) collectionTuesday 20 January 2015Polyester or polyethylene envelopes, rather than other plastics such as polyvinylchloride (PVC), are used...Behind the scenesKeeper’s Gallery: 50th anniversary of Churchill’s deathTuesday 20 January 2015Our Keeper’s Gallery currently features a display to mark the 50th anniversary of Sir...Records and researchMedical units in the First World WarFriday 16 January 2015This year, the focus of The National Archives’ First World War Centenary programme shifts to...Records and researchThe Carlisle Experiment – limiting alcohol in wartimeThursday 15 January 2015One of the early casualties of the First World War was, in many respects,...Records and researchIllustrating historyMonday 12 January 2015As a repository for records of central government, you may not expect to find...Records and researchFiles from 1985/86: football, fire and hooliganismTuesday 30 December 2014The mid-1980s are often characterised as a period of success, excess and the shoulder-padded...Records and researchMy grandfather and the Cuxhaven RaidThursday 25 December 2014Christmas Day 1914 was the day of the Cuxhaven Raid, when the British Royal...Records and researchResearching FWW through personal objects: soldiers’ testamentsTuesday 23 December 2014In the First World War many soldiers carried at least two books with them... « 1 … 80 81 82 83 84 … 114 »