Category: Records and research Records and researchYour disco needs youFriday 19 December 2014The National Archives was in the grip of the 1970s when I first joined...Records and researchA ‘special relationship’?Tuesday 16 December 2014When looking at British history in the twentieth century strong Anglo-American ties appear to...Records and research‘German havoc in English homes’Tuesday 16 December 2014Our tendency to view the First World War through the prism of the Western...Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: Construction and destruction with the Royal EngineersFriday 12 December 2014Born in Newport, South Wales, on 16 June, 1894, William Alfred Bale was the...Records and researchResearching FWW through personal objects: dog tagsTuesday 9 December 2014This blog is not a history of the ‘dog tag’, it is more of...Behind the scenesKeeper’s Gallery: Storage chestsTuesday 9 December 2014An on-going feature in the Keeper’s Gallery that I wanted to highlight to are...Records and researchNaval battles of Coronel and the Falklands in 1914Monday 8 December 2014Although the Royal Navy had a large number of ships at the outbreak of...Records and researchThe ‘Invictus Games’ of 1922Monday 8 December 2014Did you think the recent Invictus Games, held for wounded, injured and sick service personnel,...Behind the scenesFirst World War South Asia community workshopFriday 5 December 2014Have you ever seen a trench map from the First World War written in...Records and researchFiles on film: Petitions for equalityThursday 4 December 2014Have you ever imagined where Siegfried Sassoon was sitting while writing his poems? Or...Records and researchIn Bruges: art looted by the NazisThursday 4 December 2014Inspired by a recent team visit to Bruges as a place of historical interest, and...Behind the scenesThe end is nigh: keep calm and carry onMonday 1 December 2014It’s 3.00 in the morning – I sit bolt upright in bed, roused from... « 1 … 81 82 83 84 85 … 114 »