Category: Records and research Records and researchDiscovery – bigger, bolder and better!Thursday 14 August 2014In my last blog post I told you about the work we have been...Records and researchLeftie, gibble fisted and dolly pawedWednesday 13 August 2014I’m a southpaw, a leftie, gibble fisted and dolly pawed, to name just a...Records and researchMotoring towards liberationMonday 11 August 2014One of the best things about working at The National Archives is stumbling across...Behind the scenesKeeper’s Gallery: the Treaty of VersaillesThursday 7 August 2014This is a new series of blog posts on The Keeper’s Gallery, the onsite exhibition...Records and research@UnitWarDiaries: Live-tweeting the First World WarThursday 7 August 2014August 7 marks the anniversary of the first embarkations of ‘advanced parties’ of the British...Records and researchTheatre of war: the drama of the Special Operations ExecutiveWednesday 6 August 2014It’s a bit glib to say so, but in some ways the Special Operations...Records and researchThe lamps are going out all over EuropeMonday 4 August 2014At 11pm on 4 August 1914 Britain declared war on Germany, bringing to an...Records and researchThe death of Queen AnneFriday 1 August 2014This August marks the 300th anniversary of the death of Queen Anne, the last of...Behind the scenesThe First World War: a global viewFriday 1 August 2014The First World War. What images spring to mind when you read those four...Records and researchTimetable to mobilisationThursday 31 July 2014At the turn of the 20th century there had been no war between any of...Records and research100 years ago today: Austria declares war on SerbiaMonday 28 July 2014On Tuesday 28 July, exactly one month after the assassination of the Archduke Franz...Records and researchSir Edward Grey’s doomed questFriday 25 July 2014On July 24, 1914, Count von Mensdorff, Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, communicated the text of the... « 1 … 86 87 88 89 90 … 114 »