Category: Records and research Records and researchThe World Cup: more than just footballThursday 12 June 2014The World Cup is an event that excites the footballing world. The English press...Records and researchDisturbing the ground: a Normandy landingFriday 6 June 2014The plan of attack was to hit the long distance footpath, the GR 223,...Records and researchPolitics, Egyptology and revolutionMonday 2 June 2014In May 1919, the British government decided to send a Special Mission headed by...Records and researchFlixborough, 1 June 1974Friday 30 May 20141 June is the 40th anniversary of the Flixborough disaster, an explosion at a...Records and researchTales from the Special Operations Executive: Operation RemorseThursday 29 May 2014It was ‘the biggest currency black market in history’, a secret operation under the...Records and researchMapped with a purposeWednesday 21 May 2014A few years ago, a colleague asked me for help in finding a map....Behind the scenesThe best of FriendsFriday 16 May 2014The National Archives – full of national treasures, and a national treasure itself. The...Records and researchThe World Cup: considering a boycott in 1982Monday 12 May 2014Many people’s memories of the 1982 football World Cup in Spain might centre on...Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: thinking of youFriday 9 May 2014My First World War soldier is my great-great uncle. Although he is not a blood...Records and researchArchiving social mediaThursday 8 May 2014Our social media archive has been released today, as a collaborative effort between The National...Records and researchThe travelling photographer: Emil Otto HoppéTuesday 6 May 2014Emil Otto Hoppé (1878–1972) is my kind of photographer. He was incredibly prolific, producing...Records and researchYou are cordially invited…Monday 28 April 2014This month sees the 110th anniversary of the ‘Entente Cordiale’. The agreement is officially... « 1 … 88 89 90 91 92 … 114 »