Category: Records and research Archives and archivistsLost cities and found documents: do we ever discover in archives?Friday 25 April 2014I like a good lost city. Found cities are interesting (Troy, for example) but...Records and research2014: A year of Shakespearean celebrationWednesday 23 April 2014‘I’ll be sworn ’tis true; he will weep you, an ’twere a man born...Behind the scenesTo display or not to display – that is the question…Thursday 17 April 2014Faded book spines, curtain backs, and tapestries; we’ve all witnessed the irreversible damage that...Records and researchSecrets and spies of the First World WarFriday 11 April 2014What do socks, exotic dancers and scouts have in common? The answer is that...Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: Lance Bombardier Signaller William Horace KittFriday 11 April 2014A note to begin with: William isn’t my Tommy. But his story is interesting,...Records and researchGetting creative with our collections: a women’s history zine workshopTuesday 8 April 2014Here at The National Archives we are keen to see people engage with our...Records and researchI have seen yesterday, I know tomorrow…Monday 7 April 2014My colleagues are already tired of my obsession with Ancient Egypt, but today at...Records and researchOfficial discourses and personal sources: Women’s History Month, part 2Thursday 27 March 2014This is the second in a two part series marking Women’s History Month. To...Records and researchPainter Rose Wylie revealed as one of the long lost Aero GirlsTuesday 25 March 2014Since my last blog on the hunt for the mystery 1950s Aero Girls, a...Records and researchCollaborative projects set to unlock major potentialMonday 24 March 2014New postgraduate studentships announced We are delighted that a further three Arts and Humanities...Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: JH Harris and a WO 95Friday 14 March 2014Nowadays it seems that researching your family history has never been easier thanks to...Records and researchWar diaries reveal challenges of the world’s first industrialised warFriday 14 March 2014Yesterday The National Archives made the second batch of 3,987 digitised First World War... « 1 … 89 90 91 92 93 … 114 »