Category: Records and research Records and researchMy Tommy’s War: A Sawbridgeworth lad at the SommeFriday 16 August 2013Tracing my great-grandfather in the Hertfordshire Regiment I’m slightly ashamed to admit in this...Behind the scenesA physical and moral defenceWednesday 14 August 2013Every so often, when I meet someone new at a social gathering, I have...Records and researchWriter of the month: Dominic SandbrookWednesday 7 August 2013People often think that writing about very recent history is much easier than writing...Records and researchThe Great Train RobberyMonday 5 August 2013The ‘Great Train Robbery’, which occurred 50 years ago on 8 August 1963, has...Records and researchNew files from 1983 – Thatcher meets SolzhenitsynThursday 1 August 2013As we move towards a 20 year disclosure of public records, today we mark...Records and researchThe same age as my tongue, and a bit older than my teethWednesday 31 July 2013This is an unfailingly accurate, if not exactly helpful, answer to the question ‘How...Records and researchDynamic design: Bloomsbury, Chanel and Art DecoTuesday 30 July 2013It’s 100 years since the Omega Workshops were founded by the painter, designer and...Records and research‘Unknown and darkest England’Friday 26 July 2013‘… we have attempted to give the visitor from the West Indies a fair...Records and researchSummer in the UK Government Web ArchiveWednesday 24 July 2013After three weeks of almost constant sunshine and a confirmed heatwave I think we...Records and researchDigital records sensitivity reviewFriday 19 July 2013The National Archives and The University of Glasgow have recently been successful in applying...Records and researchPlaces of mistaken identityWednesday 17 July 2013One of the most important things that an archivist or librarian does when cataloguing...Records and researchBlue BooksTuesday 16 July 2013Recently, I have being carrying out some research on the ‘Colonial Office Blue Books of Statistics’. These began... « 1 … 96 97 98 99 100 … 114 »