Search results found for: africa Records and researchThe Medway Raid and 17th century maritime warfareThursday 22 June 2017The Medway Raid was the final and decisive major operation of the Second Anglo-Dutch...Records and researchPaddy Costello: Soviet spy or political intellectual?Tuesday 11 April 2017Costello was an academic, soldier and diplomat, who remains as controversial now as he...Records and researchIn recognition of suffering: compensating victims of Nazi persecutionTuesday 21 March 2017These files offer an insight into the Anglo-German compensation agreement but also unlock personal...Records and researchExploring LGBTQ spaces and places in historyWednesday 15 March 2017I was drawn to a set of documents on the 1930s club called The...Records and researchA British ‘spy school’ in the Middle East?Friday 3 March 2017The Middle East Centre for Arab Studies was nicknamed ‘the British spy school’ in...Records and researchThe sinking of SS Mendi: an avoidable tragedyTuesday 21 February 2017The sea was calm on the afternoon of 20 February 1917 as the SS...Records and researchLesney toys: they fit inside a matchboxMonday 6 February 2017From meeting in a virtually derelict pub to an Award for Industry, explore the...Records and researchChinese Labour Corps on the Western FrontWednesday 18 January 2017As the First World War progressed, the need for more manpower became acutely problematic…......Records and researchUnexpected findings: 100 years of cultural exchangeWednesday 30 November 2016This blog offers a glimpse into some extraordinary finds among the design records at...Records and researchBattle of the AncreFriday 18 November 2016This is the last in our series of blogs marking the contribution of Commonwealth...Records and researchNew Zealand and the SommeThursday 15 September 2016The Battle of Flers-Courcelette began 100 years ago today - this blog is focused...Records and researchLászló von Almásy: the real ‘English patient’Friday 22 July 2016Some of the true stories behind 'The English Patient' are much more entertaining than... « 1 … 8 9 10 11 12 … 16 »