Search results found for: africa Records and researchDigging, damage and display: wartime archaeology in LibyaMonday 13 June 2016British military personnel were very interested in the ancient history of Libya – soldiers...Records and researchJeremy Thorpe’s resignation and its aftermathWednesday 11 May 2016On 10 May 1976, Jeremy Thorpe resigned as leader of the Liberal Party -...Records and researchThe centenary of the Military MedalTuesday 5 April 2016On 5 April 1916, The London Gazette published the Royal Warrant instituting a new...Records and researchThe ‘Robin Jackman affair’: apartheid and international cricketFriday 26 February 2016The England cricket team’s 1981 tour of the West Indies was put in jeopardy...Records and researchPride of Place: putting LGBT history on the mapThursday 25 February 2016We look at public and domestic spaces LGBT people have created for themselves…...Records and researchThe Cameroons campaignFriday 19 February 2016The German Cameroons was the final German colony to fall in West Africa during the First...Behind the scenes‘A trickle of Pharaonic valuables’Friday 5 February 2016We look behind the scenes of the British Museum's Tutankhamun exhibition in 1972…...Archives and archivistsWhats on: January-March 2016Wednesday 6 January 2016We are proud to present a brand new programme of events to start off...Records and researchTogoland and the First World WarTuesday 15 December 2015This post looks at the conflict in Togoland during the First World War, and...Records and researchBattle of Madagascar 1845Monday 30 November 2015On 15 June 1845, three men-of-war (two French and one British) attacked the fort...Records and researchSouthern Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI)Wednesday 11 November 2015On 11 November 1965, Southern Rhodesia’s prime minister, Ian Smith, unilaterally declared his territory’s...Records and researchSinking the SMS Konigsberg: part 2Thursday 5 November 2015My recent post on the sinking of the Konigsberg gave an overview of the... « 1 … 9 10 11 12 13 … 16 »