Search results found for: shakespeare Records and researchA new way to explore the nation’s archives Wednesday 28 June 2023Discover a new way to explore online the most historically interesting, rare, and unusual...Records and researchYou read it here firstThursday 8 December 2022Around November and December the major dictionary publishers start presenting us with their annual...Behind the scenesThe trials and tribulations of treasonFriday 2 December 2022The Act of Treason was first written into English law by Parliament in 1352,...Behind the scenesStories from the collectionWednesday 20 July 2022Have you heard the story of the mixed-race, working-class, disabled activist who campaigned for...Behind the scenesThe secrets of a manuscriptThursday 31 March 2022Over the many thousands of years on this planet, we have looked to unravel...Records and researchThe Lion and Unicorn Pavilion: Legacies of the 1951 Festival of BritainTuesday 25 May 2021If you had taken a walk along the south bank of London’s River Thames...Archives and archivistsGalling ink! How The National Archives preserves millions of documents written in iron gall inkSunday 7 March 2021Iron gall ink was first mentioned by Pliny the Elder in AD23 and was...Archives and archivistsWatermarks: New ways to see and search themThursday 30 July 2020If you hold an old letter up to a lamp, you might see a...Records and research‘Last term my rolls were painted very ill’: An early modern poem hidden among the records of the King’s BenchMonday 13 April 2020Hidden away in the King’s Bench plea roll for Trinity term 1627, however, is...Behind the scenesReading With Love: Part oneThursday 12 March 2020If there is one thing we all enjoy, it’s a decent love story. One...Records and research‘Not of so merry cheer’: Falling sickness in the early modern periodThursday 12 December 2019Contemporary definitions, diagnoses and cures for the neurological condition commonly known as falling sickness...Archives and archivistsDiscovering collections, discovering communitiesFriday 6 December 2019In 2019 The National Archives awarded four bursaries to support students, early career professionals,... « 1 2 3 4 … 6 »