Search results found for: africa Records and researchW E B Du Bois: Letter to LondonThursday 29 October 2020In May 1921 W E B Du Bois wrote to Winston Churchill, then Secretary...Records and researchThe South Sea Bubble of 1720Friday 18 September 2020This year marks the 300th anniversary of one of the most famous financial crashes...Records and researchOperations which never happened (part 2): Operation Zipper and MailfistFriday 14 August 2020In the week leading up to VE Day in 1945, British and Indian forces...Records and researchThe displacement of Poles and their subsequent resettlement in the United Kingdom, 1939-1949Wednesday 17 June 2020A plethora of information exists in our collections on Poland and the plight of...Records and researchAnalysing professional photographic networks in 1900Friday 15 May 2020Evidence of the relationships between people, both personal and professional, can be found all...Records and researchDr James Barry: The importance of archival discoveriesTuesday 5 May 2020Finding documents in the archives that relate to trans or gender non-conforming people from...Records and researchJohn Thomson: Victorian pioneer of photojournalismFriday 17 April 2020The copyright records held at The National Archives are a fantastic source for the...Records and researchProject WO 416: Private enterpriseTuesday 24 March 2020The night of 24-25 March 2020 marks the 76th anniversary of the real Great Escape...Records and researchThe Shim Sham Club: ‘London’s miniature Harlem’Wednesday 5 February 2020Queer club culture in the 1930s was vibrant and varied, especially in the growing...Records and researchWar behind the wire: The story of allied civilians in occupied Europe during the Second World WarFriday 24 January 2020On 16 January 2018 I wrote an introductory blog on the project to catalogue...Records and researchThe PQ 17 disaster and the first Churchill-Stalin summitThursday 19 December 2019At 17:00 on Wednesday 12 August 1942, a B-24 Liberator codenamed ‘Commando’ touched down...Records and researchWine: A taste of the archiveMonday 9 December 2019The National Archives has recently hosted two wine tasting sessions. This may seem a... « 1 … 5 6 7 8 9 … 16 »