Search results found for: women Behind the scenesThe outbreak of the Second World War in 1939Friday 23 August 2019Shortly before 05:00 on Friday 1 September 1939, German forces stormed the Polish frontier....Records and researchBringing Peterloo AliveMonday 19 August 2019Last Friday saw people around the country marking the anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre,...Records and researchRemembering the past, growing the future: The story of the Pakistani community in WakefieldFriday 9 August 2019The 100th anniversary of the First World War has been noted for the way...Records and researchFrom Peterloo to the Pankhursts: A new way of exploring 19th-century radical historyMonday 5 August 2019On 16th August 1819 more than 60,000 men, women and children arrived at St...Behind the scenesDressed in the past: the stories clothes tellThursday 1 August 2019Clothes are not just essential for warmth and modesty – they can be for so...Records and researchTo the Moon and back: an ‘epic voyage of discovery’Friday 19 July 2019In 1902, a French film, A Trip to the Moon, related the extraordinary journey...Records and researchGentleman Jack: Anne Lister – the first modern lesbian?Tuesday 9 July 2019The hugely successful and widely praised TV series Gentleman Jack is a period drama set...Records and researchSOE and the art of blending inFriday 21 June 2019The methods used by Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents to pass as members of...Archives and archivistsChertsey Abbey reimaginedWednesday 19 June 2019To walk through Chertsey, a medieval market town on the outskirts of London, you...Archives and archivistsRaising awareness of the 1919 ‘Race Riots’ in LiverpoolWednesday 12 June 2019The 1919 race riots were the first time many in Britain became aware of...Records and researchArchetype of a SpyFriday 3 May 2019Whenever I think of spies my first thought is always of a James Bond-type...Records and researchMistaken identity: Elizabeth Burley and the Contagious Diseases ActsThursday 14 March 2019Let those who have never seen a ship of war, picture to themselves a... « 1 … 18 19 20 21 22 … 39 »