Tag: Books Records and researchAnimal Farm: The cartoon strip and the Cold WarMonday 17 August 2020George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’, first published on this day 75 years ago in 1945,...Behind the scenesRecommended reading: Forbidden loveTuesday 21 April 2020The National Archives exhibition With Love is currently closed but if you wish to...Behind the scenesFamily history books for beginnersWednesday 1 April 2020Twiddling your thumbs at home and considering building your family tree? For our latest...Behind the scenesHistory in the strangest thingsFriday 18 October 2019I know it is frightfully early to be thinking about your Christmas list but...Records and researchHow archives helped solve a family mysteryTuesday 8 October 2019Like many of us who find ourselves working at The National Archives, I have...Behind the scenesThe saviour of the sewersWednesday 27 March 2019Thursday 28 March marks the bicentenary of the birth of Joseph Bazalgette – one of...Behind the scenesReading about the Great EscapeTuesday 26 February 2019During the Second World War, more than 100,000 British servicemen were captured by the Germans –...Behind the scenesQueens on film and in printTuesday 29 January 2019When you were little did you play at being a princess? I did and I...Behind the scenesPuzzled by Christmas? Some suggestions for giftsTuesday 4 December 2018Yes, it is December. Again. And we will be celebrating Christmas soon. On the...Behind the scenesHistorical letters and messages from the battlefieldTuesday 13 November 2018From love letters of kings and queens to political calls for liberation… from declarations...Behind the scenesDiscover James Cook in our BookshopTuesday 9 October 2018While the main focus this year has been on anniversaries associated with the First...Behind the scenesMarking time with diaries and calendarsWednesday 12 September 2018Are you a plan-ahead-with-military-precision type of person? Or more of a go-with-the-flow-embrace-your-inner-spontaneity sort? Just... 1 2 3 … 8 »