Tag: Bookshop 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...Behind the scenesA Georgian autumnTuesday 14 August 2018As we move inside, dazed and somewhat sun-struck from our amazing run of totally...Behind the scenesThe Home GuardTuesday 17 July 2018In June 1940, following a scrambled evacuation of troops at Dunkirk, the Second World...Behind the scenesA new look for The National Archives’ shopFriday 22 June 2018Over the last May Bank Holiday there was banging and crashing in The National...Behind the scenesSummer readingTuesday 22 May 2018For many people the sudden advent of summer weather means an opportunity to get...Behind the scenesSlang in the English LanguageTuesday 24 April 2018Words have always been a vital part of how we communicate on many levels...Behind the scenesOur mothers’ storiesTuesday 27 March 2018During this Suffrage commemoration year there are increasing numbers of women’s stories appearing on the shelves...Behind the scenesSuggestions for your reading list: animals at warWednesday 7 March 2018When we think about war, it is usually to remember the men and women...Behind the scenesMary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley: extraordinary mother and daughterTuesday 30 January 2018The centenary commemoration of Women’s Suffrage has cast a spotlight of the lives of...Behind the scenesNew Year reads: The Secret Life of Bletchley ParkMonday 8 January 2018Winston Churchill said in June 1940, ‘We shall fight on the beaches’… and so... « 1 2 3 4 5 »