Tag: British empire Records and research‘A vast window display’: The British Empire Exhibition of 1924-5Tuesday 22 February 2022In 1924 an exhibition was held at Wembley Park in London, which aimed to...Records and researchImagining Empire in the 1920s: Posters of the Empire Marketing BoardTuesday 15 February 2022If you found yourself walking on Charing Cross Road on New Year’s Day in...Records and researchA Magna Carta for refugeesWednesday 28 July 2021The 28th of July 2021 marks the 70th anniversary of the United Nations’ 1951...Records and researchFrom Yemen to Yorkshire: Using mixed methods to investigate migrationFriday 21 May 2021The Yemeni community forms a small but important part of Sheffield’s population, with most...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 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...Archives and archivistsKeeper’s Gallery: Newfoundland – Empire in the First World WarTuesday 7 July 2015Our Keeper’s Gallery currently features a display highlighting Newfoundland during the First World War....Records and researchMr Johnston’s imaginationWednesday 2 January 2013Some of The National Archives’ most interesting maps are not kept as separate flat,...Records and researchA sticky situation: The Christmas pudding palaver of 1952Thursday 20 December 2012With an array of different Christmas puddings now available, you probably didn’t have any...Records and researchMaybe it’s because I’m a LondonerWednesday 31 October 2012One of the many legacies of the United Kingdom’s colonial past is the number...Records and researchUK Government – did we rule the Empire with 4,000 civil servants?Wednesday 1 August 2012I was interested in some of the wider questions that were raised over the...
