Tag: Civil service Records and researchThe civil servant’s tale: Geoffrey Chaucer in the archives (part three)Tuesday 2 January 2018In part one and part two of this blog series I’ve been tracing the history...Records and researchThe civil servant’s tale: Geoffrey Chaucer in the archives (Part two)Monday 27 November 2017In the first of this series of blogs, I looked into the early life...Records and researchSir Maurice Hankey and the birth of modern governmentWednesday 19 October 2016Almost 100 years ago, there was a revolution in government: the first official record...Records and researchJobs for the girls?Thursday 6 March 2014Maps have been in the news again recently with the opening of a new...Behind the scenesGovernment spending in microcosm?Thursday 18 July 2013The National Archives, PRO, and government as a whole The subject of my last...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...