Tag: Colonial office Records and research‘I call it lunacy’: spelling squabbles within British governmentFriday 11 December 2015It is always comforting to realise we’re not the only ones dealing with trivial...Records and researchFiles on film: Petitions for equalityThursday 4 December 2014Have you ever imagined where Siegfried Sassoon was sitting while writing his poems? Or...Records and researchThe travelling photographer: Emil Otto HoppéTuesday 6 May 2014Emil Otto Hoppé (1878–1972) is my kind of photographer. He was incredibly prolific, producing...Records and researchLooking back through a lens on Commonwealth DayMonday 10 March 2014Welcome to the first in a series of blogs for the Caribbean though a lens...Records and research‘Unknown and darkest England’Friday 26 July 2013‘… we have attempted to give the visitor from the West Indies a fair...Records and researchBlue BooksTuesday 16 July 2013Recently, I have being carrying out some research on the ‘Colonial Office Blue Books of Statistics’. These began...Records and researchCyprus through a lens: A woman’s work …..Thursday 21 March 2013The latest batch of Colonial Office photographs from the Through a Lens series have been...Records and researchImpressions of St Helena – the early 19th centuryFriday 15 March 2013As early as the 17th century, St Helena’s position in the South Atlantic made it...Records and researchA stamp for the Ladies or the Gentleman?Thursday 14 March 2013The latest release of pictures from Through a Lens have been made available on...Records and researchRock of ages: Gibraltar through a lensThursday 7 March 2013Today it’s the turn of the small British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar to get...Records and researchRipablik blong VanuatuSunday 27 January 2013In 1960, the Lopevi volcano erupted in Vanuatu (then the New Hebrides), a small...Records and researchIn Flickr’s page, let every stage, Advance Australia Fair…Friday 25 January 2013The characters and landscapes of Australasia are the subjects of the latest ‘Through a... « 1 2 3 »