Tag: LGBTQ+ Records and researchBillie’s Club: Queer club culture in 1930s LondonTuesday 25 February 2020Billie’s Club, run by club proprietor Billie Joyce, was located on 6 Little Denmark...Records and researchOut of the Archives: Classified adverts at the Royal Vauxhall TavernWednesday 12 February 2020On the 23rd November 2019, The National Archives and Bishopsgate Institute took over the Royal...Records and researchThe Shim Sham Club: ‘London’s miniature Harlem’Wednesday 5 February 2020Queer club culture in the 1930s was vibrant and varied, especially in the growing...Records and researchErnie and Geof: Love between menWednesday 20 November 2019In November 1920 the youthful Ernest [Ernie] Smyth was arrested. At 22 years old...Records and research‘Bohemian, broad-minded, unconventional.’ What was it like to be queer in the 1920s?Thursday 14 November 2019In the 1920s, an era when the law criminalised your love, how was it...Records and researchLGBTQ+ history: the red rose of Colonel BarkerMonday 25 February 2019Stories of women ‘masquerading’ or cross-dressing in men’s clothing were widely reported by the...Records and researchLGBTQ+ history: Maud Allan and ‘unnatural practices among women’Thursday 14 February 2019It is safe to say that no lawsuit of modern times has attracted such...Archives and archivistsWhat’s new in UK archives?Wednesday 11 July 2018Whether it be a gigabyte of data, a single file or 230 boxes of...Records and researchOscar Wilde: triumph, tragedy and exileThursday 14 June 2018In 1895 Oscar Wilde had two successful plays in the West End: ‘The Importance...Records and researchPolicing the powder puff in 1930s LondonTuesday 3 April 2018On the evening of Saturday 14 November 1936, 28 year old Arthur Agate –...
