Tag: Poetry Records and researchResearch Exchange: Letters of No MomentMonday 8 August 2022Named after the term used by previous High Court of Admiralty (HCA) clerks, translators...Records and research‘Last term my rolls were painted very ill’: An early modern poem hidden among the records of the King’s BenchMonday 13 April 2020Hidden away in the King’s Bench plea roll for Trinity term 1627, however, is...Records and researchPoetry and the First World WarWednesday 5 October 2016I'm going to focus on three poets associated with the war: Geoffrey Studdert-Kennedy, Charles...Behind the scenesReading to escapeTuesday 24 June 2014Did you have a good day? I thought not. There are those days when...Behind the scenesA warts and all view of warMonday 28 April 2014We are overwhelmed here in the bookshop with the deluge of books on the...Archives and archivistsArchives are our businessMonday 3 March 2014Part of The National Archives’ work with the wider archive sector is about exploring...Records and researchPoems for a princessMonday 24 February 2014This year marks 100 years since the birth of Noor Inayat Kahn, known in...Behind the scenesDiversity Week: celebration and commemorationMonday 27 January 2014I’m particularly looking forward to the range of external talks we have organised this...Behind the scenesTrainee Tuesday: Walking with GhostsTuesday 29 October 2013I’m going to make my own mark; poetry will be a fresh, bold-stepping spirit...Archives and archivistsPlease do not boil the archivesMonday 7 October 2013I went to a takeaway last weekend. Not your average takeaway. What you take...Records and researchAdlestrop, by Edward ThomasThursday 22 November 2012Edward Thomas (1878-1917), who was killed in action during the First World War, was...Records and researchEchoesMonday 28 May 2012I’ve previously blogged about a 20th century poetic find in our collection – here’s another... 1 2 »