Tag: Twentieth century Records and researchCoal, cricket and the camera: The photographs of Reverend F W CobbFriday 3 January 2020This is a story of how new and fascinating information about our collections can...Records and researchQueerly complicit at Holland ParkTuesday 7 March 2017In late 1932, two plain clothes police officers were welcomed into a drag party...Behind the scenesRecords of the revolution: what did the 1960s do for us?Wednesday 1 March 2017Art, drama and history students used exhibits and records to encourage an understanding of...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 researchCarnival: bringing a ‘little bit of heaven’ to Notting HillFriday 28 August 2015The August bank holiday weekend is iconic as the weekend of Notting Hill Carnival...Records and researchFiles from 1985/86: football, fire and hooliganismTuesday 30 December 2014The mid-1980s are often characterised as a period of success, excess and the shoulder-padded...Records and researchBlack History Month – the movement for black civil rights in BritainThursday 2 October 2014I recently booked to see the successful musical the Scottsboro Boys, a theatre adaptation...Records and researchPainter Rose Wylie revealed as one of the long lost Aero GirlsTuesday 25 March 2014Since my last blog on the hunt for the mystery 1950s Aero Girls, a...Managing informationTextured backgrounds, animated clipart and many, many colours – UK Central Government websites in the late 1990sMonday 12 March 2012In this post I plan to take you on a trip back through history...