Cataloguing Projects 2016, part 7: Discoveries found in The National...
An overview of the cataloguing projects that took place at The National Archives in 2016. Independent researchers Nat Alcock and Christine Hodgetts discuss the records they have found using Discovery –...
View ArticleCataloguing Projects 2016, part 8: Sorting the Prize Papers: Tales from the...
An overview of the cataloguing projects that took place at The National Archives in 2016. Randolph Cock and Andrew Little discuss the process of sorting The High Court of Admiralty (HCA) Prize Papers,...
View ArticleTalks from the National LGBT History Festival: Hilary McCollum on ‘Sapphic...
On the 11 February 2017, The National Archives hosted a range of talks for ‘OUTing the Past: the National LGBT History Festival’ on topics including the role of lesbians in the fight for Votes for...
View ArticleTalks from the National LGBT History Festival: Emma Vickers on trans veterans...
On the 11 February 2017, The National Archives hosted a range of talks for ‘OUTing the Past: the National LGBT History Festival’ on topics including the role of lesbians in the fight for Votes for...
View ArticleTalks from the National LGBT History Festival: E-J Scott on collecting for...
On the 11 February 2017, The National Archives hosted a range of talks for ‘OUTing the Past: the National LGBT History Festival’ on topics including the role of lesbians in the fight for Votes for...
View ArticleTracy Borman on ‘The Private Lives of the Tudors’
Tracy Borman reveals how the Tudor monarchs were constantly surrounded by an army of attendants, courtiers and ministers, even in their most private moments. A groom of the stool would stand patiently...
View ArticleBureau-cats: A short history of Whitehall’s official felines
Public interest in the cats of Whitehall began long before Larry, Palmerston and Gladstone graced our front pages and Twitter feeds. In this podcast, records specialist Christopher Day reveals his...
View ArticleFrom the Somme to Arras
Andrew Lock discusses the progress made by the British Expeditionary Forces between the battles of the Somme (1916) and Arras (1917). Although lessons were learned during the Somme campaign, Arras...
View ArticleBlack British politics and the Anti-Apartheid struggle
In 1948, from the introduction of apartheid in South Africa, racial discrimination galvanized the international community into protest. British people and black communities in particular attempted to...
View Article‘Dadland’: the father who was also an undercover guerrilla agent
Keggie Carew discusses her book ‘Dadland’, a story about a madcap English childhood, the poignant breakdown of a family, and dementia. The novel centres upon her father Tom Carew, an enigmatic,...
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