Queens in fact and fiction
Fresh from watching the ITV series Victoria, I am minded to explore the lives of England’s queens…
View ArticleBeyond shell shock
On the afternoon of 21 October, we held an event exploring the theme 'Beyond Shell shock: Mental Health and the First World War'…
View ArticleThe beginnings of the Iraq Museum
A new museum has opened in Basra - this took me back to the 1920s and the opening of another…
View ArticleThe hospital ship Britannic
We explore the sinking of the hospital ship Britannic, sister ship of the Titanic, on 21 November 1916…
View ArticleBattle of the Ancre
This is the last in our series of blogs marking the contribution of Commonwealth nations to the Somme offensive a century ago…
View ArticleExplore Your Archive is back!
Find out what a typical day in an archive is like, discover the collections, post your pictures and tell us why you love archives…
View ArticleCyber security: three steps senior managers need to take
Senior managers play a vital role in driving the development of a cyber-secure culture across an entire organisation…
View ArticleExplore Sir Geoffrey Howe’s Private Office papers
Today a new series of records is released which give us a new perspective on Geoffrey Howe’s tenure as Chancellor…
View ArticleUnexpected findings: 100 years of cultural exchange
This blog offers a glimpse into some extraordinary finds among the design records at The National Archives…
View ArticleA revolution in treatment: the Thomas splint
Ever since seeing a demonstration of how to use it, in a reconstruction of a Casualty Clearing Station, I've been interested in the Thomas splint…
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