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Medieval queens in The National Archives

Many medieval kings still loom large in popular culture but the queens who lived and worked alongside them are often less well known. This explores the role of the queen in medieval England focusing in particular on what we can ...

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Selling history: the role of the past at Fortnum and Mason

Founded in the year when Great Britain was created, the history of Fortnum and Mason is that of the development of British taste. It covers tea drinking, picnics, mail order, climbing Everest and knickerbocker glories. It is a history of change, ...

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UKAD forum 2012: Discovery, The National Archives’ new catalogue

The forum is an opportunity for archivists and information professionals to hear and share some of the latest thinking around online access to archives and archives data and share ideas around making archives more accessible through online development. Guy Grannum talks ...

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Digging for diamonds: hidden histories at The National Archives

From ‘parachuting’ to ‘truffle-hunting’, there are many ways to research at The National Archives. This talk focuses on the histories that are harder to find, from the voices of enslaved Africans to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) communities in ...

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An introduction to the first tranche of colonial administration records released at The National Archives

The National Archives is working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to transfer and begin releasing colonial administration records, referred to as the ‘migrated archives’ between April 2012 and November 2013, in accordance with the published timeline on the ...

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UKAD forum 2012: keynote talk

This is the keynote talk delivered by Bill Thompson at the United Kingdom Archives Discovery (UKAD) 2012 forum. The network is a collaborative group of archives and other information professionals, of which The National Archives is part, who are working towards opening up ...

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When sport meets the law

This talk uses records of the law courts and government departments to describe the uneasy relationship between sport and the law, covering various sports, including football, cricket, golf and horse racing. Highlighted are historical betting scandals and contractual disputes, an ...

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Business Archives: new initiatives and developments

This podcast looks at the background to company archives and the recent development of national strategies to promote business archives more widely. The talk focuses on individual projects under way to improve storage and access to the records of companies, ...

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‘There is no aspect of government activity on which the State Papers may not throw light’: the papers of the secretaries of state 1509-1782

The state papers are the correspondence and papers of the ministers of the Crown during the early modern period. For the first time individuals and personalities emerge from obscurity and we are able to go behind the scenes of government ...

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Digging for diamonds: hidden histories at The National Archives

27 April 2012
Digitised newspapers as sources for family history

19 March 2012
Finding your family in Canada

9 March 2012
Our ancestors and the fear of the Victorian workhouse

6 March 2012
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Total war

23 March 2012
The British Red Cross and its archives

27 February 2012
Necessity, the mother of invention: Britain’s response to the demands of total war 1939-1945

20 February 2012
Henry III Fine Rolls

13 January 2012
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Medieval queens in The National Archives

11 May 2012
An introduction to the first tranche of colonial administration records released at The National Archives

19 April 2012
Total war

23 March 2012
‘There is no aspect of government activity on which the State Papers may not throw light’: the papers of the secretaries of state 1509-1782

23 March 2012
View all political history media

When sport meets the law

5 April 2012
Histpop – the online historical populations report website

5 March 2012
Out of the way of mischief

5 March 2012
Prison hulks

24 February 2012
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Selling history: the role of the past at Fortnum and Mason

4 May 2012
UKAD forum 2012: Quickfire poster session

30 April 2012
UKAD forum 2012: Linked data

30 April 2012
UKAD forum 2012: Discovery, The National Archives’ new catalogue

30 April 2012
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An introduction to the first tranche of colonial administration records released at The National Archives

19 April 2012
Finding your family in Canada

9 March 2012
Overseas births, marriages and deaths: records in The National Archives

5 March 2012
The British Red Cross and its archives

27 February 2012
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Nigel Shadbolt discusses the Transparency strategy and the impact of open data in supporting social initiatives and in generating economic growth
Transparency and open data
Guides to the thousands of images taken from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, held at The National Archives.
Africa through a lens
Created in 2008 to mark the 90th anniversary of the Armistice, these podcasts bring alive individual experiences of those who served in the First World War.
Voices of the Armistice
Military records specialist William Spencer explores the true stories behind popular war films, using original records to depict actual events.
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