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West Africa and the First World War

Monday 18 June 2018

The First World War had a great impact on West Africa, as Britain ordered...

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Suffrage 100: Did militancy help or hinder the fight for the franchise?

Friday 27 April 2018

By 1912, militancy associated with the Suffragette movement hit its peak, with regular arson...

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Bombs, bulls and civilian bravery

Tuesday 4 July 2017

In this podcast The National Archives’ Principal Military Specialist reveals some of his favourite stories about...

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The animals get counted (even if the people don’t!)

Thursday 18 March 2021

In 1941, the keepers at London’s Regent’s Park Zoo took their own census of...

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Promoting the 1951 census

Tuesday 16 February 2021

This is a duplicate of the newsreel item found in Pathe Gazettes issue 51/20...

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Making a mark: The early Black Press, 1817-1948

Tuesday 10 November 2020

Periodicals have been produced by and for Black people in Britain for more than...

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West Africa and the First World War

Monday 18 June 2018

The First World War had a great impact on West Africa, as Britain ordered...

Audio

Suffrage 100: Did militancy help or hinder the fight for the franchise?

Friday 27 April 2018

By 1912, militancy associated with the Suffragette movement hit its peak, with regular arson...

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Webinar: Riots and rebellions, murders and militias

Thursday 15 March 2018

Exploring 19th century Home Office records. The National Archives holds 539series of Home Office...

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Suffrage 100: Did militancy help or hinder the fight for the franchise?

Friday 27 April 2018

By 1912, militancy associated with the Suffragette movement hit its peak, with regular arson...

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Mapping Women’s Suffrage

Tuesday 24 October 2017

The women’s suffrage campaign in Britain was a particularly long and difficult struggle. It...

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The life and death of King John

Tuesday 29 November 2016

King John’s acts of misgovernment prompted his barons to demand reform, setting the kingdom...

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Summer Lecture Series 2019: Information at War – the Ministry of Information, 1936-1946

Wednesday 7 August 2019

The Ministry of Information was established by a government which recognised that the understanding...

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The Cold War and UFOs

Thursday 23 May 2019

There is more to the Ministry of Defence UFO files than reports on strange...

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The scandalous case of John Vassall

Thursday 23 May 2019

In 1962, while working as a clerk in the British Embassy in Moscow, homosexual...

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‘Cama’: a play about a female Indian revolutionary at the time of the First World War

Wednesday 1 November 2017

In a trench in Marseille the loyalty of three Indian soldiers is tested when...

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‘The Radicalisation of Vir Singh’: a play about the challenges of serving as an Indian soldier in the First World War

Wednesday 1 November 2017

Arjun sits restless and scared as he prepares to enter the battlefield for the...

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Big Ideas: The women’s war in the Middle East – women’s First World War service in Egypt, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia and Palestine

Friday 10 July 2015

Nadia Atia is Lecturer in World Literature at Queen Mary, University of London. Her...

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South Asian Soldiers in the First World War

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