All posts VideoPathé: Post much earlier this ChristmasFriday 29 November 2019The National Archives education team’s film of the month highlights a Pathé film relating to current events, anniversaries or key topics that you may be cove...AudioThe Fall of WolseyWednesday 20 November 2019490 years ago Thomas Wolsey – King Henry VIII’s former favourite – fell from grace following his failure to secure the king a divorce. This talk by Danie...AudioHow James Bond won the Cold War for BritainTuesday 19 November 2019Charlie Higson, author of the best-selling Young Bond books, discusses the genesis of 007 – James Bond, Ian Fleming’s life in the secret service, and how th...VideoActors offering to be Lord Sidmouth’s spiesTuesday 19 November 2019Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary at the time of the Peterloo Massacre, relied on a network of spies to stay informed of the activities of reformers. This lette...VideoLetter from J. Norris to Lord Sidmouth, Manchester, 6 October 1819Tuesday 19 November 2019Acts of sporadic violence on both sides continued after the Peterloo Massacre. In this letter, magistrate James Norris provides the Home Office with an account...VideoContinued violence in Manchester after PeterlooTuesday 19 November 2019A report in the Manchester Observer of the continued aggressive behaviour of Edward Meagher, the Trumpeter of the Manchester and Salford Yeomanry, after the eve...VideoHenry Hobhouse to Sir John Byng, 18 August 1819Tuesday 19 November 2019Henry Hobhouse writes to Sir John Byng in the aftermath of the Peterloo Massacre. Performed by James Parsons. Archives Alive: Peterloo The Archives Alive: Peter...VideoThe glorious cause of reformTuesday 19 November 2019In this letter published in the pro-reformer Manchester Observer, the cause of reform is reported as being strengthened by the actions of the magistrates at Pet...VideoAn open letter to Lord Sidmouth demanding justice after PeterlooTuesday 19 November 2019A public letter from Richard Carlile, a prominent radical reformer writer and publisher, to Lord Sidmouth calling for justice after the Peterloo Massacre. Perfo...VideoConstable Jonathan Anderson’s account of PeterlooTuesday 19 November 2019Constable Jonathan Anderson’s account of the Peterloo Massacre. Performed by Eddie Kelsey. Archives Alive: Peterloo The Archives Alive: Peterloo project i...VideoJohn Tyas reporting on the Peterloo for The Times, 19 August 1819Tuesday 19 November 2019Although critical of the troops’ and magistrates’ actions, Tyas was not without words of blame for the reformers though. In the same article, he reminds rea...VideoMajor Dyneley’s account of the Peterloo MassacreTuesday 19 November 2019Major Thomas Dyneley was in command of the horse artillery stationed in Manchester on the day of the Peterloo Massacre. He sent this account of the day’s even... 1 2 3 … 81 »
