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Pathé: Concorde take off 1969
The 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... read more
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The personal story of Holocaust survivor John Dobai
John Dobai was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1934. To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, John delivered a talk at The National Archives on 25 January 2019 about his p... read more
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Reflections on the Reformation
In this panel talk, experts reflect on the records of the Reformation, their relevance in the modern day and the impact of the 1517 Reformation anniversary. Pan... read more
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The Annual Digital Lecture: Semantic Capital: what it is and how to protect it
In this talk Luciano Floridi presents new research on ‘semantic capital’, which he defines as the capital of ideas, knowledge, meaning and culture,... read more
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West Africa and the First World War
The First World War had a great impact on West Africa, as Britain ordered the invasion of German colonies in Cameroon and Togoland, using its own colonies as ba... read more
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Big Ideas Series: Entity disambiguation in digital cultural heritage
To enable people to explore a digital collection, the platform that hosts that collection needs to have a comprehensive understanding of the information it is p... read more
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Big Ideas Series: Archives and Linked Data
Is linked data an appropriate technology for implementing an archive’s catalogue? Dr Jean-Luc Cochard from the Swiss Federal Archives presents the results of... read more
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UFO files at The National Archives
Originally set up at the request of Winston Churchill, the Ministry of Defence’s UFO Desk ran for over 60 years, collating mysterious sightings and records... read more
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Suffrage 100: Did militancy help or hinder the fight for the franchise?
By 1912, militancy associated with the Suffragette movement hit its peak, with regular arson attacks, window-smashing campaigns and targeting of MP’s houses.... read more
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Big Ideas Series: Datafication, Distribution and the Future of Archival Science in the Age of Homo Deus
Victoria Lemieux examines how we can ensure and establish authenticity in a world of increasing datafication of records. Where and how do we create, find and pr... read more
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Big Ideas Series: The role of archives in addressing refugee crises
This presentation provides an overview of a project called ‘Records and ICT at the Boundaries of the State: Refugee Needs, Rights and Uses’ which lo... read more
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Big Ideas Series: Probabilistic indexing and archives
In this seminar, Seth van Hooland provides an introduction to machine learning techniques and explores their potential for probabilistic indexing of large archi... read more
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‘A Little Daylight Game’: the story of two militant suffragettes
This podcast tells the story of Hilda Burkett and Florence Tunks, two militant suffragettes who staged an arson attack on the Bath Hotel, Felixstowe, in April 1... read more
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Webinar: Missing from the census?
Census records are invaluable sources of information for all family historians. But what if you can’t find your ancestor on the census? This webinar will look... read more
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Webinar: Riots and rebellions, murders and militias
Exploring 19th century Home Office records. The National Archives holds 539series of Home Office records, which collectively touch on almost every aspect of lif... read more
