All posts On the RecordReform: Violence and the struggle for suffrageWednesday 22 January 2020The campaign for women’s suffrage is often characterised by its militant factions and leaders...On the RecordRevolt: The story of England’s first protestWednesday 15 January 2020In 1990, a march in protest of the government’s poll tax turned violent as...On the RecordOn the Record: Protest (trailer)Sunday 12 January 2020What would you do to change the status quo? In our latest three-part series...AudioGeorge Orwell, the CIA and Cold War filmFriday 3 January 2020The National Archives’ Cold War season drew to a close in November with a...AudioVoices of the Windrush GenerationMonday 30 December 2019‘Voices of the Windrush Generation: The real story told by the people themselves’ by...AudioDocumentary enlightenment: The death of Edward II and the principles of historical methodologyFriday 27 December 2019How do we know what we think we know about the past, and why...AudioThe Fall of WolseyWednesday 20 November 2019490 years ago Thomas Wolsey – King Henry VIII’s former favourite – fell from...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...VideoActors offering to be Lord Sidmouth’s spiesTuesday 19 November 2019Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary at the time of the Peterloo Massacre, relied on...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...VideoContinued violence in Manchester after PeterlooTuesday 19 November 2019A report in the Manchester Observer of the continued aggressive behaviour of Edward Meagher,...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.... « 1 … 8 9 10 11 12 … 91 »