Posts by Briony Paxman AudioBarbara Hepworth, her life and workThursday 22 October 2015Barbara Hepworth’s life and work examined through records held by selected archives, including The...AudioCatalogue Day 2014: Seditions to petitions – Disturbance Papers and Criminal Petitions, 1816-1838Friday 6 March 2015Briony Paxman and Chris Day outline the cataloguing project around HO 40, Home Office...AudioReckless, rash and repentant: Convicts’ petitions for mercy 1819-1858Friday 22 February 2013A look at the pardoning process of the early 19th century, and some stories...AudioOut of the way of mischiefMonday 5 March 2012From the mid-19th century the Home Office and the Treasury became involved in the...AudioThe Festival of BritainWednesday 13 April 2011The Festival of Britain opened on 3 May 1951. It was a summer-long, nationwide...