Posts by Mark Dunton AudioEngland ’66: The best of times?Wednesday 13 July 2016It was a year when England won the World Cup and led the world in all...AudioNewly released files from 1985 and 1986Tuesday 30 December 2014Contemporary records specialists Mark Dunton and Simon Demissie discuss the latest batch of government...Audio1974: forty years onFriday 31 October 2014Mark Dunton looks back at UK National events in 1974 in this illustrated podcast....AudioThe Post Office Tower: symbol of a new Britain?Tuesday 22 April 2014When the Post Office Tower was opened officially on 8 October 1965, it was...AudioPublic Cooperation with the Household Expenditure Enquiry, 1953-1954Monday 20 January 2014The Household Expenditure Enquiry of 1953-54 was the first large-scale enquiry into household expenditure...AudioNew files from 1984Friday 3 January 2014Contemporary records specialists Mark Dunton and Simon Demissie discuss the latest batch of government...AudioNew files from 1983Thursday 1 August 2013Contemporary records specialists Mark Dunton and Simon Demissie discuss highlights from the latest batch...AudioHow to research a famous person in The National ArchivesTuesday 15 January 2013Join records expert Mark Dunton for a step-by-step explanation of how to research a...AudioNew files from 1982Thursday 27 December 2012Contemporary records specialists Mark Dunton and Simon Demissie discuss highlights from the latest release...AudioThe scandalous case of John Vassall: sexuality, spying and the Civil ServiceMonday 17 December 2012Fifty years ago civil servant John Vassall was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for...AudioNew files from 1981Friday 13 January 2012An overview of newly-released government files from 1981 including discussion of the major stories...Audio20th century Treasury recordsFriday 21 October 2011Some researchers might feel apprehensive about the prospect of investigating 20th century Treasury records,... 1 2 »