Posts by The National Archives On the Record20th Century Migration: 1948 – Citizenship and EmpireThursday 2 December 2021In this episode, we’re looking at two different migration experiences shaped by the British...On the Record20th Century Migration: 1914 – A nation divided?Friday 26 November 2021This first episode begins with the story of an English woman who loses her...On the RecordOn the Record: 20th Century Migration (trailer)Monday 22 November 2021There are over 900 years of immigration records available for research here at The...VideoRudyard Kipling: A Man of LettersFriday 12 November 2021In this short film Dr Juliette Desplat, Head of Modern Collections at The National...On the RecordCounting down to the 1921 CensusWednesday 27 October 2021In the aftermath of war and pandemic, approximately 8.5 million householders in England, Wales,...On the RecordGovernment goes to the moviesThursday 19 August 2021In the 1940s, the British government discovered the power of film to inform, promote,...On the RecordDigitally reconstructing Ireland’s lost archiveThursday 24 June 2021On 30 June 1922 the Public Record Office of Ireland was destroyed by fire...VideoCounting the peopleThursday 17 June 2021Discover the epic and illuminating 900-year-old origins of the census in Britain in this...VideoJ B Priestley: A Soldier’s CauseMonday 14 June 2021J B Priestley was an author, playwright, broadcaster and social commentator. Best known for...VideoAphra Behn: Memoirs of a Shee SpyMonday 10 May 2021Best-known as the first professional female writer in England, Aphra Behn was a trailblazing...On the RecordTrials: Evidence of the pastThursday 6 May 2021In the final episode of this series on our most intriguing and significant trial...VideoMeet the Author: Alison Weir – Katheryn Howard, The Tainted QueenFriday 30 April 2021In this talk, Alison Weir discusses the fifth novel in her Six Tudor Queens... « 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 27 »