Posts by The National Archives AudioIntroduction to birth, marriages and death registers in England and WalesWednesday 1 April 2020Matt Norman talks to Keith Mitchell about civil registration – the system for recording...AudioIntroduction to the censusWednesday 1 April 2020The census documents information about the population taken every ten years. How and when...AudioIntroduction to Discovery – The National Archives catalogueWednesday 1 April 2020Matt Norman talks to Chrissy Peters about Discovery – the online catalogue for The...AudioThe three curses of TutankhamunFriday 20 March 2020Tutankhamun lay in his tomb undisturbed until 1922, when British archaeologist Howard Carter and...AudioDependence, intolerance and expulsion: The story of England’s medieval Jewish communitiesFriday 13 March 2020Despite having clear liberties and the protection of the Crown in the mid-12th century,...On the RecordResist: Black Power in the courtroomThursday 30 January 2020In 1965, Britain passed the Race Relations Act, which made it illegal to refuse...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... « 1 … 7 8 9 10 11 … 27 »