Category: Archives and archivists AudioBig Ideas: Sense and sensitivityWednesday 14 May 2014Contrary to previous fears, there is unlikely to be a ‘black hole’ in our...AudioBig Ideas: How to turn a tin can into a TARDISTuesday 6 May 2014Starting with a tin can and a tried and tested supermarket analogy Mark Merifield...Archives and archivistsWriter of the month: Human woes – researching violence and pain in the archivesFriday 25 April 2014Joanna Bourke discusses her book What it Means to be Human: Reflections from 1791...AudioEarly civil registrationMonday 7 April 2014Everyone researching 19th century English or Welsh ancestors is familiar with birth, marriage and...AudioBig Ideas: The Great Archive Debate – a view from YorkMonday 10 March 2014At the end of the last century the great heritage debate transformed thinking about...AudioBig Ideas: From catwalk to cultural collectionsThursday 6 February 2014Being able to predict with any precision how collections will change over time is...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...AudioHidden treasures? Uncovering maps among the files of governmentMonday 13 January 2014The National Archives holds over six million maps and plans and the majority are...AudioThe day parliament burned downFriday 20 December 2013In the early evening of 16 October 1834, to the horror of bystanders, a...AudioCars and democracy: British trusteeship of Volkswagen 1945 to 1949Friday 2 August 2013This talk gives an overview of British policy and the decisions relating to the...AudioThe pleasures and pains of contemporary historyThursday 4 July 2013Peter Hennessy discusses the pleasures and pains of writing history in one’s own times....AudioDesign online: extending access to the BT Design RegisterMonday 17 June 2013This talk focuses on recent research linked to widening online access the Board of... « 1 … 8 9 10 11 12 … 19 »