Category: Featured AudioEngland and Scotland at War, 1296-1513: sources at The National ArchivesMonday 23 July 2012At a time when the position of Scotland in the Union is the subject...AudioMagna Carta: What more is there to say?Friday 13 July 2012The University of East Anglia’s Professor Nicholas Vincent is a leading authority on the...AudioThe Silken Paper Trail: openness and the national collective memoryMonday 9 July 2012Distinguished historians Professor the Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield and Professor Lisa Jardine CBE explore...AudioEdwardian rollerskatingTuesday 3 July 2012Between 1908 and 1912 interest in roller skating rose, boomed and declined. Influences on...AudioSedition, transportation and treason: the case of the London Corresponding SocietyWednesday 27 June 2012How did a small group of men discussing democracy in the coffee houses of...AudioLost in LondonFriday 22 June 2012Tracing ancestors before civil registration and the census presents a real challenge to family...AudioTracing merchant seamen, 1857-1918Thursday 14 June 2012A frustrating aspect of researching merchant navy ancestors is the ‘black hole’ between 1857...AudioThe Golden Stool: cataloguing Colonial Office records from 1900Friday 25 May 2012In 1900, war broke out between the British and the Ashanti in the Gold...AudioMedieval queens in The National ArchivesFriday 11 May 2012Many medieval kings still loom large in popular culture but the queens who lived...AudioSelling history: the role of the past at Fortnum and MasonFriday 4 May 2012Founded in the year when Great Britain was created, the history of Fortnum and Mason...AudioUKAD forum 2012: Discovery, The National Archives’ new catalogueMonday 30 April 2012Guy Grannum talks about Discovery, The National Archives’ new catalogue. The UKAD forum is an...AudioDigging for diamonds: hidden histories at The National ArchivesFriday 27 April 2012From ‘parachuting’ to ‘truffle-hunting’, there are many ways to research at The National Archives.... « 1 … 21 22 23 24 25 26 »