Category: Social history Social historyAn introduction to the second tranche of colonial administration records released at The National ArchivesFriday 27 July 2012The National Archives is working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to transfer...AudioLost in LondonFriday 22 June 2012Tracing ancestors before civil registration and the census presents a real challenge to family...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...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....VideoAfrica through a lens: Focus on NigeriaMonday 16 April 2012Presented by James Cronan, diplomatic and colonial records specialist at The National Archives....VideoAfrica through a lens: The history of colonial South AfricaMonday 16 April 2012The history of colonial South Africa, presented by Daniel Gilfoyle, diplomatic and colonial records...VideoAfrica through a lens: Origins and aimsMonday 16 April 2012The origins and aims of the Africa through a lens project, presented by Caroline...VideoAfrica through a lensMonday 16 April 2012Africa through a lens, presented by Jenny Orme, Diverse Histories Specialist at The National...VideoWhat Titanic means to me: Rudi NewmanMonday 16 April 2012Academic and Historian Rudi Newman talks about what Titanic means to him....VideoWhat Titanic means to me: Peter Boyd-SmithMonday 16 April 2012Maritime Historian Peter Boyd-Smith talks about what Titanic means to him.... « 1 … 9 10 11 12 13 … 31 »