Category: Social history AudioGalaxy Zoo and old weather: exploring the potential of citizen scienceFriday 12 August 2011A team at Oxford University has launched a range of ‘citizen science’ projects, all...Military historyMorale, morality and the Liverpool BlitzFriday 5 August 2011This talk uses documents from The National Archives and elsewhere to reveal the steps...AudioThe Land Tax 1692-1963Monday 1 August 2011The Land Tax was created in 1692 and was voted annually by Parliament until...Audio1611-2011: The 400th anniversary of the King James BibleFriday 1 July 2011Pauline Croft examines the context of the translation of the King James Bible and...VideoEdwardian Folkestone at workWednesday 29 June 2011The film opens with well to do Edwardians in a well off street. We...AudioThe last thing we need is a sequel: postwar cinema at The National ArchivesFriday 24 June 2011The National Archives’ exploration of the British government’s uneasy relationship with the film industry...AudioBehind the scenes: two centuries of census-takingFriday 3 June 2011The census has been described as a ‘snapshot in time’, recording the nation as...AudioRevolting to humanity: histories of mental healthFriday 20 May 2011The 19th century ushered in a new way of seeing mental health. For the...AudioThe Second World War and Roche’s expansion to the West: a Swiss pharmaceutical company in the United KingdomMonday 9 May 2011Roche was founded in 1896 as one of the very first industrial companies solely...VideoLiving the Poor Life – Paul Carter talks about some stories from the filesSaturday 16 April 2011Paul Carter, The National Archives’ principal modern domestic record’s specialist, talks about some of...AudioThe Festival of BritainWednesday 13 April 2011The Festival of Britain opened on 3 May 1951. It was a summer-long, nationwide...AudioHeralds and heraldry at The National ArchivesFriday 25 March 2011The National Archives holds possibly the greatest collection of untapped source material for heralds... « 1 … 13 14 15 16 17 … 31 »