Category: Social history AudioBig Ideas: The women’s war in the Middle East – women’s First World War service in Egypt, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia and PalestineFriday 10 July 2015Nadia Atia is Lecturer in World Literature at Queen Mary, University of London. Her...Audio‘The Germans are here!’ London’s first Zeppelin raidMonday 6 July 2015Ten months into the First World War and the feared onslaught on London by...VideoWebinar: Tracing your ancestors – women in the military services during the First World WarFriday 26 June 2015Emily Stidston hosts this webinar which introduces women’s service and other records from 1914...AudioFanny and Stella: the young men who shocked Victorian EnglandFriday 12 June 2015The gripping story of the trial that shook Victorian England – a tale of...AudioArts and Inspiration Day at The National Archives 2014: Music and lyricsFriday 5 June 2015Jo Pugh reveals the music, lyrics and poetry lurking in diverse records, from Thomas...AudioArts and Inspiration Day at The National Archives 2014: PropagandaFriday 5 June 2015Simon Demissie looks at Propaganda through the records held at The National Archives, including...AudioArts and Inspiration Day at The National Archives 2014: Design history and material cultureFriday 5 June 2015Julie Halls discusses design history and material culture as a potential area for research....AudioPortillo’s State SecretsFriday 29 May 2015Researcher Tommy Norton introduces some of the 30 documents featured in the BBC 2...AudioTracing railway ancestorsFriday 27 March 2015The National Archives holds a vast collection of railway related material, a legacy passed...AudioCatalogue Day 2014: Seditions to petitions – Disturbance Papers and Criminal Petitions, 1816-1838Friday 6 March 2015Briony Paxman and Chris Day outline the cataloguing project around HO 40, Home Office...AudioVanishing for the Vote: diverse suffragettes boycott the 1911 censusFriday 6 March 2015Vanishing for the Vote tells the story of what happened on census night, 2...AudioBig Ideas: ‘An heroic, slow-motion cataloguing of life’: ethics and digitisationFriday 27 February 2015A culture shift is taking place in the Wellcome Library’s Special Collections team. Driven... « 1 2 3 4 … 31 »