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Rudyard Kipling: A Man of Letters

Friday 12 November 2021

In this short film Dr Juliette Desplat, Head of Modern Collections at The National...

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Counting the people

Thursday 17 June 2021

Discover the epic and illuminating 900-year-old origins of the census in Britain in this...

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J B Priestley: A Soldier’s Cause

Monday 14 June 2021

J B Priestley was an author, playwright, broadcaster and social commentator. Best known for...

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Aphra Behn: Memoirs of a Shee Spy

Monday 10 May 2021

Best-known as the first professional female writer in England, Aphra Behn was a trailblazing...

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Meet the Author: Alison Weir – Katheryn Howard, The Tainted Queen

Friday 30 April 2021

In this talk, Alison Weir discusses the fifth novel in her Six Tudor Queens...

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Promoting the 1951 census

Tuesday 16 February 2021

This is a duplicate of the newsreel item found in Pathe Gazettes issue 51/20...

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‘A huge pack of witches’: A witch scare in 17th-century Lancashire

Wednesday 11 November 2020

In November 1633, a little boy telling tall tales about witches in his local...

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Making a mark: The early Black Press, 1817-1948

Tuesday 10 November 2020

Periodicals have been produced by and for Black people in Britain for more than...

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Audacious Raids: Operations Grouse, Freshman, Swallow and Gunnerside 

Friday 2 October 2020

Operations Grouse, Freshman, Swallow and Gunnerside were carried out by the Special Operations Executive...

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What’s Online: Out in the City: Queer Club Culture in London, 1918-1967

Tuesday 29 September 2020

‘London’s greatest bohemian rendezvous said to be the most unconventional spot in town.’ Despite...

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Top level tips: First World War army records

Tuesday 29 September 2020

Do you have an ancestor who served in the Army during the First World...

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Opening up the Statute Book: 10 years of legislation.gov.uk

Thursday 27 August 2020

In July 2010 The National Archives launched legislation.gov.uk, the official home for new and...