Tag: Lgbt history On the RecordLGBTQ+ historiesThursday 17 February 2022In this episode, we bring you four stories that span 200 years of British...On the RecordOn the Record: LGBTQ+ histories (trailer)Thursday 10 February 2022The National Archives’ collections offer a valuable insight into how the government interacted with...VideoWhat’s Online: Out in the City: Queer Club Culture in London, 1918-1967Tuesday 29 September 2020‘London’s greatest bohemian rendezvous said to be the most unconventional spot in town.’ Despite...AudioHidden Love: LGBTQ+ lives in the archivesWednesday 19 August 2020The National Archives’ collections offer a valuable insight into how the government interacted with...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...AudioFrom deviance to diversity? Finding sexuality and sexual science in the archivesMonday 17 February 2014Dr Lesley Hall, Senior Archivist at the Wellcome Library, examines sources at the Wellcome...AudioThe scandalous case of John Vassall: sexuality, spying and the Civil ServiceMonday 17 December 2012Fifty years ago civil servant John Vassall was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for...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....AudioWhen a woman is not a woman: how the Ministry of Pensions constructed gender in the 1950sFriday 13 January 2012During the 1950s, the Ministry of Pensions was suddenly faced with a substantial number...AudioFictional obscenities: lesbianism and censorship in the early 20th centuryMonday 7 February 2011How was the concept of obscenity governed in the absence of specific statutes that...AudioGenius on trial: key sources relating to Oscar Wilde at The National ArchivesFriday 3 July 2009The arrest and subsequent imprisonment of Oscar Wilde was one of the most sensational...AudioGeorge Ives: queer lives and the familyMonday 30 March 2009Cultural historian Matt Cook delves into the diary of George Ives, the early homosexual... 1 2 »