Refreshing our relationship with Arts Council England
Last month, The National Archives was visited by Darren Henley, the Chief Executive of Arts Council England. During his visit, we revised our Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and had the opportunity...
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The National Archives and Research Libraries UK are excited to announce the call for papers for this year’s Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities conference to be held between 10-12 October...
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First World War related baby names revealed
There were 1,634 babies given First World War related names during the war (1914-1919) in England and Wales, new data analysis reveals. The battles of the First World War were popular choices for...
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Files from 1986-88 released
Margaret Thatcher being presented with a bunch of flowers (catalogue reference: PREM 19/1910) Today we have released files from the Prime Minister’s Office, spanning the years 1986-88. The files are...
View ArticleCabinet Office files (CAB)
Conclusions of Cabinet Meetings 31-40 (1988) Catalogue reference: CAB 128/91 34th meeting conclusions, 10 November 1988 Kings Cross Fire: ‘gross inadequacies in the management of London Underground and...
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The Westland crisis By late 1985 the Westland Helicopter Company was in danger of passing into receivership. Michael Heseltine, Secretary of State for Defence, favoured a bid from a European...
View ArticleAdvisory Council seeks new members
The Advisory Council on National Records and Archives is looking to appoint three new members. The Council advises the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on records and archival matters,...
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Works by artist Sarah Kogan to be shown at The National Archives
We have today announced an exhibition of contemporary art, set to be welcomed to The National Archives next month. Changing the Landscape, an ambitious visual arts project by British contemporary...
View ArticleCommittee announces newly accredited archive services
The UK Archive Service Accreditation Committee is pleased to announce that the following archive services were awarded accredited status at the recent meeting of the Archive Service Accreditation...
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Magna Carta resource triumphs for a second time
At an award ceremony in Brussels last week web-based resource ‘Magna Carta and the Emergence of Parliament’ won the Jury’s Special Prize at the MEDEA Awards. The prize is awarded at the judges...
View ArticleNazi persecution compensation case files released
Today The National Archives releases records of claims for financial assistance submitted in the mid 1960s by UK victims of Nazi persecution, or their family members if deceased. We are working with...
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New insight into Shakespeare’s life revealed through scientific analysis of...
Shakespeare’s will as seen by the human eye (470nm spectrum) – all text is visible on all three pages (Crown Copyright The National Archives, Image created by the British Library Board) We have carried...
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Contemporary art exhibition Changing the Landscape opens at The National...
12 April – 17 September, first floor reading rooms The National Archives’ first ever contemporary art exhibition is now on display in the first floor reading rooms until mid-September. Changing the...
View ArticleNew £20 note to feature signature held at The National Archives
Landscaper painter, JMW Turner, has been unveiled as the new face of the £20 note – and the artist’s signature included on the note has come straight from The National Archives. The Bank of England...
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New Shakespeare discovery reveals fee for royal favour
Signet Office’s docquet book of licence to the Lord Chamberlain’s Men and fee charged (catalogue reference: SO 3/2) Archivists at The National Archives have discovered a 400-year-old document which...
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Royal Navy First World War Lives at Sea project announced
Photograph album from R.N.A.S. Base, Malta Building on the success of the Merchant 1915 Crew List Index project, we have once again joined forces with the National Maritime Museum (NMM) and the Crew...
View ArticleProgramme released and registration open for Discovering Collections,...
Registration is now open for this year’s Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities conference, to be held between 10-12 October 2016 at The Lowry, Salford Quays, Manchester. Delivered jointly by...
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Somme Tales: A unique opportunity for 16-19 year olds
We are looking for 16-19 year old students to work on an exciting summer holiday project to produce a film about the experiences of Commonwealth soldiers on the Somme. The group will work with...
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Prisoner of war records now available online
Prisoners of war at Nagasaki railway station, 1945 More than 764,000 records of servicemen, women and civilians who were taken captive during the Napoleonic Wars, Crimean War, Boer War, First World War...
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Somme told through newly digitised war diaries
Captain Alfred Edward Bland (cat ref: PRO 8) Research carried out by staff at The National Archives into newly digitised war diaries has unearthed information about the men commemorated on two First...
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