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- Bank holiday closure24 May
- Disruption to online services on Tuesday 28 May24 May
- Second World War and Cold War intelligence files released23 May
- The National Archives hosts committee on Nazi-era looted art records09 May
- 19th century immigrants' records released online08 May
- Nationwide industrial action on Thursday 9 May07 May
- Bank holiday closure dates03 May
- Third award win for educational visits02 May
- Fifth tranche of colonial administration records released26 April
- 20,000 County Durham Home Guard records now available online25 April
- Secrets of the Great Plague revealed in two new children's books25 April
- Discovery is now our single catalogue30 April
- May's Writer of the Month - Ian Mortimer19 April
- Unpaid Royal Navy pension claims now online09 April
- Digitisation of First World War unit diaries now complete08 April
- New financial year, new priorities03 April
- Railway conference - book your place03 April
- View the world through a lens 02 April
- Celebration of Caribbean history26 March
- Visiting us on Friday 5 April22 March
- Closure dates over Easter22 March
- April's Writer of the Month - John Guy22 March
- Allocation of papers accepted in lieu of tax15 March
- Take our survey and help us improve our online services14 March
- Nationwide industrial action on Wednesday 20 March13 March
- Database of British slave ownership available online13 March
- 'Mind the Gap' research study launched11 March
- Improvements to our website search08 March
- Nelson Mandela letter now available online04 March
- New edition of Easy Family History published28 February
- Crime, prison and punishment records released online20 February
- March's Writer of the Month - Antony Beevor - FULLY BOOKED19 February
- Find us at Who Do You Think You Are? Live15 February
- Celebrating one year of the blog13 February
- Latest release of Discovery goes live07 February
- The National Archives celebrates LGBT History Month01 February
- New edition of The Reshaping of British Railways published31 January
- Buy tickets now for family history event at the Bloomsbury Institute29 January
- Agreement on Cooperation with Information Commissioner's Office published28 January
- View early Colonial Office photos in Australasia through a lens25 January
- Diversity education bursary - applications now closed03 April
- Book your place now for Writer of the Month18 January
- Online map descriptions unlock local history15 January
- New to research? Start here!14 January
- Celebrating 150 years of the Tube09 January
- Discovery, our new catalogue, unavailable on Sunday 13 January07 January
- Online ticket offer for Who Do You Think You Are? Live02 January
- Move to 20-year rule begins17 January
