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The National Archives to re-open on 21 July

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New podcast: Refugee stories

Discover just a few of the many real, complicated and often heartbreaking refugee stories...

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What's Online: Dunkirk - from archives to Hollywood

Joshua Levine discusses the historical research and true narrative accounts which he contributed to...

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In Their Own Write: Three million words!

In Their Own Write is an ambitious research project which is uncovering the voice...

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Digitising little treasures - Part 2: The Edouard Line

Following a 1,500km bicycle journey and two weeks at sea, Egbert was finally back...

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The Archivists’ Guide to Film: The Great Escape

The Archivists’ Guide to Film is a blog series in which staff at The...

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