Discover all the latest news, projects and updates from blogs across The National Archives.
The collection
Inspired to discover tales of espionage and intrigue? Find out how to start researching the records of MI5 and British intelligence services we hold.
The collection
Tracing hundreds of years, PhD student Jessica Gregory outlines some of the best ways to research hospital-related records at The National Archives.
Community outreach
How can our records inspire and inform a theatre performance on the challenges the LGBTQ+ community faced in the 60s?
The collection
Inspired by our current exhibition, MI5: Official Secrets, we've drawn up a summer reading list offering both spy fiction and fact.
The collection
Volunteer Dr Brenda Mortimer examines how Australia's Norfolk Island became ‘a place of the extremest punishment’ for colonial convicts in the 1820s.
Community outreach
What ideas did a group of students come up with when given the chance to design audio dramas inspired by records in The National Archives' collection?
Digital
We introduce you to our new blogs and explain why we’re so excited to share with you the improvements we have made.
Digital
We recently went through the process of standardising the set of components we use to build our websites. The simplest of these was the button.
The collection
From secret codes to never-before seen devices, here’s five reasons to visit our current MI5: Official Secrets exhibition.
Community outreach
Get a taste of how archives across the country are using engagement grants from The National Archives to commemorate these important anniversaries.
Research projects
We look back at this year's History and Archives in Practice event, held on Wednesday 5 March at Senate House, London.
Community outreach
Our Education team reveal how they went about researching and producing a fascinating new resource to coincide with LGBTQ+ History Month.
The collection
Eighty years ago a series of forced prisoner of war marches took place. We trace some of the incredible stories from these marches through our records.
