Community outreach
A unique collaboration: students designing audio drama
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?
Blogs at The National Archives - posts from 2025
Discover all the latest news, projects and updates from blogs across The National Archives.
Blog posts, page 5 of 8
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Digital
Welcome to the new National Archives blogs
We introduce you to our new blogs and explain why we’re so excited to share with you the improvements we have made.
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Digital
Designing our button
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.
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News
Human cost of working on the railways revealed in database
A new public database listing records about railway accidents is being launched at The National Archives on Thursday 5 June to coincide with Volunteers Week.
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News
Katrina scoops LHVA award in Volunteers’ Week
A volunteer at The National Archives has won a London Heritage Volunteer Award (LHVA) for her outstanding work.
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News
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announces new members of public records advisory body
Seven new members have been appointed to the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives, the independent body which advises the government on access to p
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The collection
Five reasons to visit MI5: Official Secrets
From secret codes to never-before seen devices, here’s five reasons to visit our current MI5: Official Secrets exhibition.
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Podcast
On the Record: Victory in Europe Day (VE Day)
In this episode of On the Record we explore what VE Day was like, from the soldiers and medics at the frontline, to the folks at home hoping for peace.
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News
Happy & Glorious: Coronation art exhibition goes on show
Stunning new artwork commissioned by the Government Art Collection to mark the Coronation has gone on show in our Happy & Glorious exhibition.
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Community outreach
Three UK archives engaging new audiences for VE and VJ Day anniversaries
Get a taste of how archives across the country are using engagement grants from The National Archives to commemorate these important anniversaries.
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Podcast
Trailer – On the Record: Victory in Europe Day (VE Day)
Coming soon... In the next episode of our podcast, we explore Victory in Europe Day (or VE Day).
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Research projects
Reflections on History and Practice 2025: Working with Memory
We look back at this year's History and Archives in Practice event, held on Wednesday 5 March at Senate House, London.
