Discover all the latest news, projects and updates from blogs across The National Archives.
Outreach blog
Iqbal Singh and Dr Shaniece Martin recently co‑led a workshop in Coventry inspired by the exhibition Stories That Made Us – Roots, Resilience, Representation.
Collection blog
When Chris Ransted learned that during the Second World War, a V1 flying bomb hit the site where The National Archives now stands, he chose to investigate.
Collection blog
In this blog post Vicky Iglikowski-Broad explains how you can get started in researching LGBTQ+ histories through government records.
Our research blog
On a three-month placement at the National Archives, Kaia Sollie explored records about Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian seafaring in the seventeenth century.
Collection blog
To celebrate Volunteers' week, The National Archives’ Keith Mitchell reflects on the achievements of our volunteers and their projects.
Collection blog
In this blog post, Katherine Howells explores how our volunteers have catalogued copyright records and highlights the stories they can tell us.
News
New funding to preserve historical records related to transatlantic slavery.
Collection blog
Bruno Pappalardo reports on the final findings of the volunteer Royal Navy Captains’ letters project.
News
The UK's 200th archive has been awarded accredited status.
Our research blog
Olivia Page looks back on a recent conservation workshop that explored the sensory and physical qualities of historical materials.
Outreach blog
In this blog post, Sara Griffiths discusses our learnings from recent outreach sessions to mark Dementia Action Week.
News
MI5: Official Secrets, The National Archives exhibition co-curated with MI5, won the Museums + Heritage Award in the category, Temporary or Touring Exhibition.
Our research blog
In this blog, Lucy Razzall explores how The Many Lives of Cardboard project uses documents from our collection to trace the histories of this everyday material.
