Extract from Statement of Proceedings relating to Stamford bullrunning, 1837. Full document available to download.

Photograph outside the London Art Gallery exhibition of John Lennon sketches, 1970. Full document available to download.

Photograph of John Lennon sketches in London Art Gallery, 1970. Full document available to download.

Photograph of John Lennon’s sketches in London Art Gallery, 1970. Full document available to download.

Extract of a statement from a visitor to a gallery about John Lennon’s sketches. Full document available to download.

Extract of a witness statement by William Trounce about the assassination attempts on Queen Victoria.

Extract of a speech drafted as part of a war exercise for the Queen to broadcast in the event of World War Three.

The will of Richard II is the earliest royal will to survive in its original form. Richard II attempted to bind his successors to these laws so he would be allowed to retain his astonishingly valuable collection of gold plate and jewels.

MEPO 2/8449 (6) – Letter from a 14 year old boy asking if Sherlock Holmes is real, 1923.

Secret file note about the treatment of George Blake ‘Soviet super spy’ in prison.