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Collections expert Dan Gosling records related to the Kings Bench trials of the Gordon Riots.

• Spotlight On: Gordon Riots – Video Transcript
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Collections expert Will Butler looks at Admiralty files about the 1982 Falklands Conflict.

• Spotlight On: Falklands conflict – video transcript

Collections expert Philippa Hellawell looks at Treasury slavery registers from 1826.

• Spotlight On: Slavery Registers – video transcript

Collections expert Kevin Searle looks at a Home Office inquiry into the 1981 Brixton riots.

• Spotlight On: Brixton Riots – video transcript

Collections expert Elizabeth Haines looks at a Secret Service personal file on Rudolf Hess.

• Spotlight On: Rudolf Hess – video transcript

Collections expert Neil Johnson looks at documents relating to how Charles II secured his restoration to the throne.

• Spotlight On: Charles II – Video Transcript

Collections expert Mark Dunton looks at correspondence from the Prime Minister’s Office about the Suez Crisis.

• Spotlight On: Suez Crisis – video transcript

Collections expert Daniel Gilfoyle looks at records related to the Baptist War from our Colonial Office collection.

• Spotlight On: Baptist War Document 2 transcript
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Collections expert Will Butler looks at a report on the Berlin Airlift from our Air Ministry collection.

• Spotlight On: Berlin Airlift – video transcript

Collections expert Mark Dunton looks at a document relating to a cabinet meeting in 1981 during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher from our Cabinet Office collection.

• Spotlight On: Thatcher – transcript

Collections expert Juliette Desplat looks at records related to the Russian Revolution from our Foreign Office collection.

• Spotlight On: Russian Revolution – transcript

Collections expert Will Butler looks at a tanks manual from our War Office collection.

• Spotlight On: Tanks – transcript

Collections expert Rose Mitchell looks at an example from our collection of maps.

• Spotlight On: Maps – transcript

Collections expert Jessica Nelson looks at Domesday Book in our Exchequer collection.

• Spotlight On: Domesday Book – transcript

Collections expert Paul Dryburgh introduces the Chancery series and explores a Fine Roll of Henry III.

• Spotlight On: Chancery – transcript

Collections expert Katherine Howells introduces two records from the copyright office collection.

• Spotlight On: Copyright – transcript

Collections expert Christopher Day introduces two plans from the Office of Works collection.

• Spotlight On: Works – transcript

Collections expert Sean Cunningham looks at a ballad relating to the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536-7.  

• Spotlight On: State Papers – transcript