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• Christmas 1604 ledger shows Shakespeare top of the bill

  

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  18 December 2025

  A set of accounts which record one of the first performances of Shakespeare’s Othello will be on show at The National Archives from 12 January 2026.

• Parliament’s Archive Collections Now Accessible at The National Archives

  

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  12 December 2025

  From today, visitors to The National Archives can request access to records from Parliament’s Archive which are now housed at Kew.

• Rare chance to see Jane Austen’s will in Love Letters exhibition

  

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  9 December 2025

  Two hundred and fifty years after her birth on 16 December 1775, Jane Austen fans will have a rare chance to see her will.

• Bosie’s passionate plea for lover Oscar Wilde in Love Letters exhibition

  

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  8 December 2025

  A passionate plea for clemency from Oscar Wilde’s lover Lord Alfred Douglas goes on show in The National Archives’ Love Letters exhibition, opening in January.

• The National Archives Updates Service Fees

  

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  1 December 2025

  From 2 February 2026, The National Archives will increase fees for some services as we bring charges in line with current delivery costs.

• Fresh chapter as archives gain accredited status

  

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  25 November 2025

  Six contrasting archives from different parts of Britain have won accredited status for the first time.

• Project to bring voices of enslaved people to life

  

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  20 November 2025

  We are collaborating with international academics to open up access to the largest collection of testimony of enslaved people from the Caribbean.

• Exhibition to explore the making of America to feature rare Declaration of Independence

  

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  21 October 2025

  A major 2026 exhibition will explore the birth of the United States of America to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

• Snapshot of Tudor England in Henry VIII’s ‘Domesday’

  

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  6 October 2025

  The National Archives is helping make accessible a financial survey of the Church ordered by Henry VIII after his break with Rome.

• Gresford Colliery documents head for Wrexham in first for The National Archives

  

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  18 September 2025

  The National Archives is displaying records related to the Gresford Colliery disaster in Wrexham Library to mark the 91st anniversary on 22 September 2025.

• Schools service scoops heritage award for The National Archives

  

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  18 September 2025

  Educators at The National Archives have won a prestigious prize for their history workshops.

• Shakespeare family will found by historian

  

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  21 August 2025

  A 1642 will which caused a legal row about William Shakespeare’s property in Stratford-upon-Avon has been discovered at The National Archives.