Our research projects blog

Most recent posts

• Reflections on History and Practice 2025: Working with Memory

  

  Published

  28 April 2025

  We look back at this year's History and Archives in Practice event, held on Wednesday 5 March at Senate House, London.

• The pannotype mystery: cracking the code of a forgotten photographic process

  

  Published

  31 March 2025

  We delve into the fascinating research recently undertaken into a number of Victorian records in our collection featuring rare examples of early photography.

• The history of ‘indecent advertisements’ in public toilets

  

  Published

  24 February 2025

  Collaborative doctoral student Jessica Gregory shares her research using records held at The National Archives.

• Narrating ephemeral archival presence: LGBTQ+ histories and Colonial Office records

  

  Published

  12 February 2025

  PhD student Garfield Campbell took on the challenge of scoping LGBTQ+ lives in colonial records. Here, he reflects on his findings.

• Using archives to examine the BSE epidemic

  

  Published

  27 January 2025

  Student Isobel Newby reflects on the research process of undertaking a PhD during a global pandemic.

• Looking for an old blog post?

  

  Published

  1 January 2025

  The new National Archives blogs launched in 2025, but our older posts can still be read in the UK Government Web Archive.