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Trailer – On the Record: People of the Railways
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In our next episode of On the Record, we mark 200 years of rail travel through The National Archives’ records.
Blogs at The National Archives - 2025
Discover all the latest news, projects and updates from blogs across The National Archives.
Most recent posts
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Community outreach
The Global Second World War: Languages, cultures and legacies
How did we design a workshop to explore the wide range of experiences that the Second World War resulted in for different communities in the UK?
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The collection
Hidden in plain sight: an undeciphered letter from Louis XIV’s France
This letter – sent from the court of King Louis XIV in Paris – contains coded text that historians have been unable to decipher...
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Digital
Prototyping semantic search for case law
PhD student Caitlin Wilson showcases the latest results from her research into an accessible search function for The National Archives' Find Case Law service.
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Podcast
On the Record: 700 years of the Thames
From frozen festivals to royal polar bears, from wartime recovery to medieval merchants this episode of our podcast explores extraordinary stories of the river.
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Podcast
Trailer – On the Record: 700 years of the Thames
In our next episode of our podcast, we explore three very different stories – each revealing how central the River Thames has been to London’s history.
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The collection
How to search for security and intelligence records: where to start
Inspired to discover tales of espionage and intrigue? Find out how to start researching the records of MI5 and British intelligence services we hold.
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The collection
Researching hospital-related records
Tracing hundreds of years, PhD student Jessica Gregory outlines some of the best ways to research hospital-related records at The National Archives.
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Community outreach
An archive-inspired theatre performance
How did our records inspire and inform a recent theatre performance celebrating LGBTQ+ campaigns for change?
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The collection
A summer (spy) reading list
Inspired by our current exhibition, MI5: Official Secrets, we've drawn up a summer reading list offering both spy fiction and fact.
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The collection
Norfolk Island: the ultra-penal colony
Volunteer Dr Brenda Mortimer examines how Australia's Norfolk Island became ‘a place of the extremest punishment’ for colonial convicts in the 1820s.
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Community outreach
A unique collaboration: students designing audio drama
What ideas did a group of students come up with when given the chance to design audio dramas inspired by records in The National Archives' collection?
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Digital
Welcome to the new National Archives blogs
We introduce you to our new blogs and explain why we’re so excited to share with you the improvements we have made.
