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The Many Lives of Cardboard
In this blog, Lucy Razzall explores how The Many Lives of Cardboard project uses documents from our collection to trace the histories of this everyday material.
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Wednesday, 13 May 2026
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On the Record: The People’s Charter
In this episode of On the Record, we explore Chartism, Britain’s first mass political movement, driven by the working classes.
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Cataloguing British Army officer service records
Find out how our volunteers have improved catalogue descriptions for 19th-century military service records.
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Monday, 11 May 2026
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The architectural history of postcolonial West African universities
In this blog, PhD student Adefola Toye considers how she has used colonial records to research West Africa's architectural history as part of her PhD.
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Friday, 8 May 2026
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Cataloguing the BT 51 and BT 50 registered designs
Explore how a team of volunteers have transcribed The National Archives’ records of registered designs from 1885–1888.
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Tuesday, 28 April 2026
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How the design of our new online catalogue puts users first
Find out how the Digital Services team approached the design of the new catalogue and how users play a vital role in shaping our services.
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Monday, 27 April 2026
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Clues from the high seas: tracing Suriname’s textile histories in the Prize Papers
Viveca Mellegard explains how she used scientific analysis to investigate textile samples seized from a ship sailing from Suriname in 1795.
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Wednesday, 22 April 2026
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Responding to love: A thank you to our love letter writers
As part of our Love Letters exhibition, visitors were invited to write a love letter of their own. Join me in reflecting on them.
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Tuesday, 21 April 2026
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UK Government Records Relating To The Troubles Published By The National Archives
A batch of almost 1,000 UK Government records relating to the Troubles has been digitised and published online by the National Archives.
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Accessing the digitised Northern Ireland Troubles records
Explore how to access material related to the Troubles online through The Northern Ireland Digitisation Project.
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Launching the Northern Ireland Troubles Digitisation Project
Today, we launch the first release of the Northern Ireland Digitisation Project, a major four-year research and access initiative.
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Monday, 20 April 2026
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Government publishes national vision for archives in England
The government has published ‘Archives at the Heart of Society’, a new national vision for archives in England.
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