Trailer: On the Record at The National Archives
Trailer: On the Record at The National Archives
Want to hear more from The National Archives? We'd like to introduce you to On the Record, a new podcast bringing old st... Read more
20 Oct 2022
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Annual Digital Lecture 2020: The death of anonymity in the age of identity
Annual Digital Lecture 2020: The death of anonymity in the age of identity
The global datafication of economy, society and politics has rendered humans into constellations of datapoints. Technolo... Read more
2 Feb 2021
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28mins
Cholera! Public health in mid-19th century Britain
Cholera! Public health in mid-19th century Britain
The 1848-1849 cholera epidemic in England and Wales was described by a government report as if a ‘foreign army’ had ‘hel... Read more
2 Feb 2021
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40mins
The rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell
The rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell
Diarmaid MacCulloch, Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford and Fellow of St Cross ... Read more
18 Dec 2020
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43mins
Who dares wins: Britain 1979-1982
Who dares wins: Britain 1979-1982
In this talk to mark the latest volume of his epic history of post-war Britain, television presenter and best-selling au... Read more
16 Dec 2020
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54mins
Rebecca Gowers and The Scoundrel Harry Larkyns
Rebecca Gowers and The Scoundrel Harry Larkyns
Rebecca Gowers uncovered a fascinating story within her family tree – that of Harry Larkyns. She learnt that Harry was a... Read more
25 Nov 2020
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54mins
Trevor Barnes and Dead Doubles
Trevor Barnes and Dead Doubles
Trevor Barnes is the author of a new study of one of the Cold War’s most notorious spy cases – the Portland Spy Ring. In... Read more
30 Oct 2020
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53mins
Nancy Astor: First steps towards a better balanced world
Nancy Astor: First steps towards a better balanced world
Opening up the electorate in 1918 to some women voters naturally triggered a conversation about female parliamentarians.... Read more
13 Oct 2020
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40mins
Dermot Turing and The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park
Dermot Turing and The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park
In this ‘Meet the Author’ event (recorded over Zoom), Dermot Turing discusses his latest book, The Codebreakers of Bletc... Read more
30 Sep 2020
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41mins
Hidden Love: LGBTQ+ lives in the archives
Hidden Love: LGBTQ+ lives in the archives
The National Archives’ collections offer a valuable insight into how the government interacted with and viewed LGBTQ com... Read more
19 Aug 2020
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39mins