Supporting archival biodiversity – welcome to the world of private archives
I wanted to bring you a flavour of what my colleagues in the Private Archives team do, because it really underlines the breadth of our work supporting the archives...
View ArticleTrainee Tuesday: Anyone for ice cream?
Ice cream may not be all that appealing at the moment, given the recent snowy weather. It’s a time when most of us just want to wrap up warm and...
View ArticleToo young to cross the road
‘Too young to cross the road, we were deported to the other side of the world to cold, cruel institutions. We were robbed of our identities, our dignity and our...
View ArticleTelling Tommies’ tales
Today we’re breathing a happy sigh of relief, having sent our competition Telling Tommies’ tales, out into the world. Based on a gem of a box of letters that were found...
View ArticleRemembering the City of Benares tragedy
A couple of months ago, I wrote a blog on the torpedoing of passenger ship SS Arandora Star on 2 July 1940. Today, I turn my attention to a similar...
View ArticleKidnapped to order: child actors in Shakespeare’s day
Exploring some of the more extreme methods children’s companies went to in order to recruit boys actors…
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