News
Latest release of Cabinet Office and Prime Ministers’ papers
We have digitised 200 files which have been released by the Cabinet Office.
Blogs at The National Archives
Discover all the latest news, projects and updates from blogs across The National Archives.
Blog posts, page 9 of 13
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News
Emotions in the archives: study scoops international award
The editors of a ground-breaking new study about emotions and archives which includes work by a researcher at The National Archives has won a prestigious award.
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News
3D models help visually impaired students dive into history
We are launching a new workshop for students who are blind and visually impaired, using a technique that transforms flat documents into 3D models.
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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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Collection blog
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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Collection blog
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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News
Medieval experts reveal how they found Harvard’s Magna Carta
The National Archives hosted an evening with the medieval experts who recently discovered a ‘copy’ of the Magna Carta was actually an extremely rare original.
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Outreach blog
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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Collection blog
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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Collection blog
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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News
New windows for first floor
Work to replace the windows in the 1970s part of our building continues and from Monday 16 June will move to the first floor.
