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Digital blog - posts from 2025

Our digital teams deliver a number of services including our website, catalogue, legislation.gov.uk, the UK Government Web Archive and Find Case Law. Read the latest updates and expert opinion on the subjects of digital media, digital archiving, taxonomy and management of data.

Welcome to the new National Archives online catalogue!

Screenshot of a webpage showing the details of a record - the will of William Shakespeare. At the top of the page are three information boxes showing what the record is about, whether it is available online and whether you can see it in person.

Published: 12 November 2025

We want to bring the archives to everyone, and as the first step towards that goal we’ve worked on making the online catalogue more accessible and inviting.

Most recent posts

Celebrating digital records

Published

6 November 2025

Learn more about The National Archives' digital preservation work and how you can preserve records that matter to you.
Introducing the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure UK (EHRI-UK)

Published

28 October 2025

Read about our work as part of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure UK, a national body representing Holocaust-related collections in the UK.
Developing an enhanced dataset for the history of photography

Published

2 October 2025

Researchers Giorgia Tolfo and Katherine Howells reflect on their recent project focusing on the metadata in our photographic copyright collections.
Prototyping semantic search for case law

Published

28 July 2025

PhD student Caitlin Wilson showcases the latest results from her research into an accessible search function for The National Archives' Find Case Law service.
Welcome to the new National Archives blogs

Published

6 June 2025

We introduce you to our new blogs and explain why we’re so excited to share with you the improvements we have made.
Designing our button

Published

6 June 2025

We recently went through the process of standardising the set of components we use to build our websites. The simplest of these was the button.
Looking for an old blog post?

Published

1 January 2025

The new National Archives blogs launched in 2025, but our older posts can still be read in the UK Government Web Archive.