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With the help of Chinese Gunpowder... Read more »

Italy was bombed to hell, so why miss such a big target as Rome?... Read more »

What historians consider the Titanic of the sky... Read more »

The biggest defeat for the United Kingdom... Read more »

How Japan Bombed the US During WWII Without the Use of Aircrafts... Read more »

According to the Law of Gravity “what goes up in space must come down to Earth.”... Read more »

The leader of the Apache Tribe... Read more »

One of them being the tattoo artist from Auschwitz... Read more »

The most impactful technological evolution... Read more »

Personality Flaws Katie Holyoak Mon, 12/05/2022 - 09:58... Read more »

The Body as Machine Katie Holyoak Fri, 12/02/2022 - 09:50... Read more »

Classical Dinosaur Katie Holyoak Thu, 12/01/2022 - 09:23... Read more »

How Angels Found their Wings Katie Holyoak Wed, 11/30/2022 - 09:28... Read more »

An Eggless Christmas Katie Holyoak Tue, 11/29/2022 - 09:57... Read more »

Khans of Crimea Katie Holyoak Mon, 11/28/2022 - 09:38... Read more »

The Finnish Club War Katie Holyoak Fri, 11/25/2022 - 09:34... Read more »

Books of the Year 2022 Katie Holyoak Thu, 11/24/2022 - 09:07... Read more »

Death of Thomas Tallis Katie Holyoak Wed, 11/23/2022 - 10:15... Read more »

.image-13788506 { max-height: 100%; --left: 50.00%; --top: 50.00%; } The delicate dance between the tanker and airplane in need of the fuel for the mission is controlled by the deft hand of "the Boomer."... Read more »

.image-13788539 { max-height: 100%; --left: 44.16%; --top: 32.38%; } Retired Col. Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson's military career continued well after World War II.... Read more »

"This is Sparta!" roars Leonidas in the film "300" as he kicks a Persian emissary into a well. Did this really happen, or were messengers fairly safe?... Read more »

.image-13787481 { max-height: 100%; --left: 48.03%; --top: 44.12%; } He was the first Hispanic American general in the U.S. Army.... Read more »

.image-13786784 { max-height: 100%; --left: 50.70%; --top: 48.54%; } Where did Butler and Beauregard go wrong?... Read more »

.image-13788502 { max-height: 100%; --left: 59.10%; --top: 32.98%; } An interview with Dr. Rebecca Simon on her latest, "Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever".... Read more »

.image-13784357 { max-height: 100%; --left: 53.90%; --top: 62.61%; } Some aspects of this classic musical have not aged well.... Read more »

.image-13788464 { max-height: 100%; --left: 50.00%; --top: 39.39%; } When Hawaii's Mauna Loa erupted in December 1935, army bombers tried to shut it down from the air.... Read more »

.image-13787360 { max-height: 100%; --left: 41.25%; --top: 26.76%; } Irish coal miners rioted against the Northern draft.... Read more »

.image-13787981 { max-height: 100%; --left: 61.01%; --top: 38.89%; } Listen to Civil War Times Editor Dana B. Shoaf discuss the tragic murder of a Maryland teenager by a New Hampshire soldier on The History Things Podcast.... Read more »

.image-13784582 { max-height: 100%; --left: 52.72%; --top: 59.62%; } The U.S. Marine turned author kept relics from what he called the "abyss of war."... Read more »

.image-13788093 { max-height: 100%; --left: 77.22%; --top: 42.06%; } What is the truth behind the death of America’s greatest World War II battlefield commander?... Read more »

.image-13786933 { max-height: 100%; --left: 61.62%; --top: 56.84%; } Were Royal Marines the best saboteurs of the Korean War?... Read more »

‘Black Snow,’ author James M. Scott spoke to Aviation History magazine on Curtis LeMay and his controversial air tactics.... Read more »

Unassuming at first glance, a U.S. flag that recently joined our museum's collection brings together the remarkable stories of two U.S. soldiers. Private Joseph O. “Jose” Quintero struggled to create the flag in secret while held as a prisoner of war (POW) during World War II. Later, Lt. Gen. Edward... Read more »

Consider the toothbrush—so small and yet so important for health and happiness—and how it came into our lives. The earliest examples were likely made in China during the Tang dynasty (618-907 C.E.), and they can still be seen at institutions like the Shanghai Museum. In time, thanks in large part... Read more »

Since “Girlhood: It's complicated” opened in 2020, hundreds of visitors have made “Girl Power” a part of their messages to the museum.What does “girl power” mean to you? Since its debut in American pop culture 30 years ago, girl power has remained an iconic political slogan. When you hear it,... Read more »

Rosaries or prayer beads are an essential part of American material religion, the study of the objects, icons, images, and spaces of religious practice in the United States. Although rosaries and prayer beads are not limited to Catholicism—many religions use them in everyday practice, including the Episcopal and Orthodox churches,... Read more »

In September 1972, the Magnavox Odyssey appeared in American Magnavox stores, making it the first video game console that could be played at home with your television. Sold over a period of three years in the United States, the Odyssey has been described as a success or a failure depending... Read more »

Earlier this year, the museum opened its very first money gallery for children, Really BIG Money. In addition to amazing objects (many displayed in inventive ways), one of the exhibition's main attractions is an interactive game, Match the Money. Today, the game is available to play both on the museum... Read more »

Sometimes, the records of unassuming objects preserve curious stories. Over the past year, while trying to find out more about a small portable sundial in the museum's collection, curator Peggy Kidwell learned from the object's paperwork that the sundial had reportedly been found in 1860, by a doctor plowing a... Read more »

“Has someone else ever made a decision that affected your body?”This is one of the questions the creators of the exhibition Girlhood (It’s complicated) asked visitors to consider. The exhibition team invited audiences to share their thoughts with each other and with us through handwritten postcards near the end of... Read more »

Food plays a critical role in many Jewish religious festivities, such as challah bread at weekly Shabbat services or holidays. Whether baked into two long braids or a round domed crown, this bread, doused in shiny egg wash, is also covered with fabric for religious and functional purposes. Given the... Read more »

Earlier this year, we announced that the first Ministry of Defence (MOD) service personnel records were on our catalogue and available to order. We have continued to upload various series and you can now search our catalogue, Discovery, to find out which records are available. Currently, documents can be viewed... Read more »

Following a recent Archive Service Accreditation Panel, the UK Archive Service Accreditation Committee is pleased to announce that the following archive services have been awarded accredited status for the first time: Nationwide Building Society Historic Archives University of Southampton Library All accredited archive services must apply again for accreditation six... Read more »

Our major new exhibition, Treason: People, Power & Plot, opens this weekend featuring some of the most iconic documents from key moments of intrigue, deception, treachery and defiance during the past 700 years. Opening with the original Treason Act of 1352, elements of which are still on the statute books... Read more »

Have you used the 1921 Census for England and Wales to unearth some fascinating stories from life in your area 100 years ago? Then we want to hear from you.   Following on from our 20sPeople programme marking the release of the census, The National Archives has joined forces with the... Read more »

A digital preservation project run by The National Archives and the University of Warwick has won the prestigious 2022 Decision Analysis Practice Award run jointly by the Decision Analysis Society and the Society for Decision Professionals. DiAGRAM (the Digital Archiving Graphical Risk Assessment Model) is an online tool which allows... Read more »

The National Archives and Jisc are delighted to welcome the British Library as a new partner in the delivery and organisation of the interdisciplinary Discovering Collections: Discovering Communities (DCDC) conference series. The series is one of the largest cross cultural sector conferences in the UK and sees archivists, librarians, heritage... Read more »

A photography exhibition exploring the materiality of the Prize Papers has recently opened at the German Historical Institute London. The exhibition presents a curated selection of images, which feature objects, papers, and document bundles that can be found within the collection. Photographs of artefacts such as playing cards, keys and... Read more »

Last week our Principal Medieval Records Specialist, Euan Roger, brought to light new research surrounding the 14th-century poet, Geoffrey Chaucer, and his relationship with the daughter of a London baker, Cecily Chaumpaigne.  A legal document discovered in the early 1870s suggested that Chaucer had been charged with the rape of... Read more »

Would you like to represent the views of archive users and help to improve our services? Join our User Advisory Group... Read more »

Today we have made available to the public 147 previously top secret files from the Security Service, or MI5. The records cover a range of subjects predominantly from the 1960s and 1970s although there are some from earlier years. Personal files include individuals classed as Cold War-era Soviet intelligence officers,... Read more »

We all think we know the story of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot, perhaps the most famous case of treason remembered today. But in an unprecedented sweep of almost 700 years of our shared past, our new exhibition, Treason: People, Power & Plot, will explore how the abolition of... Read more »

More than 90,000 index cards revealing the employment details of the ‘land girls’ who served in the wartime Women’s Land Army have been digitised and made available online by Ancestry today. The mostly handwritten collection consists of index cards to Second World War service records featuring the names, addresses, employment... Read more »

We are pleased to announce that access to the record series, FCO 141 – Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors: Records of Former Colonial Administrations: Migrated Archives, has now been restored. Files can be ordered in advance from Monday 3 October and can be viewed in our Reading Rooms from Tuesday... Read more »

Our award-winning education service provides invaluable support for teachers and students with a full range of learning resources and taught sessions covering the span of British history from the medieval period to present day... Read more »

How did John Brown become Queen Victoria’s favourite Highland servant, why was he so disliked by some but admired by others, and is there any foundation to the rumours about their personal connections?... Read more »

For five days in December 1952, normal life in London came screeching to a halt, as a Great Smog descended. How much damage did it cause? Rhiannon Davies explains more…... Read more »

Author Kate Mosse shares inspirational stories of women from across global history – including the forgotten life of her great grandmother Lily Watson... Read more »

What events happened on 5 December in history? We round up the events, births and deaths…... Read more »

From hippies and protests to mind-altering music, Alwyn Turner tackles listener questions on the anti-establishment movement that swept the west in the 1960s... Read more »

What events happened on 4 December in history? We round up the events, births and deaths…... Read more »

What events happened on 3 December in history? We round up the events, births and deaths…... Read more »

This has been a vintage year for history books that illuminate the past and help us make sense of the present. Historians Rana Mitter, Catherine Nixey and Michael Wood joined us to discuss their favourite reads... Read more »

From meditations on the medieval era to biographies of “bad” Roman emperors, we asked historians to tell us which new history books they have enjoyed the most in 2022... Read more »

“Vlasov didn’t see himself as a traitor to Russia; he sought to liberate his homeland from the ruthless Stalin.” By Mari K. Eder IT WAS JUST after VE Day in May of 1945 when James... The post The Russian Liberation Army – Meet the Legion of Soviet POWs Who Joined... Read more »

“Were the two men ‘almost brothers,’ as the novel and movie contend? Hardly.” By Tom McMillan ONE OF THE enduring legends of the Civil War is the friendship of Lewis Armistead and Winfield Scott Hancock,... The post Armistead and Hancock – Rethinking the Storied Friendship Between Two Opposing Gettysburg Generals... Read more »

“By presenting these remarkable stories in this fresh way, we hope to capture the imagination anew and inspire the public.” MORE THAN 3,500 American military personnel have been awarded the Medal of Honor since its... The post Mapping the Medal of Honor – Online Project to Plot Every Act of... Read more »

“It was a massive effort involving hundreds of transport planes, bombers adapted to carry cargo and fighter escorts along with thousands of pilots and air crew.” By Robert Forsyth IN THE early years of the... The post The Stalingrad Airlift – Inside Germany’s Doomed Effort to Resupply the Sixth Army... Read more »

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Stefania Gerevini walks you through a journey in the “Dark Age”, showing examples of how, indeed, light permeated Middle Age artistic production, scientific studies, and metaphysical theories.... Read more »

Democracy has many roots, some of which are medieval.... Read more »

The remains of two medieval merchant vessels, known as cogs, were discovered over the summer in western Sweden during an archaeological excavation. New evidence reveals that the ships were built outside of Scandinavia in the mid-14th century.... Read more »

Not surprisingly, the crusades were full of headstrong and heavily armed soldiers who were hard to police.... Read more »

From magi to holly - a look at the magical aspects of Christmas celebrations.... Read more »

A popular sport in the Viking Age, knattleikr could often be more than just a game.... Read more »

Our Book of the Month for December is Then She Endures Like the Tree: Marie de France’s The Ash Tree (Le Fresne) and Honeysuckle (Chevrefoil), translated by Katharine Margot Toohey.... Read more »

A conversation with Leslie Brubaker on the first period of Byzantine iconoclasm (ca. 730 to 787 AD). What was the problem with religious icons? What did the "Isaurian" emperors Leon III and Konstantinos V try to do about it, and why? A great deal of what we used to know,... Read more »

A series of secret drawings and writings possibly added by a mysterious female scribe have been uncovered in a manuscript over 1,200 years old.... Read more »

On Lytton Strachey’s biographical legacy.... Read more »

Writing history from below.... Read more »

Tomb-raiding in the late New Kingdom.... Read more »

On “all wars” memorials.... Read more »

Who should write history?... Read more »

Light for hire, the peanut, and plant tendrils.... Read more »

The life and legacy of al-Hallaj.... Read more »

A medieval account of Egyptian burial practices and tomb robbers.... Read more »

Neglect history at your peril.... Read more »

Whaling logs, women at work, and sitting on a wooden horse blindfolded.... Read more »

Adam Hochschild and Lewis H. Lapham discuss our fragile democracy.... Read more »

The difficulty of being John Constable.... Read more »

Doxxing, stickers, and a trove of bronzes.... Read more »

Memory work, Syrian cassette tapes, and the ghost of the Paris Commune.... Read more »