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The real future of batteries The post Demystifying LiFePO4 Batteries: An Easy Guide to the Battery of the Future first appeared on History of Yesterday.... Read more »

A piece of history that is slowly being forgotten The post Unveiling Hidden History: The Forgotten Heroes of the Harlem Renaissance first appeared on History of Yesterday.... Read more »

Gold The post Selling Gold in Brussels to Diversify Your Portfolio: Bruxelles Achat d’Or’s Strategic Tips first appeared on History of Yesterday.... Read more »

The best way to do it The post Archival Research Techniques first appeared on History of Yesterday.... Read more »

What is your favourite? The post Five of the Best TV Shows to Put You in the Fall Mood first appeared on History of Yesterday.... Read more »

Who cares, the world is facing bigger issues right now The post The Existence Of Aliens Has Been Proven, So What? first appeared on History of Yesterday.... Read more »

Stay up with the Tech The post How to Stay Ahead: Choosing and Using the Right Tech as a Student first appeared on History of Yesterday.... Read more »

Forever The post 3 Things That Changed The Course Of History first appeared on History of Yesterday.... Read more »

AI can help to protect history through smart learning The post How Study Smarter with AI-Powered Tutoring Apps first appeared on History of Yesterday.... Read more »

Playwright Ben Jonson Duels to the Death j.hoare Fri, 09/22/2023 - 00:00... Read more »

Will Putin Get His ‘Nuremberg Moment’? j.hoare Thu, 09/21/2023 - 09:25... Read more »

How Henry II Survived the Great Rebellion j.hoare Thu, 09/21/2023 - 09:22... Read more »

Diamonds and the Holocaust j.hoare Wed, 09/20/2023 - 09:37... Read more »

‘A Northern Wind: Britain 1962-65’ by David Kynaston review j.hoare Tue, 09/19/2023 - 09:56... Read more »

When Inca Mummies Came to Europe j.hoare Tue, 09/19/2023 - 09:55... Read more »

Turkey and the End of the Ottoman Empire j.hoare Mon, 09/18/2023 - 10:54... Read more »

On the Spot: Peter Carey j.hoare Sun, 09/17/2023 - 00:00... Read more »

The Meaning of Lore j.hoare Tue, 09/12/2023 - 10:01... Read more »

.image-13792440 { max-height: 100%; --left: 36.51%; --top: 50.23%; } Colorado City, which boomed in the 1880s thanks to the railroad and abundant water, was no stranger to violence.... Read more »

The campaign to seize the Dodecanese Islands mattered little in the long run.... Read more »

.image-13794264 { max-height: 100%; --left: 44.99%; --top: 29.82%; } Learn how to defend against an overwhelming attack from a brilliant U.S. tank commander.... Read more »

.image-13794288 { max-height: 100%; --left: 84.02%; --top: 48.53%; } The flail as we know it would probably have knocked out any knight using it. Where did it come from?... Read more »

.image-13794380 { max-height: 100%; --left: 36.69%; --top: 50.25%; } After years of guerilla and light infantry tactics, North Vietnam resorted to conventional warfare with heavy emphasis on tanks.... Read more »

.image-13794377 { max-height: 100%; --left: 38.79%; --top: 21.67%; } A new study reveals the fine details of Roman swordplay.... Read more »

A short history of men who won elections while they were behind bars.... Read more »

.image-13794341 { max-height: 100%; --left: 54.72%; --top: 35.15%; } A new book gives travelers the opportunity to become bandits on the historic Outlaw Trail, minus the time behind bars.... Read more »

.image-13793897 { max-height: 100%; --left: 50.36%; --top: 29.71%; } John G. Bradley is still haunted by his inability to prevent a lethal attack on a U.S. merchant ship days before war's end.... Read more »

The massive textile mills of Lowell, Mass., signaled a change for American labor.... Read more »

Hamburger Hill veteran and expert on U.S. firepower Maj. Gen. Robert Scales shares his experiences in Vietnam and his views on U.S. strategy.... Read more »

.image-13794223 { max-height: 100%; --left: 47.44%; --top: 28.69%; } After WWII, questions rose about which nation POWs belonged to or even whether they would be killed upon going home.... Read more »

.image-13793488 { max-height: 100%; --left: 61.06%; --top: 37.57%; } A fresh look at the Louisiana Zouaves' success in the war's opening battle.... Read more »

.image-13794245 { max-height: 100%; --left: 56.22%; --top: 71.86%; } Mark W. Allen's new book dives into the importance of submarine warfare at Midway... Read more »

As in many Latinx homes across the United States, when Walter Mercado (1932–2019) came on-screen, my mother would tell my sisters and me to stop what we were doing and quiet down as she turned up the volume on the television. Everyone knew to pay attention since the man was... Read more »

In the almost 130 years since the Smithsonian Institution acquired Abraham Lincoln’s black silk necktie, the museum’s curators gave very little thought to this personal piece of the president’s clothing. It wasn’t until presidential historian Jon Meacham came to the National Museum of American History that the tie grabbed our... Read more »

“¡Ataca Yomo! (Attack Yomo!),” shouts singer Héctor Lavoe as the bright notes of what sounds like a guitar solo start flying by our ears in the middle of the iconic salsa hit “La Murga.” But what we’re hearing isn’t a guitar; it’s a cuatro—a stringed instrument from Puerto Rico—and the... Read more »

Why do people leave their homelands to establish lives in other countries? What factors do people consider in leaving behind their belongings, livelihoods, and even friends and family?Lucía Mondragón made the difficult decision to flee her home country to save herself and her children from harm. After losing her father... Read more »

When Elvira Arellano claimed sanctuary in a Chicago church in June 2006, she saw herself as a single mom, working to make a life for herself and her eight-year-old son. But her actions would mark a launching point for what became the New Sanctuary Movement (NSM) and, indeed, Arellano would... Read more »

These three posters from the 1980s display activist organizations opposing U.S. intervention in El Salvador. (2015.0066.17, 1984.0796.108, and 1984.0471.18)  When you look at these posters, what do you see? They all mention El Salvador and date from the 1980s, during Ronald Reagan’s presidency. They call for peace (an image of a... Read more »

Who is a threat? Who deserves protection? And who is responsible for providing it?Over the past forty years, sanctuary has become a far-reaching concept. Within the realm of immigration, sanctuary has described varied efforts to protect the rights of migrants from deportation, family separation, and other forms of harm. Some... Read more »

Tampons. Sanitary napkins and belts. Menstrual cups, sponges, and other period products. Women and girls around the world depend on these items in order to fully participate in school, work, and play. Yet 100 years ago—when the crude phrase “on the rag” meant, well, on the rag—few options were available.... Read more »

“The recognition of the Smithsonian collecting these artifacts gives us even more motivation to move forward and still try to get the word out to accomplish something in auto racing.”— Leonard T. "Lenny" MillerAs an African American auto racer who navigated the ranks of the predominately white sport from the... 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. We also provide a dedicated learning programme for students with Specialist Educational Needs and Disabilities. Our... Read more »

Last year, we temporarily withdrew access to the record series, FCO 141 (Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors: Records of Former Colonial Administrations: Migrated Archives) because we found evidence of historical preservation treatment. This indicated that insecticide had been used. External testing of the documents confirmed this, and following consultation... Read more »

Archives Revealed has awarded 10 new cataloguing grants, totalling nearly £350,000, to archives across the UK. The funding programme is a collaboration between the Pilgrim Trust, the Wolfson Foundation, and The National Archives. It funds cataloguing to ensure that significant archive collections, representing the lives and perspectives of all people... Read more »

Today, we share the priorities in our Archives for Everyone 2023-27 strategic plan. This opens a new chapter in our transformation, outlining our vision for the next four years and looking ahead to where we want to be by 2038, when we will celebrate the bicentenary of the Public Record Office.... Read more »

Following a recent Archive Service Accreditation Panel, the following archive services have been awarded accreditation: Carmarthenshire Archives Institution of Engineering and Technology National Museum of the Royal Navy Archive Service Accreditation is the UK wide standard for archive services.  By attaining accreditation, archive services demonstrate that they meet the standard... Read more »

Thursday 20 July 20 This week, we released Cabinet Office files covering Tony Blair’s Labour administration (PREM 49), miscellaneous appointments to various public positions (PREM 5) including the Poet Laureate and the Office of Astronomer Royal, and office diaries from John Major’s time as prime minister (PREM 32). Some of... Read more »

Would you like to represent the views of archive users and help to improve our services? If you are a regular archive user then we would love to hear from you, as we are seeking new voluntary representatives to join our User Advisory Group (UAG). The group gives our user... Read more »

On Friday 21 July our document reading room and map and large document reading room will close an hour earlier than normal at 16:00. Document ordering will close at 14:30 and all documents will need to be returned by 15:50. We will not be able to issue any readers’ tickets... Read more »

Thursday 22 June is Windrush Day, marking 75 years since the arrival of the Empire Windrush in the UK. The Windrush passenger list is one of the iconic documents in our collection. It lists more than 1,000 people of all ages who disembarked the ship at the Essex port of... Read more »

Today we can announce the publication of our new international strategy, Archives for Everywhere, with a focus on documentary heritage on a global scale in collaboration with archives around the world. Over the course of the last decade, we have worked hard to demonstrate why archives of all kinds are... Read more »

We are pleased to announce that we have been allocated 12 PhD studentships from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, as part of the fourth round of the Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) scheme. These CDP studentships will be jointly supervised by staff at The National Archives and at Higher Education... Read more »

The National Archives has today launched of a new web portal bringing together in one place government files which are focused on the situation in Northern Ireland from 1994 up to and including the signing of the  Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement in 1998. This is the first phase of a... Read more »

We’re expecting a busy summer in our reading rooms and we strongly encourage you to book your visit in advance. This will guarantee that you have a seat to view original documents. It also ensures that up to 12 documents can be ready for you when you arrive. You will... Read more »

Designers and inventors joined local schoolchildren last night (24 May) to mark the opening of The National Archives’ new hands-on exhibition, Spirit of Invention. Speakers at the launch included award-winning inventor Ruth Amos, who co-curated the exhibition in partnership with pupils from Darell School, renowned designer Sir John Sorrell and... Read more »

Victoria Taylor answers listener questions surrounding the iconic WW2 aerial battle, busting some of the most commonly-held misconceptions along the way... Read more »

What events happened on 24 September in history? We round up the events, births and deaths…... Read more »

What events happened on 23 September in history? We round up the events, births and deaths…... Read more »

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It's our weekly history quiz – how closely have you been paying attention to the history news, articles and videos on our website over the past seven days?... Read more »

Can't decide which shows to watch or listen to this week? Here are the latest history radio and TV programmes airing in the UK that you won't want to miss... Read more »

The City of Light wasn’t always so dazzling: its origins were muddy, and its development was punctuated by conflict in between periods of eminence. Historian and author Colin Jones guides us on a speedy canter through two millennia of Parisian history... Read more »

Helen Carr tells the story of the battle of Bannockburn, a pivotal moment in the First War of Scottish Independence that had profound consequences for Scotland, England, and beyond... Read more »

What events happened on 22 September in history? We round up the events, births and deaths…... Read more »

“Through his secret police, the emperor kept a cupped ear to mutterings in cafes, shops, and salons.” By William Nester NAPOLEON KNEW WELL the dilemmas facing a conqueror, particularly one who controlled an empire spanning... The post “To Inspire Esteem and Fear” — How Napoleon the Statesman Ruled His Sprawling... Read more »

“The British Army wasn’t prepared to fight a first-class European army in 1939 for the simple reason that Britain hadn’t prepared itself to do so.” By Dr. Robert Lyman THE BRITISH ARMY was catastrophically unprepared... The post From Victory to Defeat — Why the Triumphant British Army of 1918 Was... Read more »

“Whether running the triage for incoming wounded, scrubbing up for the OR, holding the hand of a dying GI, or even rolling up their own sleves when blood supplies were short, their workloads never lightened.”... The post The Nurses of MASH — Meet the Real Women Behind The Characters From... Read more »

“What Blackett did was to ask: What can one aircraft, one Liberator, achieve in the Battle of the Atlantic?” By Niall MacKay IN OUR GROUP at the University of York, we’ve been looking at various... The post “Slide-Rule Strategy” — One Wartime Researcher Calculated the Impact of a Single B-24... Read more »

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“Iron Herman fell prostrate to the ground, and Guy threw himself on top of him, pounding the knight’s mouth and eyes with his iron gauntlets.”... Read more »

Is privacy is a relatively new idea?... Read more »

While billed as covering from Roman times to today, the bulk of this book focuses on the 13th to 16th centuries, a period of long conflict between Scotland and England.... Read more »

A pregnant woman in medieval London dreams of a log of wood and a slab of marble. What does it mean?... Read more »

In this 100th episode of Byzantium & Friends, Marion and Anthony talk about their new co-authored book, The Field Armies of the East Roman Empire, 361-630... Read more »

One of the favourite activities of medieval scholars was to write massive encyclopedias, distilling every last detail of the known world into book form to share with an insatiably curious public. This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Travis Zadeh about a thirteenth-century bestseller written by a scholar... Read more »

We know a lot about Christianity in the Middle Ages, but much less about the ‘pagan’ and folk religion that many people had. A list from the eighth century offers some clues into those medieval beliefs and superstitions.... Read more »

The Hundred Years' War goes to Gascony, as the English and French do battle at  Castillon. In this episode of Bow & Blade, Michael and Kelly talk about why the English commander John Talbot made such a tragic mistake in attacking the French camp.... Read more »

Templar master, trusted admiral and skilled diplomat, Robert of Sablé had a chequered past - but he does not deserve the parody reputation that has emerged as a product of modern video gaming.... Read more »

Border disputes, hobos, and traveling recipes.... Read more »

On the pope’s waning political influence in Mussolini’s Italy.... Read more »

A massacre of forest protectors, an apocalypse-proof building, and a Van Gogh in an Ikea bag.... Read more »

How English words evolved on a foreign continent.... Read more »

Paul&nbsp;W. Morris joins <em>Lapham’s Quarterly</em> and the American Agora Foundation.... Read more »

How to raise a child with taste in eighteenth-century Britain.... Read more »

A plague film, a catchy song, and a Chinese dissident.... Read more »

On the fictional—or not-so-fictional—narrator of <em>In Search of Lost Time</em>.... Read more »

Systems novels, lessons for organizers, and the emerging terrain of struggle.... Read more »

The founding and funding of conservative media on college campuses in the 1960s.... Read more »

Victorian murders, abandoned villages, and traveling tales.... Read more »

How ancient peoples learned to keep a tally.... Read more »

How not to be disgusting in Renaissance Italy.... Read more »

Jigsaw puzzles, gun control, and thwarted revolutionaries.... Read more »