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The National Archives from home: love letters, live chat and online records

The National Archives from home: love letters, live chat and online records

by Talking Humanities | May 28, 2020 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, History & Classics

Victoria Iglikowski-Broad, The National Archives’ principal records specialist, explores some of the ways that people can engage with the Archives’ wealth of resources at a distance. One of the most powerful aspects of an archive is its physicality. At The National...
The Commonwealth and me – a view from West Acton 

The Commonwealth and me – a view from West Acton 

by Talking Humanities | Apr 18, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law

Image: Commonwealth Heads of Government with a cricketers team in Harare during CHOGM 1991. © Commonwealth Secretariat In the tenth of a series of scholarly articles marking the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London, Professor Keith Somerville,...
There’s more to British pop music than meets the ear

There’s more to British pop music than meets the ear

by Talking Humanities | Feb 15, 2018 | Features, History & Classics, Music

Mykaell Riley, director of the Black Music Research Unit at the University of Westminster, talks about his Bass Culture project which aims to deliver a better understanding of the impact and legacy of Jamaican music on British culture and heritage over the last half...
Putting YOUR London on the map

Putting YOUR London on the map

by Talking Humanities | Jun 8, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Features, From the Archives, History & Classics, Projects, Public Engagement, Research & Resources

Image: © Saira Awan – family lives of residents on the Gascoigne Estate taken for London’s Open Estate Festival Want to see what your street was like 300 years ago, or discover the location of ancient remains in places you pass through every day? What...
Life as a parliamentary archivist

Life as a parliamentary archivist

by Talking Humanities | Mar 16, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Politics & Law, Republished

Mari Takayanagi has worked in the Parliamentary Archives in London in various roles including public services, outreach, preservation and access, since 2000. She has a particular interest in the history of women and parliament, and is currently involved in projects to...
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