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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...
Classified ads to club culture – what archives reveal about queer history

Classified ads to club culture – what archives reveal about queer history

by Talking Humanities | Nov 21, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, Public Engagement, Research & Resources

The legal and social pressures exerted on LGBTQ+ people to suppress their desire and loves may have had success in the eyes of their oppressors. But the subcultures it created are rich and varied and recorded in ways that don’t take much to research and share. And an...
Born-digital big data and approaches for arts and humanities research

Born-digital big data and approaches for arts and humanities research

by Talking Humanities | Sep 7, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, History & Classics, Research & Resources

What kinds of questions will big data allow us to ask and answer? How can we ensure this material is collected and preserved in such a way that it meets the requirement of humanities researchers? These are two of the questions addressed by a 12-month ‘Born-digital big...
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...
Let’s talk about the Mangrove Nine

Let’s talk about the Mangrove Nine

by Talking Humanities | Dec 10, 2015 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Politics & Law, Republished

The National Archives records specialist Vicky Iglikowski and education officer Rowena Hillel, describe their innovative event that marked the start of an initiative to reclaim the largely forgotten histories of the black British civil rights movement.  ‘Have you...
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