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Court of Augmentations fans rejoice! Item descriptions for the first ten pieces of E 321 (E 321/1-10) are now live on Discovery. To celebrate, here’s a short thread about the
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Did you think the recent Invictus Games, held for wounded, injured and sick service personnel, was a new idea? The #FirstWorldWar brought disability under a public spotlight – and one
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It is worth noting that the archives on Afghanistan/Iraq are not open yet.Under the 20yr rule 2001/2002 documents will be available in 2022: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/our-role/transparency/20-year-rule/Inevitably, then, most
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Strawman: You cannot judge slaveholders by today's standards. Me: Ok. Let's judge him by what their contemporaries thought of them:https://twitter.com/historic_ly/status/1265817171663499264?s=20 Samuel Johnson wrote this in response
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As part of #HistDay20 some colleagues and I have pulled together some content to talk a bit about our work and research interests. I work @UkNatArchives where I am the
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21 August 1997Diana is preparing to leave Kensington Palace for Battersea Heliport to go to Stansted Airport for the fourth time this summer.Paul Burrell is not present at Kensington Palace
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Back with some more British wartime imperial policy for @HistoryIndoors #SourceSaturday! In December 1944 Clement Attlee circulated a memoranda from the Armistice and Post-War Committee (which he chaired) to the
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Scottish Women - The Story of Bonnie Prince Charlie and Flora MacDonald, is regarded as one of the most romantic in Scottish History.Flora MacDonald is famously known for helping Bonnie
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As I managed to reach @UkNatArchives last week, I thought it might be handy to let people know what to expect. So here's a short thread. First, getting a seat.
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Between 2005 & 2010—catalysed by the finding, in the Independent Inquiry into the Death of David Bennett https://irr.org.uk/article/rocky-bennett-killed-by-institutional-racism/, that ‘Rocky’ Bennett ‘was treated as if he was
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I’d like to tell you a story of a crisis in critical care beds. When patients were being shipped across the country, and crucial operations cancelled. Its not a tale
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In May 1839, a group of men in women's clothes attacked and demolished a turnpike at Efail-wen, Carmarthenshire.Their riots would empower the poor.They became a totem.A symbol of rebellion, against
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Welcome to #ArchivesVeterans! Today, our curator has a lot to share about researching military records. So let's dive on in! #ArchivesHashtagParty #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #ancestry1/? A lot of veterans didn’t talk
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Some Greens are worried about how HS2's drilling and tunnelling into the chalk below its route might affect drinking water and chalk streams such as the River Misbourne. It's a
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Alongside the declassified files from 1996-97 that were opened by the @UkNatArchives this week, there was another Cabinet file from 1973 that was also declassified: CAB 301/661 - Request for
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“The stories of British slave rescues we never hear about...” featured in @DavidOlusoga ‘s BBC documentary Black and British (both episodes two and three)https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a-history-lesson-that-floats-my-boat-the-stor
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