Cambridge University historian uncovers letter to diarist who was a naval official in 1670s
His journals would become famed for their vivid detail and candour. But now, almost exactly 360 years after …
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AI systems could use Met Office and National Archives data under UK plans ⊕
Ministers plan to license content from institutions such as National History Museum and National Library of Scotland
Met Office data and legal documents from the National Archives could be used by art…
85 days ago
Secret love letter shows softer side of Cambridge spy ring’s alleged fifth man ⊕⊕
Intimate correspondence between John Cairncross and Gloria Barraclough features in National Archives exhibition
It was a love letter written by one of the more important British spies of the cold war …
3 months ago
Cabinet Office withdraws Andrew papers after 'error' ○
Documents mentioning Andrew were briefly released before being withdrawn from the National Archives.
6 months ago
Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in No 10 on advice of Peter Mandelson, documents reveal ⊖
National Archives papers show how then MP pushed for 2002 meeting between PM and ‘young and vibrant’ financier
Sir Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in Downing Street while he was prime minister after a …
Why did MI5 allow a Soviet spy to continue working for the Queen nine years after his confession? ⊕
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Newly released files from the National Archives reveal that Her Majesty was not officially informed of Blunt's treachery until 1973, nine years after his confession.
Roswell footage uploaded to National Archives shows crashed 'UFO debris and alien bodies' ○
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A video titled 'The Roswell Incident; was quietly uploaded to the National Archives, reigniting interest in the infamous 1947 crash.
7 months ago
Trump wants to rewrite American history. Maybe he should learn it first | Sidney Blumenthal ○
The president seeking to overhaul the Smithsonian has a dark vision of the past that he’s using to advance his agenda
Of all the presidents, Donald Trump – the man who would remake the Smithsonian and…
William and Kate's 'forever home' and its intimate links to shamed King Edward VIII and his 'very difficult' equerry... revealed in secret files ○
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Documents stored in the National Archives show how Edward VIII got involved in a row over Forest Lodge's name and the level of rent his equerry was asked to pay.
Long-lost will that caused a rift in William Shakespeare's family is discovered in bundle of documents at the National Archives after missing for 400 years ○
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The document, drawn up in 1642, has never been seen before by modern historians. It was made by Thomas Nash who was married to Shakespeare's granddaughter Elizabeth.