News junkie, Jane Austen fan, runner and theatre lover. Media Manager @UKNatArchives. Currently doing MA Creative and Critical Writing @BirkbeckUoL
London, England
Joined December 2013
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A selection of today’s news coverage of our MI5 file release, highlighting files on the Profumo Affair, Kim Philby, and John Vassall.
🚨NEWS🚨
Today we have made available to the public 147 previously top secret files from the Security Service, or MI5.
The records cover a range of subjects from the 1960s and 1970s although there are some from earlier years.
Read more here: nationalarchives.gov.uk/abou…
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Magnificent @GabbyLogan: “Think it’s all over? It’s only just begun.”
No you’ve got something in your eye
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How to get involved in helping with historical research - @wbutlerhistory and Jenny Bunn from the @UkNatArchives join @NaomiPaxton @ahrcpress @BBCRadio3 to discuss citizen research @TheBotanics @RMGreenwich and #ICHORA2022
bbc.in/3JduFFv
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Abortion is now illegal in Missouri.
No exceptions for rape or incest.
Right before I was elected, I met a pregnant 11 year old who has been raped by her uncle.
What about HER rights?
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Today is International Archives Day 🥳
Archives are: places of documentary and digital heritage; places of ideas exchange; places of community; and much more!
But it's the people - researchers, visitors, volunteers, staff - that help make Archives special, unique places.
ALT Picture of The National Archives Building with pond in the foreground
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Our exhibition, The 1920s: Beyond the Roar, closes 11 June. If you’ve not yet visited, hurry - there’s still time!
We’ll be sad to see it close.
We’ll also miss hearing people playing the piano throughout the day 🎶
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As the Jubilee weekend nears an end, so too must our highlights of royal documents digitised for the #PlatinumJubilee. An important one it is too: the coronation oath of the Queen, complete with signature.
View the full gallery here: nationalarchives.gov.uk/jubi…
#RoyaltyonRecord
ALT Coronation oath of Queen Elizabeth II, signed 'Elizabeth R' at the top.
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🎺🎺Really enjoyed putting this newsletter together with @shj_franklin
In 5 months he's grown the @UkNatArchives from 0 to 2.5 million views.
Here's how:
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Our second blog looks at how telegrams such as this help provide a sense of how events unfolded in real time. For example, the first action Sir Rex Hunt took was to order his staff to shred and burn all classified papers. blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk… (FCO 7/4490) #Falklands40
ALT Telegram from Lord Carrington about 'Argentine action against the Falkland Islands' ref FCO 7/4490 stating 'We now have apparently reliable evidence that an Argentine task force will gather off Cape Pembroke early tomorrow morning, 2 April. you (and Buenos Aires) will wish to make your dispositions accordingly.
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Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflict, a dispute over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands between Britain and Argentina. The conflict began on 2 April 1982, and would last ten weeks. (1/7) #OTD #Falklands40
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Our Keeper @jeffddjames is President of the Forum of National Archivists and a member of the International Council on Archives @ICArchiv Executive Board.
He joined other members to suspend relations with four Russian and Belarussian public archival institutions.
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Like everyone else, we’ve been watching the horrific situation unfold in Ukraine.
We have been in touch with our colleagues in the Ukrainian archive sector and are doing what we can to support them as they work to preserve their archival heritage.
ALT The National Archives building lit up at night in the colours of the Ukraine national flag
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Over a million people in Ukraine have fled their homes. Leaving behind jobs, belongings and loved ones, they need shelter, food and water. Donate now.
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Why he’s staying in Ukraine reporting👏 @CliveMyrieBBC
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Not sure I've ever seen anything quite like this in the House of Commons
MPs stand to applaud Vadym Prystaiko, the Ukrainian ambassador to the UK, who is sitting in the gallery in the House of Commons, as #PMQs begins
bbc.in/3pv4SQc
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We are devastated to hear so many traumatised NHS staff saying that they will quit the NHS
We cannot afford to lose a single member of staff
We must look after NHS staff NOW or we risk losing them forever
Please share this if you agree
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Looking for something to do this weekend?
Why not visit our latest exhibition, The 1920s: Beyond the Roar and dance the afternoon away at Kate Meyrick’s 43 Club?
We’re open to the public all weekend.
Sat: 09:30 - 17:00
Sun: 11:00 - 16:00
nationalarchives.gov.uk/20s-….
ALT Kate Meyrick’s 43 Club immersive space
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Our exhibition opens tomorrow. Come and experience the 1920s!
Absolutely fascinating exhibition at the @UkNatArchives about life in the 1920s. There was raucousness, but also puritanism in the 1930s.
“1920s good-time guys and gals left moralists in a flap”
thetimes.co.uk/article/4301c…
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Life in post-First World War Britain revealed as 1921 census released standard.co.uk/news/uk/centu…
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Two hours to go til #1921Census ‘Flapper Census’ released at 12am by @UkNatArchives. Last one until 2052 as 1931 destroyed in fire and war 1941. Will Twitter still exist in 2052? Will I?
Excited to be working with Archives on 1920s exhibition #BeyondtheRoar. Let’s get flapping!