UK Government – did we rule the Empire with 4,000 civil servants?
I was interested in some of the wider questions that were raised over the spring this year on the size and scale of the civil service. One of the straw-men...
View ArticleMaybe it’s because I’m a Londoner
One of the many legacies of the United Kingdom’s colonial past is the number of British-sounding place names to be found in various parts of the world. From Birmingham in...
View ArticleA sticky situation: The Christmas pudding palaver of 1952
With an array of different Christmas puddings now available, you probably didn’t have any problem getting hold of one this year. However, 60 years ago, you might have had a...
View ArticleMr Johnston’s imagination
Some of The National Archives’ most interesting maps are not kept as separate flat, rolled or folded sheets, or even as part of atlases. Instead, they are to be found...
View ArticleKeeper’s Gallery: Newfoundland – Empire in the First World War
Our Keeper’s Gallery currently features a display highlighting Newfoundland during the First World War. Newfoundland Colony was an English colony established in 1610 off the Atlantic coast of Canada....
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