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Published: January 29, 2026 09:49
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Pupils in North East England get hands-on with history
Published: January 26, 2026 15:26
Our first education service delivered locally with North East Museums will allow young people in North East England to work with our historic records without having to travel to London. This new opportunity has been made possible by an exciting partnership…
From Sat 24 Jan: Love Letters exhibition reveals the lengths we go for love
Published: January 22, 2026 16:00
Love letters relating to some of the most famous – and sometimes dangerous – love affairs in British history are on show at The National Archives from Saturday, 24 January 2026. Among the exhibits in a new exhibition, Love Letters, is a never-before-seen…
The National Archives Welcomes New Directors
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/the-national-archives-welcomes-new-directors/
Published: January 21, 2026 16:37
We are pleased to announce that Tobi Adetimilehin has been appointed Finance Director of The National Archives, and started her term leading the Finance and Performance teams on 8 December 2025. Tobi was most recently the Deputy Director Finance lead for…
The National Archives and RIBA to partner
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/the-national-archives-and-riba-to-partner/
Published: January 13, 2026 16:13
The National Archives and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) are pleased to announce a partnership that will ensure the accessibility and preservation of its world-class Drawings and Archives Collections during the interim period between the…
More than 600 government files released under 20-year rule
Published: December 30, 2025 07:42
More than 600 documents are released by the Cabinet Office today under the 20-year rule. Most are correspondence and work on government policies during Sir Tony Blair’s Labour administration 2004-2005. They include a file about Kim Philby’s archive and…
Christmas 1604 ledger shows Shakespeare top of the bill
Published: December 18, 2025 15:35
A set of accounts from James I’s Master of the Revels which record one of the first performances of Shakespeare’s Othello in the run-up to Christmas 1604 will be on show at The National Archives from 12 January-5 February. Edward Tilney’s accounts book…
Parliament’s Archive Collections Now Accessible at The National Archives
Published: December 12, 2025 10:25
From today, visitors to The National Archives can request access to records from Parliament’s Archive which are now housed at Kew. The Beaverbrook Library Collections which has historically been the most requested set of records, will be available first.…
Rare chance to see Jane Austen’s will in Love Letters exhibition
Published: December 9, 2025 11:52
Two hundred and fifty years after her birth on 16 December 1775, Jane Austen fans will have a rare chance to see her will in The National Archives’ Love Letters exhibition, opening on 24 January. The novelist was only 41 when she died on 18 July 1817,…
Bosie’s passionate plea for lover Oscar Wilde in Love Letters exhibition
Published: December 8, 2025 14:23
A passionate plea for clemency from Oscar Wilde’s lover Lord Alfred Douglas goes on show in The National Archives’ Love Letters exhibition, opening in January. The letter addressed to Queen Victoria on 25 June 1895 begs her to exercise her “power of…