Dr Mari Takayanagi FSA tells the story of record-keeping in the House of Lords and House of Commons from c. 1497 to 1963 and the story of the two Westminster towers where the archives were stored - th...

The Archives and Records Association UK & Ireland (ARA) has today published new open-access guidelines to help the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) sector prepare their collection...

Join Anna Sexton's talk on Looking After the Archivist: Approaches to Reducing the Risks of Secondary Trauma

This is an exciting opportunity to manage and promote our archives collections and contribute to preserving and showcasing the Law Society's rich heritage. As an experienced archivist you will pla...

2026 Annual Conference of the Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland)

News Archives Apprentice Length: 24 month FTC Start Date: March 2026 Location: Rainham, Essex (Easter Industrial Park, Ferry Lane) Your Team: The News UK archives can lay c...

About 1,700 military drawings from the Royal Engineers Museum were destroyed in the theft last month.

‘Honourable’ bandsman Thomas James will feature in display at National Army Museum highlighting service of black soldiers in Napoleonic wars He fought in the Napoleonic wars and is one of only nine Black soldiers known to have received the Waterloo Medal, the first British medal awarded to soldiers regardless of their rank. Yet the story of Pte Thomas James has been overlooked for centuries. Continue reading...

Privates Arthur Cook, Robert Cullum, John Fraser and William London were found during building work.