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Monday, 29 June 2026

BBC Science & Environment 06:10

First dinosaur bone from Antarctica found in a drawer

The fossil, collected in Antarctica in 1985, is part of the tail of a beast called a Titanosaur.

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Wednesday, 17 June 2026

The National Archives 11:00

Unheard Voices: Encountering difficult histories with the Sri Lankan Tamil community

In this blog, Hari Chandrapal explains how she explored unsettling histories with members of the Sri Lankan community using records at The National Archives.

Read at The National Archives

Monday, 15 June 2026

The National Archives 10:49

Where Paper Remembers: South Asian Stories – A model for regional engagement

Iqbal Singh and Dr Shaniece Martin recently co‑led a workshop in Coventry inspired by the exhibition Stories That Made Us – Roots, Resilience, Representation.

Read at The National Archives

Thursday, 11 June 2026

The National Archives 11:00

The day a missile struck The National Archives' site

When Chris Ransted learned that during the Second World War, a V1 flying bomb hit the site where The National Archives now stands, he chose to investigate.

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Tuesday, 9 June 2026

The National Archives 10:00

Researching LGBTQ+ histories in the archives of government

In this blog post Vicky Iglikowski-Broad explains how you can get started in researching LGBTQ+ histories through government records.

Read at The National Archives

Thursday, 4 June 2026

The National Archives 11:00

Recovering histories of Scandinavian seafarers in the Prize Papers

On a three-month placement at the National Archives, Kaia Sollie explored records about Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian seafaring in the seventeenth century.

Read at The National Archives