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class="generic-intro"> <div class="tna-container"> <div class="tna-column tna-column--full"> <h1 class="tna-heading-xl tna-!--margin-top-l"> Stories from the collection </h1> <p data-block-key="e936c">Discover the stories behind the collection. Learn about the people, places and events featured in our records.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <h2 class="sr-only">Each collection insight takes an in-depth look into a group of the records we hold.</h2> </div> <div class="tna-container"> <div class="tna-column tna-column--full">   <div class="featured-article tna-!--margin-vertical-l"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/karl-muller-and-the-fatal-lemon/" class="featured-article__image-link" aria-labelledby="article-desc398" data-component-name="Featured Article: Karl Muller and the fatal lemon" data-link-type="Image" tabindex="-1"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 768px)" srcset="/media/images/muller-lemons-teaser.4106a48c.fill-500x400-c100.jpg"/> <source media="(max-width: 991px)" srcset="/media/images/muller-lemons-teaser.4106a48c.fill-500x500-c100.jpg"/> <source media="(max-width: 1200px)" srcset="/media/images/muller-lemons-teaser.4106a48c.fill-1000x600-c100.jpg"/> <img width="1000" height="600" src="/media/images/muller-lemons-teaser.4106a48c.fill-1000x600-c100.jpg" alt="" /> </picture> </a> <div class="featured-article__description"> <h2 class="tna-heading-l featured-article__heading"> <small>The story of</small> Karl Muller and the fatal lemon </h2> <p id="article-desc398" class="aria-desc">Read about Karl Muller and the fatal lemon</p> <p>When can a lemon have fatal consequences? If it proves you are, in fact, a wartime spy…</p> <div class="tna-button-group"> <a class="tna-button tna-button--solid-hover" href="/explore-the-collection/stories/karl-muller-and-the-fatal-lemon/" data-component-name="Featured Article: Karl Muller and the fatal lemon" data-link-type="Button" data-link="Read" >Read about Karl Muller and the fatal lemon</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tna-container"> <div class="block-featuredpages"> <div class="featured-collection"> <div class="tna-column tna-column--full"> <h2 class="tna-heading-l">LGBT+ History Month</h2> <p class="mb-4">This February, discover some of the LGBTQ+ histories that have been uncovered in our records.</p> </div> </div> <ul class="card-group--list-style-none"> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sophia-jex-blake/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: LGBT+ History Month" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneer of women's medicine" data-card-position="0" >Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneer of women's medicine</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sophia-jex-blake/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneer of women's medicine" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: LGBT+ History Month" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneer of women's medicine" data-card-position="0" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Sophia-Jex-Blake-National-Portrait.1d1f8c97.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Sophia Jex-Blake (1840–1912) was a physician and campaigner who fought for women’s access to university education.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/policing-of-gay-personal-adverts-1960s/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: LGBT+ History Month" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Queer connections: The policing of gay personal adverts in the 1960s" data-card-position="1" >Queer connections: The policing of gay personal adverts in the 1960s</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/policing-of-gay-personal-adverts-1960s/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Queer connections: The policing of gay personal adverts in the 1960s" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: LGBT+ History Month" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Queer connections: The policing of gay personal adverts in the 1960s" data-card-position="1" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/3-international-times-small-ads-cr.3ed58065.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Records in our collection show how same-sex personal adverts published in the 1960s become part of a high-profile legal battle.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/ivor-cummings/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: LGBT+ History Month" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Ivor Cummings" data-card-position="2" >Ivor Cummings</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/ivor-cummings/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Ivor Cummings" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: LGBT+ History Month" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Ivor Cummings" data-card-position="2" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/ivor-header.628a312e.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Ivor Cummings (1913–1992) greeted the iconic arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury in 1948. He became known as the 'gay father of the Windrush generation'.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="tna-container mt-4" data-container-name="Stories from the collection"> <div class="tna-column tna-column--full"> <h2 class="tna-heading-l">Discover all stories</h2> <p class="mb-4">Browse and explore the human stories behind The National Archives’ collection.</p> </div> <ul class="card-group--list-style-none"> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/policing-sex-in-public-toilets-in-1930s-london/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Policing sex in public toilets in 1930s London" data-card-position="0" data-label="New" >Policing sex in public toilets in 1930s London</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/policing-sex-in-public-toilets-in-1930s-london/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Policing sex in public toilets in 1930s London" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Policing sex in public toilets in 1930s London" data-card-position="0" data-label="New" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/crim-1-617-cropped.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.png" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> <div class="tna-chip tna-card__image-label"> New </div> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Records from the 1930s describe attempts to police sexual activities between men in public toilets – and officers’ thoughts on when to enforce the rules.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/bringing-the-bethnal-green-disaster-to-light/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light" data-card-position="1" data-label="New" >Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/bringing-the-bethnal-green-disaster-to-light/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light" data-card-position="1" data-label="New" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/bethnal-green-tube-memorial.2dbbf4d0.fill-800x450.png" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> <div class="tna-chip tna-card__image-label"> New </div> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>The government tried to keep the details of the Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster of 1943 private – but a court case brought the terrible story to light.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-proclamation-of-ned-ludd/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The proclamation of Ned Ludd" data-card-position="2" data-label="New" >The proclamation of Ned Ludd</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-proclamation-of-ned-ludd/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The proclamation of Ned Ludd" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The proclamation of Ned Ludd" data-card-position="2" data-label="New" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/ned-ludd-teaser.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> <div class="tna-chip tna-card__image-label"> New </div> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This note threatens death upon anyone talking to the authorities about the Luddites, textile workers protesting against new, labour-saving technology.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-brixton-riots-and-the-scarman-report/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The Brixton riots and the Scarman Report" data-card-position="3" data-label="New" >The Brixton riots and the Scarman Report</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-brixton-riots-and-the-scarman-report/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The Brixton riots and the Scarman Report" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The Brixton riots and the Scarman Report" data-card-position="3" data-label="New" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/brixton-1981-hero.93e5b09d.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> <div class="tna-chip tna-card__image-label"> New </div> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Over three days in April 1981, violence broke out in Brixton, London between young people and the Metropolitan Police. What did the inquiry about it find out?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/anthony-blunt-confession/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Anthony Blunt's confession" data-card-position="4" >Anthony Blunt's confession</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/anthony-blunt-confession/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Anthony Blunt's confession" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Anthony Blunt's confession" data-card-position="4" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/blunt-teaser.cdd9c9bb.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Security Service files paint a vivid picture of what happened when Anthony Blunt – then employed in the royal household – admitted spying for the Soviet Union.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/policing-of-gay-personal-adverts-1960s/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Queer connections: The policing of gay personal adverts in the 1960s" data-card-position="5" >Queer connections: The policing of gay personal adverts in the 1960s</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/policing-of-gay-personal-adverts-1960s/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Queer connections: The policing of gay personal adverts in the 1960s" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Queer connections: The policing of gay personal adverts in the 1960s" data-card-position="5" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/3-international-times-small-ads-cr.3ed58065.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Records in our collection show how same-sex personal adverts published in the 1960s become part of a high-profile legal battle.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-libellous-letters-of-the-chevalier-deon/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The libellous letters of the Chevalier d’Eon" data-card-position="6" >The libellous letters of the Chevalier d’Eon</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-libellous-letters-of-the-chevalier-deon/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The libellous letters of the Chevalier d’Eon" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The libellous letters of the Chevalier d’Eon" data-card-position="6" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Chevalier-dEon-npg.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Pre-trial statements from this 1776 dispute between the Chevalier d’Eon and Charles de Morande provide intricate details about these two French spies.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/karl-muller-and-the-fatal-lemon/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Karl Muller and the fatal lemon" data-card-position="7" >Karl Muller and the fatal lemon</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/karl-muller-and-the-fatal-lemon/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Karl Muller and the fatal lemon" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Karl Muller and the fatal lemon" data-card-position="7" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/muller-lemons-teaser.4106a48c.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>When can a lemon have fatal consequences? If it proves you are, in fact, a wartime spy…</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/smuggling-gangs-and-coastal-policing-in-19th-century-england/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Smuggling gangs and coastal policing in 19th-century England" data-card-position="8" >Smuggling gangs and coastal policing in 19th-century England</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/smuggling-gangs-and-coastal-policing-in-19th-century-england/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Smuggling gangs and coastal policing in 19th-century England" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Smuggling gangs and coastal policing in 19th-century England" data-card-position="8" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/ADM1-5124-4-cover.77cc4a79.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Following the Napoleonic Wars, smuggling became a major concern for the British government.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/princess-annes-betrayal-of-her-father-james-ii/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Princess Anne's betrayal of her father, James II" data-card-position="9" >Princess Anne's betrayal of her father, James II</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/princess-annes-betrayal-of-her-father-james-ii/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Princess Anne's betrayal of her father, James II" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Princess Anne's betrayal of her father, James II" data-card-position="9" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/princess-anne-betrayal-letter-glor.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.png" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This letter, sent by Princess Anne during the height of the Glorious Revolution, confirmed the betrayal of her father, King James II.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/set-of-recommendations-that-transformed-the-british-indian-army/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Report on the British Indian Army, 1943" data-card-position="10" >Report on the British Indian Army, 1943</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/set-of-recommendations-that-transformed-the-british-indian-army/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Report on the British Indian Army, 1943" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Report on the British Indian Army, 1943" data-card-position="10" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/british-indian-army-the-Infantry_c.39c958cf.fill-800x450.png" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This Second World War War Office document assessed the British Indian Army's battle readiness and made recommendations for its development.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/request-for-compensation-for-the-boston-tea-party/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Request for compensation for the Boston Tea Party" data-card-position="11" >Request for compensation for the Boston Tea Party</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/request-for-compensation-for-the-boston-tea-party/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Request for compensation for the Boston Tea Party" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Request for compensation for the Boston Tea Party" data-card-position="11" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/boston-tea-party-teaser2.7182a86a.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>On 16 December 1773, 340 chests of tea were thrown into Boston harbour by protesting colonists. This letter from the East India Company requests reimbursement.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/a-recipe-for-six-mince-pies-of-an-indifferent-biggnesse/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="A recipe for six mince pies 'of an indifferent biggnesse'" data-card-position="12" >A recipe for six mince pies 'of an indifferent biggnesse'</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/a-recipe-for-six-mince-pies-of-an-indifferent-biggnesse/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="A recipe for six mince pies 'of an indifferent biggnesse'" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="A recipe for six mince pies 'of an indifferent biggnesse'" data-card-position="12" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/recipe-for-six-mince-pies-of-an-in.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.png" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This 17th-century mince pie recipe contains spices, eggs and raisins, but also something slightly stranger.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/revealing-the-corrupt-record-in-14th-century-ireland/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Revealing the (corrupt) record in 14th-century Ireland" data-card-position="13" >Revealing the (corrupt) record in 14th-century Ireland</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/revealing-the-corrupt-record-in-14th-century-ireland/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Revealing the (corrupt) record in 14th-century Ireland" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Revealing the (corrupt) record in 14th-century Ireland" data-card-position="13" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/13th-century-tally-sticks-teaser.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>In 1325, officials found suspicious mistakes in the account of the former treasurer of Ireland and hauled him through the courts. What did they uncover?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-churchill-familys-blue-book/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The Churchill family's 'Blue Book'" data-card-position="14" >The Churchill family's 'Blue Book'</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-churchill-familys-blue-book/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The Churchill family's 'Blue Book'" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The Churchill family's 'Blue Book'" data-card-position="14" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/preface-to-the-blue-book.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.png" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This book caused confusion and disagreement among family members, but also provided an unusually intimate view of this well-known household.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/thomas-cromwell/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Thomas Cromwell" data-card-position="15" >Thomas Cromwell</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/thomas-cromwell/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Thomas Cromwell" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Thomas Cromwell" data-card-position="15" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/thomas-cromwell-teaser-npg.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Through intrigue and ambition Thomas Cromwell rose to become one of Henry VIII's key advisors. What can records at The National Archives tell us about his life?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-bethnal-green-tube-shelter-disaster/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster" data-card-position="16" >The Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-bethnal-green-tube-shelter-disaster/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster" data-card-position="16" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/bethnal-green-tube-disaster-teaser.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>On one tragic night in March 1943 in Bethnal Green, East London, 173 people lost their lives taking shelter from German bombing as the air raid sirens sounded.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/henry-viiis-diplomatic-assurances-to-portugal-signed-by-the-king/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal" data-card-position="17" >Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/henry-viiis-diplomatic-assurances-to-portugal-signed-by-the-king/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal" data-card-position="17" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/letters-papers-foreign-and-domesti.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Recently rediscovered, this letter offers new archival evidence into Britain and Portugal's shared history.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/list-of-hms-victorys-killed-and-wounded-at-the-battle-of-trafalgar/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="List of HMS Victory's killed and wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar" data-card-position="18" >List of HMS Victory's killed and wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/list-of-hms-victorys-killed-and-wounded-at-the-battle-of-trafalgar/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="List of HMS Victory's killed and wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="List of HMS Victory's killed and wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar" data-card-position="18" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/william-beatty-medical-journey-bat.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.png" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>We hold one of the lesser known records from the Battle of Trafalgar, the Surgeon’s journal for HMS Victory by William Beatty.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/samuel-coleridge-taylor/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: a trailblazing composer" data-card-position="19" >Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: a trailblazing composer</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/samuel-coleridge-taylor/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: a trailblazing composer" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: a trailblazing composer" data-card-position="19" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/COPY1-451_Samuel_Coleridge-Taylor_.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912) was a trailblazing British composer and conductor from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/list-immigrant-londoners-from-1483/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="List of immigrant Londoners from 1483" data-card-position="20" >List of immigrant Londoners from 1483</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/list-immigrant-londoners-from-1483/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="List of immigrant Londoners from 1483" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="List of immigrant Londoners from 1483" data-card-position="20" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/m-10-bishopsgate-list-of-immigrant.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.png" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This 15th-century list of ‘alien’ residents, gathered for tax purposes, gives us a remarkable insight into London’s medieval immigrant population.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sarah-parker-remonds-application-to-become-a-british-citizen/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Sarah Parker Remond’s application to become a British Citizen" data-card-position="21" >Sarah Parker Remond’s application to become a British Citizen</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sarah-parker-remonds-application-to-become-a-british-citizen/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Sarah Parker Remond’s application to become a British Citizen" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Sarah Parker Remond’s application to become a British Citizen" data-card-position="21" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/sarah-parker-remond-teaser.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Sarah Parker Remond (1826–1894) fought for a more equal world as an abolitionist and suffrage supporter. Why and how did she apply for British citizenship?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/list-of-people-summoned-to-the-1265-parliament/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="List of people summoned to the 1265 Parliament" data-card-position="22" >List of people summoned to the 1265 Parliament</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/list-of-people-summoned-to-the-1265-parliament/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="List of people summoned to the 1265 Parliament" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="List of people summoned to the 1265 Parliament" data-card-position="22" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/close-roll.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.png" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This document records the first time that citizens outside of the elites were invited to join an English parliament – without being asked to support new taxes.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/battling-malaria-on-the-macedonian-front/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Battling ‘General Malaria’ on the Macedonian front, 1915–1919" data-card-position="23" >Battling ‘General Malaria’ on the Macedonian front, 1915–1919</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/battling-malaria-on-the-macedonian-front/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Battling ‘General Malaria’ on the Macedonian front, 1915–1919" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Battling ‘General Malaria’ on the Macedonian front, 1915–1919" data-card-position="23" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/salonika-teaser.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Medical case sheets from the 28th General Hospital, Salonika, reveal an especially deadly peril on the front lines: malaria. How was it fought?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/medieval-irish-roll-with-hidden-grievances/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="A medieval Irish roll with hidden grievances" data-card-position="24" >A medieval Irish roll with hidden grievances</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/medieval-irish-roll-with-hidden-grievances/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="A medieval Irish roll with hidden grievances" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="A medieval Irish roll with hidden grievances" data-card-position="24" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/operation-irish-exchequer-unrolled.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.png" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This roll provides a glimpse into how medieval Ireland was governed, but today plays a starring role in the development of scientific methodologies.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/emily-capper-and-the-1934-gresford-colliery-disaster/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Emily Capper and the 1934 Gresford Colliery disaster" data-card-position="25" >Emily Capper and the 1934 Gresford Colliery disaster</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/emily-capper-and-the-1934-gresford-colliery-disaster/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Emily Capper and the 1934 Gresford Colliery disaster" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Emily Capper and the 1934 Gresford Colliery disaster" data-card-position="25" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/trucks-upended-by-explosion.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Our records tell the story of Emily Capper's desperate campaign to recover the bodies of the victims, including that of her son.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/a-dramatic-plea-for-churchills-help/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="A dramatic plea for Churchill’s help from Bletchley Park" data-card-position="26" >A dramatic plea for Churchill’s help from Bletchley Park</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/a-dramatic-plea-for-churchills-help/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="A dramatic plea for Churchill’s help from Bletchley Park" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="A dramatic plea for Churchill’s help from Bletchley Park" data-card-position="26" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/HW1-155-4-Response-and-action-take.38a90cc2.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>In 1941, four Government Code and Cypher School cryptanalysts, including Alan Turing, made a stunning appeal directly to Winston Churchill.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sir-ludwig-guttmann-and-the-birth-of-the-paralympic-games/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Sir Ludwig Guttmann and the birth of the Paralympic Games" data-card-position="27" >Sir Ludwig Guttmann and the birth of the Paralympic Games</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sir-ludwig-guttmann-and-the-birth-of-the-paralympic-games/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Sir Ludwig Guttmann and the birth of the Paralympic Games" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Sir Ludwig Guttmann and the birth of the Paralympic Games" data-card-position="27" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/ludwig-guttmann-exception-from-int.302827c5.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>In the summer of 1948, neurologist Ludwig Guttmann set up a sporting competition between patients. It was the birth of the Paralympic Games.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/a-misleading-victorian-medical-device/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="A misleading Victorian medical device" data-card-position="28" >A misleading Victorian medical device</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/a-misleading-victorian-medical-device/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="A misleading Victorian medical device" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="A misleading Victorian medical device" data-card-position="28" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/pamphlet-victorian-medical-belt.b3f671f1.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Unexpectedly surviving among some court papers, this medical belt was one of a number of Victorian devices that claimed to use the power of electricity to cure.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/lgbtq-lives-in-the-1991-census/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="'Can we be counted too?' Recognising LGBTQ+ lives in the 1991 census" data-card-position="29" >'Can we be counted too?' Recognising LGBTQ+ lives in the 1991 census</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/lgbtq-lives-in-the-1991-census/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="'Can we be counted too?' Recognising LGBTQ+ lives in the 1991 census" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="'Can we be counted too?' Recognising LGBTQ+ lives in the 1991 census" data-card-position="29" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/can-we-be-counted-too.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Until 2021, the census did not ask for information about sexuality. One letter in our collection gives a personal perspective on why this data was needed.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-huey-fong-vietnemese-refugee-crisis/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The Huey Fong: Hong Kong's 1979 refugee crisis" data-card-position="30" >The Huey Fong: Hong Kong's 1979 refugee crisis</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-huey-fong-vietnemese-refugee-crisis/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The Huey Fong: Hong Kong's 1979 refugee crisis" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The Huey Fong: Hong Kong's 1979 refugee crisis" data-card-position="30" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Two-young-passengers-aboard-the-Hu.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>In December 1978, Vietnamese refugees seeking asylum aboard the Huey Fong were refused entry to Hong Kong. Records we hold document the 34-day standoff.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/earliest-use-of-the-word-camp/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The queer Victorian origins of the word 'camp'" data-card-position="31" >The queer Victorian origins of the word 'camp'</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/earliest-use-of-the-word-camp/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The queer Victorian origins of the word 'camp'" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The queer Victorian origins of the word 'camp'" data-card-position="31" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/fanny-stella.7f430c1c.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Did you know that the word ‘camp’ was used by members of the LGBTQ+ community as early as 1868?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/kumar-sri-ranjitsinhji/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Kumar Sri Ranjitsinhji" data-card-position="32" >Kumar Sri Ranjitsinhji</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/kumar-sri-ranjitsinhji/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Kumar Sri Ranjitsinhji" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Kumar Sri Ranjitsinhji" data-card-position="32" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Photograph-of-Ranjitsinhji-jumping.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>How did an Indian prince come to play at the highest level of England’s national sport?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/a-letter-from-gandhis-errand-boy/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="A letter from Gandhi's 'errand boy'" data-card-position="33" >A letter from Gandhi's 'errand boy'</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/a-letter-from-gandhis-errand-boy/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="A letter from Gandhi's 'errand boy'" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="A letter from Gandhi's 'errand boy'" data-card-position="33" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/ghosh-letter-to-cripps-1.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This letter is an example of those in our collection detailing Indian and Pakistani Independence, but from a lesser-known voice, Sudhir Ghosh.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/letter-patent-with-the-great-seal-of-ireland/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Letter patent with the Great Seal of Ireland attached" data-card-position="34" >Letter patent with the Great Seal of Ireland attached</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/letter-patent-with-the-great-seal-of-ireland/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Letter patent with the Great Seal of Ireland attached" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Letter patent with the Great Seal of Ireland attached" data-card-position="34" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/letter-patent-great-seal-teaser.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This unexpected gem is a document granting land in Ireland to a John Farrell. Attached is the Great Seal of Ireland, indicating approval from King Charles II.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/elvira-chaudoir/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The double agent who hid D-Day from the Nazis: Elvira Chaudoir" data-card-position="35" >The double agent who hid D-Day from the Nazis: Elvira Chaudoir</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/elvira-chaudoir/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The double agent who hid D-Day from the Nazis: Elvira Chaudoir" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The double agent who hid D-Day from the Nazis: Elvira Chaudoir" data-card-position="35" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Elvira-Chaudoir-1942_euSlLIi.0a6d185b.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>A life of charm, high-stakes, and duplicity saw Elvira Chaudoir play a cunning role in the Allied victory at D-Day.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-loss-of-ss-arandora-star/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The loss of SS Arandora Star" data-card-position="36" >The loss of SS Arandora Star</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-loss-of-ss-arandora-star/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The loss of SS Arandora Star" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The loss of SS Arandora Star" data-card-position="36" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/arandora-star-teaser.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>In July 1940 the Arandora Star was torpedoed by a German submarine. More than 800 people were killed, many of them Italian civilians being deported to Canada.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sophia-jex-blake/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneer of women's medicine" data-card-position="37" >Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneer of women's medicine</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sophia-jex-blake/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneer of women's medicine" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneer of women's medicine" data-card-position="37" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Sophia-Jex-Blake-National-Portrait.1d1f8c97.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Sophia Jex-Blake (1840–1912) was a physician and campaigner who fought for women’s access to university education.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/evelyn-dove/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Evelyn Dove" data-card-position="38" >Evelyn Dove</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/evelyn-dove/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Evelyn Dove" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Evelyn Dove" data-card-position="38" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/evelyn-dove-teaser.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Singer and broadcaster Evelyn Dove (1902–1987) achieved a number of firsts including, in 1925, becoming the first woman of African heritage on BBC Radio.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-convention-for-the-safety-of-life-at-sea/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)" data-card-position="39" >The Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-convention-for-the-safety-of-life-at-sea/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)" data-card-position="39" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/solas-treaty-teaser.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>The first Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea was prompted by the sinking of RMS Titanic. Signed in 1914, it established international shipping standards.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/police-report-disappearance-agatha-christie/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Police report on the disappearance of Agatha Christie" data-card-position="40" >Police report on the disappearance of Agatha Christie</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/police-report-disappearance-agatha-christie/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Police report on the disappearance of Agatha Christie" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Police report on the disappearance of Agatha Christie" data-card-position="40" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/HO_45-25904_Agatha_Christie_disapp.d515de1e.fill-800x450.png" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This letter details the circumstances of the strange disappearance of famous author Agatha Christie in 1926.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/britains-youngest-prisoner-of-war/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Britain’s youngest prisoner of war: John Giles Hipkin" data-card-position="41" >Britain’s youngest prisoner of war: John Giles Hipkin</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/britains-youngest-prisoner-of-war/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Britain’s youngest prisoner of war: John Giles Hipkin" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Britain’s youngest prisoner of war: John Giles Hipkin" data-card-position="41" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/john-hipkin-hero-1440x500_pQbhkVo.386fb59f.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>14-year-old cabin boy John Giles Hipkin became Britain's youngest Second World War prisoner of war in 1941 after he was captured at sea.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/an-elizabethan-widows-will/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="An Elizabethan widow's will" data-card-position="42" >An Elizabethan widow's will</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/an-elizabethan-widows-will/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="An Elizabethan widow's will" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="An Elizabethan widow's will" data-card-position="42" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/elizabethan-widow-will-teaser2.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This ordinary will from 1587 gives us a glimpse of an Elizabethan woman’s concerns on her deathbed.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/1888-matchgirls-strike/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The 1888 matchgirls' strike" data-card-position="43" >The 1888 matchgirls' strike</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/1888-matchgirls-strike/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The 1888 matchgirls' strike" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The 1888 matchgirls' strike" data-card-position="43" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/matchgirls_wellcome.1e8ff4a0.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>In 1888, the women and girls employed by Bryant & May in the East End of London went out on strike. Why did these workers feel so driven to remove their labour?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/an-unusual-royal-gift-to-the-poet-geoffrey-chaucer/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="An unusual royal gift to the poet Geoffrey Chaucer" data-card-position="44" >An unusual royal gift to the poet Geoffrey Chaucer</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/an-unusual-royal-gift-to-the-poet-geoffrey-chaucer/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="An unusual royal gift to the poet Geoffrey Chaucer" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="An unusual royal gift to the poet Geoffrey Chaucer" data-card-position="44" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/geoffrey-chaucer-grant-teaser.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>How do you reward a medieval poet? This document granted the author of the Canterbury Tales an unusual royal gift: a daily allowance of wine.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/how-the-first-women-refuge-enacted-change/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="How the first women's refuge enacted change in the UK" data-card-position="45" >How the first women's refuge enacted change in the UK</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/how-the-first-women-refuge-enacted-change/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="How the first women's refuge enacted change in the UK" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="How the first women's refuge enacted change in the UK" data-card-position="45" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/MH-154-835-leaflet-teaser-5.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>The founding years of Chiswick Women’s Aid saw the opening of the world's first women's refuge, disputes with local government, and creating change in the UK.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/a-letter-from-margaret-beaufort/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="A letter from the most powerful woman in Tudor England: Margaret Beaufort" data-card-position="46" >A letter from the most powerful woman in Tudor England: Margaret Beaufort</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/a-letter-from-margaret-beaufort/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="A letter from the most powerful woman in Tudor England: Margaret Beaufort" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="A letter from the most powerful woman in Tudor England: Margaret Beaufort" data-card-position="46" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/margaret-beaufort-letter-in-suppor.7d02fe31.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>How did the founder of the Tudor dynasty reach and use her position of power?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/roger-bushell-and-the-great-escape/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Roger Bushell and the 'Great Escape'" data-card-position="47" >Roger Bushell and the 'Great Escape'</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/roger-bushell-and-the-great-escape/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Roger Bushell and the 'Great Escape'" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Roger Bushell and the 'Great Escape'" data-card-position="47" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/roger-bushell-pow-card.cb401dce.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Roger Bushell (1910–1944) was a pilot, prisoner of war (POW), and mastermind of the ‘Great Escape’ from Stalag Luft III in March 1944.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/fallen-women-of-the-real-albert-square/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="'Fallen' women of the real Albert Square" data-card-position="48" >'Fallen' women of the real Albert Square</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/fallen-women-of-the-real-albert-square/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="'Fallen' women of the real Albert Square" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="'Fallen' women of the real Albert Square" data-card-position="48" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/census-list-of-sailors-fallen-wome.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Who lived in the real Albert Square and what can their lives tell us about 19th-century London life?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-east-river-column-the-rebels-who-helped-second-world-war-prisoners-of-war/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The East River Column: the rebels who helped Second World War prisoners of war" data-card-position="49" >The East River Column: the rebels who helped Second World War prisoners of war</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-east-river-column-the-rebels-who-helped-second-world-war-prisoners-of-war/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The East River Column: the rebels who helped Second World War prisoners of war" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The East River Column: the rebels who helped Second World War prisoners of war" data-card-position="49" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/east-river-column-march.3ffb09f4.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Discover how this guerrilla group played a significant role in opposing Japan and aiding Allied prisoners of war around Hong Kong.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/list-of-animals-held-in-the-bear-garden-in-elizabethan-southwark/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="List of animals held in the ‘Bear Garden’ in Elizabethan Southwark" data-card-position="50" >List of animals held in the ‘Bear Garden’ in Elizabethan Southwark</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/list-of-animals-held-in-the-bear-garden-in-elizabethan-southwark/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="List of animals held in the ‘Bear Garden’ in Elizabethan Southwark" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="List of animals held in the ‘Bear Garden’ in Elizabethan Southwark" data-card-position="50" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/bear-schedule-teaser3.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This deed reveals some of the animals kept to perform on the Tudor stage or in arenas. It includes ‘an old she bear called Nan’, some bulls, a horse and an ape.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/virginia-woolf-death-duty-record/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Virginia Woolf’s death duty record" data-card-position="51" >Virginia Woolf’s death duty record</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/virginia-woolf-death-duty-record/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Virginia Woolf’s death duty record" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Virginia Woolf’s death duty record" data-card-position="51" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/virgina-woolf-teaser3.2127a1c6.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Death duty records can reveal a great deal about a person’s true feelings. What can we learn about the loves and friendships of author Virginia Woolf from hers?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/secret-war-intelligence-concealed-behind-photo/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Secret letter sent to British Secret Services" data-card-position="52" >Secret letter sent to British Secret Services</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/secret-war-intelligence-concealed-behind-photo/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Secret letter sent to British Secret Services" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Secret letter sent to British Secret Services" data-card-position="52" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/secret-letter-great-escapes.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>During the Second World War, some British prisoners of war were able to send secret messages and intelligence back home via creative and unusual ways.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/judy-the-only-dog-registered-as-a-prisoner-of-war/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Judy, the only dog registered as a prisoner of war" data-card-position="53" >Judy, the only dog registered as a prisoner of war</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/judy-the-only-dog-registered-as-a-prisoner-of-war/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Judy, the only dog registered as a prisoner of war" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Judy, the only dog registered as a prisoner of war" data-card-position="53" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/judy-and-frank-williams-clifford-s.801f4956.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Judy's remarkable story is one of capture, survival and courage, and offers a unique tale of internment during the war.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/ravenser-odd/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Ravenser Odd" data-card-position="54" >Ravenser Odd</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/ravenser-odd/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Ravenser Odd" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Ravenser Odd" data-card-position="54" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/raneser-odd-search-image.b974966e.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Ravenser Odd was a short-lived island in the mouth of the River Humber. It rose from the sea in the early 13th century and had sunk beneath the waves by 1360.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-geneva-convention-1949/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The Geneva Convention, 1949" data-card-position="55" >The Geneva Convention, 1949</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-geneva-convention-1949/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The Geneva Convention, 1949" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The Geneva Convention, 1949" data-card-position="55" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/geneva-convention-teaser.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This document sets out the laws its signatory nations agreed to follow around the treatment of prisoners of war, those in medical need, and civilians.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/switchboards-attempts-to-become-a-charity/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="‘Not acceptable’: Gay Switchboard’s attempts to become a charity" data-card-position="56" >‘Not acceptable’: Gay Switchboard’s attempts to become a charity</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/switchboards-attempts-to-become-a-charity/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="‘Not acceptable’: Gay Switchboard’s attempts to become a charity" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="‘Not acceptable’: Gay Switchboard’s attempts to become a charity" data-card-position="56" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/switchboard-photo-teaser.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>LGBT+ Switchboard is one of the oldest telephone helplines supporting queer communities in the UK. Its journey to register as a charity was not easy.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/lady-malcolm-servants-balls/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="A queer working-class haven: Lady Malcolm’s Servants Balls" data-card-position="57" >A queer working-class haven: Lady Malcolm’s Servants Balls</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/lady-malcolm-servants-balls/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="A queer working-class haven: Lady Malcolm’s Servants Balls" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="A queer working-class haven: Lady Malcolm’s Servants Balls" data-card-position="57" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/lady-malcolm-teaser-2.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Lady Malcolm’s elaborate Servants’ Balls allowed queer, working-class staff to forge a unique space for themselves. But these events became plagued by scandal.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/nancy-wake/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Nancy Wake" data-card-position="58" >Nancy Wake</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/nancy-wake/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Nancy Wake" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Nancy Wake" data-card-position="58" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Nancy-Wake---public-domain.a3d2591a.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Nancy Wake (1912–2011), an agent for the Special Operations Executive, was the most wanted woman in France during the Second World War.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/war-diary-from-1939-with-posters-and-christmas-cards/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="War diary from 1939 with posters and Christmas cards" data-card-position="59" >War diary from 1939 with posters and Christmas cards</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/war-diary-from-1939-with-posters-and-christmas-cards/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="War diary from 1939 with posters and Christmas cards" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="War diary from 1939 with posters and Christmas cards" data-card-position="59" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/1939-war-diary-teaser.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>War diaries were historical records created by units in the British Army during wartime. This one is unusual: it contains posters and Christmas cards.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/a-medieval-cold-and-flu-remedy/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="A medieval cold and flu remedy" data-card-position="60" >A medieval cold and flu remedy</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/a-medieval-cold-and-flu-remedy/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="A medieval cold and flu remedy" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="A medieval cold and flu remedy" data-card-position="60" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/mediveal-cold-and-flu-remedy-tease.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Stale ale, ground nutmeg and mustard seeds – would you try these medieval cures for headaches and congestion? They give surprising insights into global trade.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sir-john-fielding/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Sir John Fielding" data-card-position="61" >Sir John Fielding</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sir-john-fielding/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Sir John Fielding" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Sir John Fielding" data-card-position="61" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/john-fielding-seal.907c359f.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Sir John Fielding grew to become one of England’s first and greatest police detectives. And for his entire crime-fighting career, he was blind.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-wasu-journal/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The WÃSÙ journal" data-card-position="62" >The WÃSÙ journal</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-wasu-journal/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The WÃSÙ journal" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The WÃSÙ journal" data-card-position="62" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/wasu-contents-page_wADur5A.638d71b3.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>WÃSÙ was the journal produced by the West African Students’ Union (WASU) and distributed across Europe and Africa from 1926.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/section-28-impact-fightback-repeal/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Section 28: impact, fightback and repeal" data-card-position="63" >Section 28: impact, fightback and repeal</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/section-28-impact-fightback-repeal/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Section 28: impact, fightback and repeal" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Section 28: impact, fightback and repeal" data-card-position="63" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/section-28-2-scales-teaser.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>What was the everyday reality for LGBTQ+ people in the 80s and 90s living under the infamous Section 28, and how was it eventually repealed?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/virginia-hall/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Virginia Hall" data-card-position="64" >Virginia Hall</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/virginia-hall/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Virginia Hall" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Virginia Hall" data-card-position="64" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/virginia-hall2.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Virginia Hall (1906–1982) was an American who served with the British Special Operations Executive in France in 1941–1942 and built a career in espionage.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/origins-section-28/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The origins of Section 28" data-card-position="65" >The origins of Section 28</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/origins-section-28/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The origins of Section 28" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The origins of Section 28" data-card-position="65" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/origins_28_header.f3991c00.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Section 28 of the 1988 Local Government Act negatively affected LGBTQ+ lives for decades. How did such a seismic piece of legislation come about?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-treaty-of-versailles/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The Treaty of Versailles" data-card-position="66" >The Treaty of Versailles</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-treaty-of-versailles/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The Treaty of Versailles" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The Treaty of Versailles" data-card-position="66" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/treaty-of-v-teaser.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This debated document officially ended the First World War and set out the terms and conditions for peace, and determined the course of the 20th century.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/john-blanke/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="John Blanke" data-card-position="67" >John Blanke</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/john-blanke/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="John Blanke" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="John Blanke" data-card-position="67" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/john-blanke-featured-tournament-ro.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>John Blanke was a trumpeter at the courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII. He is one of the earliest people of colour in England we have records about.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/james-callaghan-notes/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="James Callaghan's notes on policy ideas" data-card-position="68" >James Callaghan's notes on policy ideas</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/james-callaghan-notes/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="James Callaghan's notes on policy ideas" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="James Callaghan's notes on policy ideas" data-card-position="68" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/callaghans-notes-list.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>These handwritten pages offer a window onto a Prime Minister’s thinking about the issues of the day. In 1978, they ranged from education to the environment.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/louise-bennett-coverley/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Louise Bennett-Coverley" data-card-position="69" >Louise Bennett-Coverley</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/louise-bennett-coverley/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Louise Bennett-Coverley" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Louise Bennett-Coverley" data-card-position="69" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/louise-bennett-featured-image.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Described by the Birmingham Post as the ‘queen of Jamaican theatre’, Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919–2006) was a poet, performer, folklorist, writer and educator.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-treason-act/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The Treason Act" data-card-position="70" >The Treason Act</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-treason-act/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The Treason Act" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The Treason Act" data-card-position="70" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/treason-act-teaser.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>The Treason Act defined the crime of ‘high treason’ in law for the first time. It is one of the oldest pieces of legislation still on the statute book today.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Focus on</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/papers-of-nuestra-senora-de-covadonga/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The papers of Nuestra Señora de Covadonga, a Spanish treasure galleon" data-card-position="71" >The papers of Nuestra Señora de Covadonga, a Spanish treasure galleon</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/papers-of-nuestra-senora-de-covadonga/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The papers of Nuestra Señora de Covadonga, a Spanish treasure galleon" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The papers of Nuestra Señora de Covadonga, a Spanish treasure galleon" data-card-position="71" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/three-volumes-covadonga-ship-paper.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This previously unknown set of records from an 18th-century galleon shines a light on one of history's most significant trade routes.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sir-henry-coles-rat/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Sir Henry Cole’s rat" data-card-position="72" >Sir Henry Cole’s rat</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sir-henry-coles-rat/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Sir Henry Cole’s rat" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Sir Henry Cole’s rat" data-card-position="72" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/rat-amongst-exchequer-records-full.9c3df0b9.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Our collection includes many weird and wonderful records – one of the weirdest is undoubtedly a small box containing the remains of two long-dead rats.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/photographs-samuel-coleridge-taylor/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Photographs of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor" data-card-position="73" >Photographs of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/photographs-samuel-coleridge-taylor/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Photographs of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Photographs of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor" data-card-position="73" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/coleridge-taylor-crop.7e18d5f0.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Copyright photographs of composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor provide us with a unique insight into his status in early 20th-century British society.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/british-black-panthers-hq/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Photographs of the British Black Panthers headquarters" data-card-position="74" >Photographs of the British Black Panthers headquarters</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/british-black-panthers-hq/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Photographs of the British Black Panthers headquarters" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Photographs of the British Black Panthers headquarters" data-card-position="74" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/BPHQ-1.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>These photographs, captured through police investigations, give a unique insight into the heart of the early British Black Panther movement.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/john-blanke-petition-for-pay-rise/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="John Blanke’s petition for a pay rise" data-card-position="75" >John Blanke’s petition for a pay rise</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/john-blanke-petition-for-pay-rise/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="John Blanke’s petition for a pay rise" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="John Blanke’s petition for a pay rise" data-card-position="75" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/john-blanke-request-teaser-2.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This parchment records John Blanke, a Black Tudor in the royal court, asking King Henry VIII for a pay rise and a promotion in his role as a trumpeter.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/louis-wain/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Louis Wain" data-card-position="76" >Louis Wain</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/louis-wain/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Louis Wain" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Louis Wain" data-card-position="76" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/louis-wain-draw-portrait.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Artist and illustrator Louis Wain (1860–1939) achieved great fame for his whimsical drawings of cats, but his story is also a sad one of personal tragedy.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/robert-wedderburn/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Robert Wedderburn" data-card-position="77" >Robert Wedderburn</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/robert-wedderburn/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Robert Wedderburn" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Robert Wedderburn" data-card-position="77" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Wedderburn-BL_web.dfc16e49.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Robert Wedderburn (1762–1835) was a British-Jamaican radical preacher, abolitionist and writer.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/angry-letter-sent-during-the-bread-or-blood-riots/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Angry letter sent during the ‘Bread or blood’ riots" data-card-position="78" >Angry letter sent during the ‘Bread or blood’ riots</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/angry-letter-sent-during-the-bread-or-blood-riots/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Angry letter sent during the ‘Bread or blood’ riots" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Angry letter sent during the ‘Bread or blood’ riots" data-card-position="78" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/threatening-letter-east-anglia-tea.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This angry letter offers a rare view of the words of ordinary people at the time, threatening violence in response to falling living standards in rural England.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/secret-map-of-operations-in-north-burma/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Secret map of operations in North Burma" data-card-position="79" >Secret map of operations in North Burma</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/secret-map-of-operations-in-north-burma/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Secret map of operations in North Burma" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Secret map of operations in North Burma" data-card-position="79" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/cab106-46-2.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This map was provided to soldiers during the first operation by the Chindits, special forces serving in Japanese-occupied Burma during the Second World War.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sir-learie-constantine/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Sir Learie Constantine" data-card-position="80" >Sir Learie Constantine</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sir-learie-constantine/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Sir Learie Constantine" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Sir Learie Constantine" data-card-position="80" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Learie-Constantine_web.8733fb3d.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Sir Learie Constantine (1901–1971) was a renowned cricketer, author, politician and persistent campaigner for racial equality and justice.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-imperial-typewriters-dispute/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The Imperial Typewriters dispute" data-card-position="81" >The Imperial Typewriters dispute</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-imperial-typewriters-dispute/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The Imperial Typewriters dispute" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The Imperial Typewriters dispute" data-card-position="81" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Imperial-typewriters-dispute.57856944.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>The Imperial Typewriters dispute in Leicester saw over 500 workers, largely from South Asia, go on strike over discrimination in 1974.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/registered-design-for-expanding-travelling-basket/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Registered design for an expanding travelling basket" data-card-position="82" >Registered design for an expanding travelling basket</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/registered-design-for-expanding-travelling-basket/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Registered design for an expanding travelling basket" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Registered design for an expanding travelling basket" data-card-position="82" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/harriet-j-cave--sons-travelling-ba.a2407bc7.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>In 1866, a British luggage manufacturer attempted to capitalise on the expansion of railway lines with a unique and royal travel bag.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/copyright-registration-form-for-bram-stokers-dracula/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Copyright registration form for Bram Stoker’s Dracula" data-card-position="83" >Copyright registration form for Bram Stoker’s Dracula</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/copyright-registration-form-for-bram-stokers-dracula/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Copyright registration form for Bram Stoker’s Dracula" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Copyright registration form for Bram Stoker’s Dracula" data-card-position="83" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/stoker-dracula.5b018ad3.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>The Irish author completed this form to register ownership of a play titled ‘Dracula; or the Un-Dead’, and thus his seminal novel. It would prove important.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/letter-by-the-women-workers-at-fords-of-dagenham/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="A letter by the women workers at Fords of Dagenham" data-card-position="84" >A letter by the women workers at Fords of Dagenham</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/letter-by-the-women-workers-at-fords-of-dagenham/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="A letter by the women workers at Fords of Dagenham" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="A letter by the women workers at Fords of Dagenham" data-card-position="84" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/dagenham-letter-teaser2.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>A handwritten letter written by sewing machinists working at Dagenham car plant who famously went on strike for equal wages in the late 1960s.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/printed-circular-by-the-national-league-of-the-blind/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Printed circular produced by the National League of the Blind" data-card-position="85" >Printed circular produced by the National League of the Blind</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/printed-circular-by-the-national-league-of-the-blind/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Printed circular produced by the National League of the Blind" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Printed circular produced by the National League of the Blind" data-card-position="85" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/nlb-image-a.717cc781.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>In 1920, hundreds of members of the National League of the Blind (NLB) marched 200 miles to campaign for support. This printed circular explains what happened.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/list-of-suffragettes-arrested-from-1906-1914/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="List of suffragettes arrested from 1906–1914" data-card-position="86" >List of suffragettes arrested from 1906–1914</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/list-of-suffragettes-arrested-from-1906-1914/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="List of suffragettes arrested from 1906–1914" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="List of suffragettes arrested from 1906–1914" data-card-position="86" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/home-office-index-teaser-3.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>More than a thousand people who supported women’s right to vote were arrested for their activism. This document records them – and includes some famous names.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/christine-granville-application/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Christine Granville’s application to become a British citizen" data-card-position="87" >Christine Granville’s application to become a British citizen</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/christine-granville-application/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Christine Granville’s application to become a British citizen" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Christine Granville’s application to become a British citizen" data-card-position="87" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/granville-application.fdedcb95.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Christine Granville, Special Operations Executive agent extraordinaire, was Churchill’s favourite spy. How did this document possibly save her life?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">Record revealed</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-monteagle-letter/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The Monteagle Letter" data-card-position="88" >The Monteagle Letter</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-monteagle-letter/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The Monteagle Letter" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The Monteagle Letter" data-card-position="88" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/monteagle-letter-teaser.398a292f.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Is this the most famous anonymous letter in British history? Perhaps it should be. Without it, the Gunpowder Plot might have succeeded.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/ivor-cummings/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Ivor Cummings" data-card-position="89" >Ivor Cummings</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/ivor-cummings/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Ivor Cummings" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Ivor Cummings" data-card-position="89" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/ivor-header.628a312e.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Ivor Cummings (1913–1992) greeted the iconic arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury in 1948. He became known as the 'gay father of the Windrush generation'.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-foundation-of-the-nhs/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The foundation of the NHS" data-card-position="90" >The foundation of the NHS</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-foundation-of-the-nhs/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The foundation of the NHS" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The foundation of the NHS" data-card-position="90" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/The-New-NHS-and-You-leaflet-Septem.50653f3e.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Explore the foundations of the NHS, one of Britain's most well-known and loved institutions.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/insaaf/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Insaaf" data-card-position="91" >Insaaf</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/insaaf/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Insaaf" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Insaaf" data-card-position="91" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Insaaf_poster.ccdaf946.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Insaaf was a film made by the government, filmed partly in Urdu, to promote employment rights under the 1968 Race Relations Act.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/festival-of-britain/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The Festival of Britain" data-card-position="92" >The Festival of Britain</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/festival-of-britain/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The Festival of Britain" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The Festival of Britain" data-card-position="92" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/WORK-25_64-B1-SB-_1948-1952.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>The National Archives has a wealth of documents, photographs and art work collected during the planning and running of the influential 1951 Festival of Britain.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sophia-todd/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Sophia Todd" data-card-position="93" >Sophia Todd</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sophia-todd/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Sophia Todd" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Sophia Todd" data-card-position="93" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Sophia_Todd_photo.ed8b270a.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Was a woman arrested for murder in Victorian Liverpool an unfortunate person caught up in a series of ill-fated events, or something much more sinister?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/ormonde-almanzora-windrush/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Ormonde, Almanzora and Windrush" data-card-position="94" >Ormonde, Almanzora and Windrush</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/ormonde-almanzora-windrush/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Ormonde, Almanzora and Windrush" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Ormonde, Almanzora and Windrush" data-card-position="94" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/empire-windrush-passenger-list.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Passenger lists for the ships that carried post-war migrants from the Caribbean to Britain can be crucial resources for people tracing their family history.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/margaret-bondfield/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Margaret Bondfield" data-card-position="95" >Margaret Bondfield</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/margaret-bondfield/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Margaret Bondfield" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Margaret Bondfield" data-card-position="95" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Margaret-Bondfield.060d724d.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Margaret Bondfield (1873–1953) was a trade unionist and Labour politician. In 1929 she became Britain’s first female cabinet minister.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/william-shakespeare/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="William Shakespeare" data-card-position="96" >William Shakespeare</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/william-shakespeare/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="William Shakespeare" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="William Shakespeare" data-card-position="96" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/PRO-30_25_205.d54e7b25.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Through documents held in The National Archives, we can gain an incredible insight into the life of one of the world's most famous playwrights.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/nancy-cunard/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Nancy Cunard" data-card-position="97" >Nancy Cunard</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/nancy-cunard/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Nancy Cunard" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Nancy Cunard" data-card-position="97" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Nancy-square-promo.12e9b43f.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>On the Windrush passenger list, white socialite Nancy Cunard (1896–1965) is described as a 'writer', but she was also a staunch activist for Black civil rights.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/caravan-club/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The Caravan Club" data-card-position="98" >The Caravan Club</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/caravan-club/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The Caravan Club" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The Caravan Club" data-card-position="98" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Caravan_header.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>The police raid on a secret queer nightclub in 1933 gives an insight into the lives of gay men in interwar London and their defiance in the face of persecution.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/richard-iii/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Richard III" data-card-position="99" >Richard III</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/richard-iii/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Richard III" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Richard III" data-card-position="99" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/King-Richard-III.c06fedc9.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Through documents held at The National Archives, we can piece together a great deal about the life and reign one of Britain's most infamous medieval monarchs.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/maud-allan/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Maud Allan" data-card-position="100" >Maud Allan</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/maud-allan/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Maud Allan" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Maud Allan" data-card-position="100" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/maud_allan_hero_image.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Maud Allan (1873–1956) was a celebrated West End dancer in the early 20th century until she became entangled in one of the most sensational trials of the 1920s.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/emmeline-pankhurst/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Emmeline Pankhurst" data-card-position="101" >Emmeline Pankhurst</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/emmeline-pankhurst/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Emmeline Pankhurst" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Emmeline Pankhurst" data-card-position="101" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Emmeline-pankhurst-header.23b1d58d.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928) was a tireless political activist, who led the WSPU – the militant faction of the movement for women’s suffrage.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/shapurji-saklatvala/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Shapurji Saklatvala" data-card-position="102" >Shapurji Saklatvala</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/shapurji-saklatvala/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Shapurji Saklatvala" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Shapurji Saklatvala" data-card-position="102" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Shapurji-Saklatvala.4700e26b.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>One of the first MPs of Indian heritage, Shapurji Saklatvala (1874–1936) was an agitator for change, which led to his surveillance by the Security Service.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/radclyffe-hall/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Radclyffe Hall" data-card-position="103" >Radclyffe Hall</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/radclyffe-hall/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Radclyffe Hall" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Radclyffe Hall" data-card-position="103" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/radclyffe-thumb.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943) lived relatively openly as a lesbian in an era that condemned such relationships. Today she is an icon of LGBTQ+ literature.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/alice-hawkins/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Alice Hawkins" data-card-position="104" >Alice Hawkins</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/alice-hawkins/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Alice Hawkins" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Alice Hawkins" data-card-position="104" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Alice_Hawkins_statue_Leicester.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Alice Hawkins (1863–1946) was a working class suffragette and trade unionist, who boldly campaigned for the rights of women.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/william-cuffey/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="William Cuffey" data-card-position="105" >William Cuffey</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/william-cuffey/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="William Cuffey" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="William Cuffey" data-card-position="105" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/William-Cuffay.bbcba0bb.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>William Cuffey (1788–1870) was a disabled, working-class campaigner. He was a leading figure in the Chartism movement, famed for his powerful oratory.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <hgroup class="tna-hgroup-s tna-card__heading"> <p class="tna-hgroup__supertitle tna-hgroup__supertitle--plain">The story of</p> <h3 class="tna-hgroup__title"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/mangrove-nine/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Discover all stories" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The Mangrove Nine" data-card-position="106" >The Mangrove Nine</a> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/mangrove-nine/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The Mangrove Nine" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" 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