Among new treasures freely available online today for the first time are 60,000 pre-and-post famine names for family ...

Britain is preparing to emulate the United States by appointing an envoy tasked with freeing citizens arbitrarily detained ...

In honour of national crime month, I took a behind the scenes tour to discover the intriguing dark chapters of Bolton’s ...

Entering the National Archives’ new exhibition about MI5 – the first to be sanctioned, and indeed co-curated, by the secret service – is an almost underwhelming experience.

Britain’s National Archives is showcasing relics used by early 20th century spies — including a 110-year-old desiccated lemon. (Video: Reuters) By Kelly Kasulis Cho.

Complete versions of about a third of the redacted documents held by the National Archives have now been made public, he said, an estimate of over 1,100 of about 3,500 documents.

The money is an Archives Revealed grant awarded through a partnership between The National Archives, the Pilgrim Trust, the Wolfson Foundation and The National Lottery Heritage Fund. In total £675,000 ...

Tasks which The National Archives has attempted to expedite via AI include “the transcription of some internal meetings and summarising texts”, Bryant added. The minister also said that the archiving ...

The National Art Library and V&A Archives have just launched our brand-new enquiry system using the LibAnswers platform, which will allow users from near and far to access our services more ...

Three Downing Street visitor books are included in this December’s Cabinet Office file release. The red leather-bound volumes are the first ever released by the Government and provide a fascinating ...

Cardiff University Library has been awarded national accredited status, following an extensive appraisal of its Special Collections and Archives by a team of experts. The service joins bodies such as ...

From school and family records, to Captain Cook, whalers and queens, Whitby Museum is digitising more of its archives so the public can see rare artefacts. Ruby Kitchen reports.