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MI5 file release August 2010 Aug 26, 2010

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Professor Christopher Andrew introduces the 25th Security Service records release, which contains 170 files, bringing the total number of its records in the public domain to more than 4,500.

Alcohol Consumption in Historical Perspective Aug 20, 2010

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Dr Phil Withington discusses how historical research - even on the early-modern period - can be used to inform contemporary policymaking on alcohol consumption.

Reforming Central Government: The case of science and technology Aug 18, 2010

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Professor David Edgerton considers Churchill's approach to science and technology during World War Two and looks at his relationship with the 'Cronies and Technocrats' of the time.

UFO file release August 2010 Aug 05, 2010

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Dr David Clarke, author of The UFO files and senior lecturer in Journalism at Sheffield Hallam University, reveals the importance of the latest batch of UFO files to be released by The National Archives.

Tourists and booking clerks - information for family historians in the Thomas Cook Archives Jul 30, 2010

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Paul Smith, company archivist of Thomas Cook UK & Ireland, offers a general account of the holdings of the Thomas Cook Archives, with particular reference to records that might prove useful for family historians, such as staff magazines, contracts of employment and passenger lists.

Treaties in The National Archives Jul 23, 2010

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James Cronan introduces some of the most richly decorated and important documents held at The National Archives.

The pub and the people Jul 16, 2010

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Simon Fowler use contemporary accounts to look back at the pub 'experience' over the last 70 years.

Disclosure, documentary release and candour in government Jul 09, 2010

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Jonathan Sumption OBE QC considers the issue of government secrecy throughout English history in his lecture to the Friends of The National Archives.

The South African empire Jul 07, 2010

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Historian Dr Anne Samson explores South Africa's attempt to build an empire over the past century.

Identity and identity theft Jul 02, 2010

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Steve Hindle of the University of Warwick shows how contemporary issues relating to international migration were also present in 17th century parish migration.

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