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  • ‘Not acceptable’: Gay Switchboard’s attempts to become a charity

    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.

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  • Virginia Woolf’s death duty record

    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?

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  • Judy, the only dog registered as a prisoner of war

    Judy's remarkable story is one of capture, survival and courage, and offers a unique tale of internment during the war.

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  • Escaping Colditz

    Discover how Allied prisoners of war survived and daringly tried to escape this seemingly secure fortification.

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  • The Geneva Convention, 1949

    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.

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  • Secret letter sent to British Secret Services

    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.

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  • What's on

    Discover our exhibitions, events and family activities for all – online and at Kew.

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  • War diary from 1939 with posters and Christmas cards

    War diaries were historical records created by units in the British Army during wartime. This one is unusual: it contains posters and Christmas cards.

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  • A medieval cold and flu remedy

    Stale ale, ground nutmeg and mustard seeds – would you try these medieval cures for headaches and congestion? They give surprising insights into global trade.

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  • Tom Smith’s Christmas crackers

    Confectioner Tom Smith invented the first Christmas cracker in the 1840s. These box labels show how he used popular themes to sell more crackers.

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  • Sir John Fielding

    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.

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  • Deaf lives

    From census returns to artistic commissions, government records offer many ways to explore the histories of people who were deaf or experienced hearing loss.

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  • Virginia Hall

    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.

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  • Section 28: impact, fightback and repeal

    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?

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  • Dr Oliver Finnegan

    Oliver is a historian of overseas exchange, maritime empires, seafaring and piracy during the early modern period (around 1500–1800).

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