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Advisory Council
The Advisory Council on National Records and Archives is an independent body. It advises the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
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Huey Fong
In December 1978, 2,000 Vietnamese refugees seeking asylum aboard the Huey Fong were refused entry to Hong Kong. Records we hold document their 34-day stand.
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The Friends of the National Archives
The Friends of The National Archives is a voluntary organisation dedicated to supporting our role in preserving and providing access to the nation's records.
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Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneer of women's medicine
Sophia Jex-Blake (1840–1912) was a physician and campaigner who fought for women’s access to university education.
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The double agent who hid D-Day from the Nazis: Elvira Chaudoir
A life of charm, high-stakes, and duplicity saw Elvira Chaudoir play cunning role in the Allied victory at D-Day.
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Evelyn Dove
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.
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The Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
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.
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Wicked little letters: The Littlehampton libel case
Dramatised in the film Wicked Little Letters, documents in our collection show the real story behind the troubling post received by Edith Swan in the 1920s.
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Police report on the disappearance of Agatha Christie
This letter details the circumstances of the strange disappearance of famous author Agatha Christie in 1926.
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Britain’s youngest prisoner of war: John Giles Hipkin
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.
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An Elizabethan widow's will
This ordinary will from 1587 gives us a glimpse of an Elizabethan woman’s concerns on her deathbed.
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Health in the 1920s
The ever-shifting role of the state in public health is revealed in our records from the 1920s, drawn from material from across government departments.
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