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Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.


ArchI've Celebrated
As 2018 draws to a close, we reflect on some of the anniversaries that the Archives have researched this year. A universally commemorated...

Rebecca Somerset
Dec 31, 20182 min read


Two Years as Archives Assistant
To date, the Archives have supported two part-time Archives Assistants, with the aim of helping prospective archivists into the...

Lucy Vinten
Jul 30, 20185 min read


1966 World Football Cup
Even the most apathetic will be aware that the World Football Cup has recently been taking place. The 21st tournament, which has been...

Rebecca Somerset
Jul 16, 20183 min read


Jesuits and the Lost Art of Letter Writing
The Jesuits in Britain Archives is full of letters – personal correspondence, circulars, letters to and from Fr Provincial and Fr...
Sally Kent
Oct 9, 20174 min read


Redevelopment of the Archives
The last few weeks has seen some physical changes to the Archives. One of the goals identified in the Development Plan for the Archives...

Rebecca Somerset
Nov 22, 20162 min read


Archives Assistant for a Year
On the final day of my year as Archives Assistant at the Archives I would like to give a brief review of the experience, the projects and...
Will Mann
Sep 14, 20163 min read


ArchI've Learnt
Explore Your Archive is an annual awareness campaign of The National Archives and the Archives and Records Association which is happening...
Will Mann
Nov 16, 20153 min read


September's Activities
During the month of September the Archives were closed in order to allow the team to concentrate on the important task of cataloguing....

Rebecca Somerset
Oct 13, 20153 min read
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