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The National Archives Welcomes New Directors
Tobi Adetimilehin
We are pleased to announce that Tobi Adetimilehin has been appointed Finance Director of The National Archives, and started her term leading the Finance and Performance teams on 8 December 2025.
Tobi was most recently the Deputy Director Finance lead ...

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How collective memory of the Rwandan genocide was preserved The 1994 genocide in Rwanda took place over a little more than three months, during which militias representing the Hutu ethnic group conducted a mass murder of members of the Tutsi ethnic group along with some politically moderate members of the ...

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Fostering MIT’s Japan connection Born and raised in Japan as part of a military family, Christine Pilcavage knows first-hand about the value of an immersive approach to exploration. “Any experience in a different context improves an individual,” says Pilcavage, who has also lived in Cambodia, ...

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The National Archives and RIBA to partner The National Archives and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) are pleased to announce a partnership that will ensure the accessibility and preservation of its world-class Drawings and Archives Collections during the interim period between the conclusion of the V&A+RIBA ...

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A new lens on humanity When the MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC) launched in fall 2024, it was designed to elevate scholars at the frontiers of human-centered research and education, and to provide them with resources to pursue their most innovative and ambitious ideas. At the inaugural MITHIC ...

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Using design to interpret the past and envision the future Some of designer C Jacob Payne’s projects present new, futuristic products — such as zero-gravity footwear for astronauts, and electronic-embedded ceramics — using technological tools and processes of digital fabrication, material innovation, and interactive interfaces. Other projects travel back in ...

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More than 600 government files released under 20-year rule More than 600 documents have been released by the Cabinet Office today under the 20-year rule. Most are correspondence and work on government policies during Sir Tony Blair’s Labour administration 2004-2005.
They include a file about Kim Philby’s archive and another ...

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Christmas 1604 ledger shows Shakespeare top of the bill A set of accounts from James I’s Master of the Revels which record one of the first performances of Shakespeare’s Othello in the run-up to Christmas 1604 will be on show at The National Archives from 12 January-5 February.
Edward Tilney’s ...

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Parliament’s Archive Collections Now Accessible at The National Archives From today, visitors to The National Archives can request access to records from Parliament’s Archive which are now housed at Kew.
The Beaverbrook Library Collections which has historically been the most requested set of records, will be available first. It comprises ...

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Pompeii offers insights into ancient Roman building technology Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome’s storied architectural revolution as well as the construction of buildings, bridges, and aqueducts, many of which are still used some 2,000 years after their creation.In 2023, MIT Associate ...

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Rare chance to see Jane Austen’s will in Love Letters exhibition Two hundred and fifty years after her birth on 16 December 1775, Jane Austen fans will have a rare chance to see her will in The National Archives’ Love Letters exhibition, opening on 24 January.
The novelist was only 41 when ...

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Bosie’s passionate plea for lover Oscar Wilde in Love Letters exhibition A passionate plea for clemency from Oscar Wilde’s lover Lord Alfred Douglas goes on show in The National Archives’ Love Letters exhibition, opening in January.
The letter addressed to Queen Victoria on 25 June 1895 begs her to exercise her “power ...

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Revisiting a revolution through poetry There are several narratives surrounding the American Revolution, a well-traveled and -documented series of events leading to the drafting and signing of the Declaration of Independence and the war that followed. MIT philosopher Brad Skow is taking a new approach to telling ...

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The National Archives Updates Service Fees From 2 February 2026, The National Archives will increase fees for some services as we bring charges in line with current delivery costs. This is the first increase since 2019.
The changes affect fees for document copies, research and search services, ...

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Project to bring voices of enslaved people to life
The National Archives is working with international academics to make the largest collection of first-person testimony of enslaved people from the Caribbean in existence – the Reports of the Protectors of Slaves – accessible to researchers anywhere in the world.
Voices ...

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Fresh chapter as archives gain accredited status Six contrasting archives from different parts of Britain have won accredited status for the first time.
They range from records about one of the grandest religious buildings in England, York Minster, to the local history of Hackney Borough, whose earliest document ...

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Where climate meets community The MIT Living Climate Futures Lab (LCFL) centers the human dimensions of climate change, bringing together expertise from across MIT to address one of the world’s biggest challenges.The LCFL has three main goals: “addressing how climate change plays out in ...

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Exhibition to explore the making of America to feature rare Declaration of Independence We can today announce a major exhibition exploring the birth of the United States of America to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on 4 July 2026.
Revolution 250: The Making of the USA will open on ...

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Snapshot of Tudor England in Henry VIII’s ‘Domesday’ The National Archives is helping make accessible a financial survey of the Church ordered by Henry VIII after his break with Rome.
His inspectors counted 8,000 parish churches, 650 monasteries, 22 cathedrals and numerous chapels, chantries, colleges, schools, hospitals and poor ...

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Schools service scoops heritage award for The National Archives Educators at The National Archives have won a prestigious prize for their history workshops.
The team, all trained teachers, won The Sandford Award for Heritage Learning 2025. They bring alive history using maps, drawings, wills, censuses, illustrations and other records from ...