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MI5: Official Secrets exhibition opens in the spring
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MI5: Official Secrets exhibition opens in the spring Today, we can announce a groundbreaking exhibition in partnership with MI5 exploring the vital work of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency.
It is the first time in MI5’s 115-year history that it has collaborated on an exhibition in this way, with their ...
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Latest release of files from MI5
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Latest release of files from MI5 Today we have made available a selection of previously top secret files from MI5.
The records cover a range of subjects predominantly from the organisation’s early years before the First World War, up until the mid-1970s.
The release reveals new details in ...
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Discovering the Secrets of a Rare Twelfth-century Walrus Ivory Carving This extremely rare and detailed walrus ivory carving shows the biblical scene of ‘The Deposition of Christ’.
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Introducing the V&A Adobe Creative Residents for 2025 We are delighted to announce the V&A Adobe Creative Residents for 2025. Jessica Starns will be the Inclusive Design Resident, Michael Akuagwu will be the Photography Resident and Ciara Neufeldtwill be the Mosaics and Ceramic Tilework...
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Run clubs, bus stations and local heroes – six postcards from east London Six emerging photographers capture the unique energy of east London
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In conversation with Benjamin Phillips – winner of the 2024 V&A Illustration for Children Award... Benjamin Phillips is this year’s winner of the V&A Illustration for Children Award and the Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year for his illustrations in the graphic novel Alte Zachen written by Ziggy Hanaor and published by...
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How to become a professional photographer – with Take More Photos Are you an aspiring photographer wondering where to start? Or looking to take your portfolio to the next level?
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Na’ama Haneman’s winning silver commission – now on display The P&O Makower Trust Silver Commission is an exciting opportunity that supports a recently graduated or early career silversmith to create a major piece of silver to go on display at a national museum. In...
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World leaders who signed No 10 Downing Street visitor books
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World leaders who signed No 10 Downing Street visitor books Three Downing Street visitor books are included in this December’s Cabinet Office file release. The red leather-bound volumes are the first ever released by the Government and provide a fascinating insight into eminent visitors passing through the doors of Number ...
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What awaits us in 2025?
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What awaits us in 2025? Photo by Joshua Kettle on Unsplash.
Next generation atom smashers 
Plans are taking shape for the construction of a ‘Higgs factory’ that would dwarf the current 27-kilometre Large Hadron Collider, LHC, the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. In 2025 a ...
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Ten of the best snow and ice levels in video games 
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Ten of the best snow and ice levels in video games  As the temperatures drop and the evenings grow darker, many of us turn to video games as an ideal winter pastime. But what if the worlds we escape into are even frostier than our own?  
Snow and ice levels are a ...
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Movements and maps – the French quest for longitude
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Movements and maps – the French quest for longitude By the 17th century, European nations including France were expanding their trade networks and overseas territories, and appreciated the need for better navigational techniques. Day-to-day, sailors navigated by dead reckoning, estimating position from direction and distance sailed. It was mostly ...
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Extraordinary new clue about the Princes in the Tower found at The National Archives
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Extraordinary new clue about the Princes in the Tower found at The National Archives Extraordinary new evidence has been found at The National Archives which offers a fresh clue about what happened to The Princes in the Tower.
An entry in a 16th century registry of wills shows a treasured possession belonging to elder prince, ...
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A visionary innovation: Harold Ridley and the first intra-ocular surgery
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A visionary innovation: Harold Ridley and the first intra-ocular surgery Cataracts is a clouding of the lens of the eye linked to several conditions as well as older age. Treating cataracts is one of the oldest surgical procedures.  
Developed around 8000 BCE in India, the clouded lens was pushed out ...
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Latest accredited archive services announced
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Latest accredited archive services announced Following a recent Archive Service Accreditation Panel, the UK Archive Service Accreditation Committee is pleased to announce that the following archive services have been awarded accredited status for the first time:
Cardiff University Library
Northamptonshire Archive Service
All accredited archive services must apply ...
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The National Archives Welcomes New Board Members
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The National Archives Welcomes New Board Members  
The National Archives welcomes the appointment of two new non-executive Board members, Lopa Patel MBE and Nigel Baker. They replace Baroness Ros Scott of Needham Market and Mark Richards who both step down on 30 December 2024 after highly ...
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Royal Flying Corps and Successors: World War One Gallantry Award Medal Index Cards Released
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Royal Flying Corps and Successors: World War One Gallantry Award Medal Index Cards Released The National Archives, in partnership with Forces War Records, the leading military family history website from Ancestry®, has launched a digital collection of Royal Flying Corps and successors: World War One Gallantry Award Medal Index Cards. 
The collection contains almost 12,000 ...
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New initiative to improve access to Holocaust-related collections
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New initiative to improve access to Holocaust-related collections We have become a founding member of EHRI-UK – the national body representing Holocaust-related collections in the United Kingdom. The other founding members are the Wiener Holocaust Library, the Holocaust Research Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London and the ...
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Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
Le Lupe di Roma La Lupa Capitolina, conservata nei Musei Capitolini, è una scultura in bronzo del V sec. a.C., realizzata con tecnica della cera persa che raffigura una lupa che ha da poco partorito, come indicano… Continua a leggere →
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Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
MUSEO DELLA REPUBBLICA ROMANA E DELLA MEMORIA GARIBALDINA Ormai da anni la Sovrintendenza Capitolina mette a disposizione dei cittadini e dei turisti spazi espositivi e collezioni d’arte ad entrata gratuita con l’intento di promuovere la conoscenza e la fruizione di realtà… Continua a leggere →
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