A great moment!

Two volunteers sit at a table reading through a book of magistrate records. They also have laptops set up in front of them.

Here’s our regular reminder of upcoming events with spaces still available!

These events cover community and volunteer engagement, support for filling in the UK archive sector survey, the new Inclusive Archival Practice Network and more!

Sign up here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

Fort Clonque, off Alderney. You can book it for a group holiday as I have done. It's amazing.

I'd be cautious about experimenting with it though!

Some Herb robert flowers, pictured against a fence, in bright sunlight. They are small five-petalled pretty pink flowers.

The last few days have seen a burst of flowers along street verges, so many I wasn't sure which to use for today's #morethanweeds. This is Herb robert (I think it's a super name). Wikipedia tells me that "Freshly picked leaves, when rubbed on the body, are said to repel mosquitoes".

Two school children sit at a table studying an old landscape photograph.

We’re delighted to share the Government’s vision for archives in England: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

Baroness Twycross, Minister for Museums, Heritage and Gambling, and Lords Minister, officially launched the new vision at the M&S Archive at University of Leeds on Friday (1/3)

Near Oxford Circus? Why not check out our new exhibition 'Moved to Care': Stories of Nursing and Migration.

Visit the exhibition until 2 September or view it online: https://bit.ly/4aSES9E

#MovedToCare #RCNLibraries #HistNursing #Museum #Exhibition #Migration #NursingHistory

Honesty, a purple flower with four petals, next to two yellow dandelions.

Spring has properly arrived so time for #morethanweeds.
This is Honesty, commonly cultivated in gardens for its flowers and distinctive seed pods.

A timely reminder, and a lovely picture.

That is astonishing!

Titanic: Cutting-edge designs of 'unsinkable' ship to be made public for first time Titanic was the largest and most technically advanced ship of her day but sank on her maiden voyage.

Woop woop woop, FANTASTIC coverage for an Archives Revealed funded project 😎

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A person wearing glasses and a puffer jacket stands in a large exhibition space pressing their fingers against a touchscreen display. They hold an armoured cable headphone, that is attached to the screen, against their ear. In the background, the words 'Central Library Cafe' are displayed on the wall.

The UK annual Archive Sector Survey is now open!

Take part by 29 May 2026 and help us gather evidence that will support archives to advocate for their social and economic value:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... (1/4)

Is it wise to annoy the Landsknechte though?

But everything *is* the fault of the Normans.

Daffodils in bloom on a grassy bank

A close-up shot of hands holding a sheet of black and white photographic strips that depict archaeological ruins.

Applications are now open for #ArchivesRevealed cataloguing grants (of up to £50,000) and consortium grants (of up to £150,000) until Thursday 30 April!

Find out more and apply here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-rev... (1/2)

Two people look down at glass exhibition cases full of colour items, records and journals. Behind them, there is a written display board entitled ‘The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) Library and Archive'

Here’s our weekly slate of upcoming events with spaces still available!

These events cover our open grant schemes, carbon literacy, exhibitions, leadership skills and more: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

Book now to avoid disappointment!

Indeed, Bath is not short of purveyors of fine cheese - though this was actually from Morrisons and one of the best so far this year.

I'd definitely give this a thumbs up. Reminiscent of a Manchego but with possibly a richer flavour. And it's from Morrisons.

My project for 2026 is to try lots of new cheeses. So this is Cinco Lanzas, a Spanish cheese blended from cow, sheep and goat milk. I'm told it has a 'fruity and complex flavour'. And a small Spanish fino sherry #ConfinedCocktails to accompany it.

In a week of heritage being sold to anonymous collectors, it's great to see anonymous donors helping save an important archaeological artefact 👇👇

By ❤️ I mean of course 😲

Good grief!

The British Library are advertising aPhD placement with this less than respectful illustration of William the B. I do approve.
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Very impressive form, you won't be needing to wear The Brown Horror this season.

Congratulations!

You don't really know anything about the Luddites, do you?

The opening of Beowulf from the unique surviving manuscript of the Old English text, beginning with a large initial 'H'.

Hwaet! The Beowulf manuscript (Cotton MS Vitellius A XV) is now back online.

You can consult the entire manuscript through the online catalogue:

searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/040-...

A woman opens the door to a chiller cold room containing boxes of records.

Join our focus session to explore how you can advocate for carbon reduction in your organisation and connect with carbon literate and sector peers!

📆 26 March (10am)

All recordkeepers may sign up, but we encourage Carbon Literacy graduates to attend: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carbon-lit... (1/4)

Suttons floral display at the Chelsea Flower Show, 1958 – a grass bath runs through beds containing a vast variation of flower types.

We are thrilled to announce, with our partners The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Pilgrim Trust & the Wolfson Foundation that #ArchivesRevealed has awarded 14 cataloguing grants, and a consortium grant!

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📷 Royal Horticultural Society