Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from the National Archives

Records of deadly 1934 pit explosion in Wrexham to be displayed near site

Documents include letters calling for recovery of bodies and a falsified safety log that was part of a cover-up

The Guardian - UK

Will at centre of legal battle over Shakespeare’s home unearthed after 150 years

Document from 1642 made by husband of Shakespeare’s granddaughter found in unlabelled box at National Archives

The Guardian - UK

Historian finds 17th century will which sparked Shakespeare family row

The document was drawn up by Thomas Nash on August 25 1642.

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Ghislaine Maxwell may testify before Congress. A look at other criminals who have also done so

The U.S. Congress is preparing to subpoena testimony from Ghislaine Maxwell

The Independent UK

Tony Blair government lobbied by Australia not to meet Indigenous ‘troublemakers’, archives reveal

Newly-released files reveal how Australia lobbied hard to block a meeting with Patrick Dodson-led Indigenous delegation

The Independent UK

Why the Stone of Destiny return to Scotland sparked fears from the Tory government

THE return of the Stone of Destiny to Scotland sparked mass restitution fears as civil servants criticised the then prime minister John Major for…

The National (Scotland)

Remembering Frederick Forsyth: my encounters with the spy who stayed out in the cold

One of the great British purveyors of the spy and cold-war genres, Frederick Forsyth, who has died at the age of 86, was best known for his novels The Day of the Jackal (1971), The Odessa File (1972) and The Dogs of War (1974).

The Conversation

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

From Washington’s burned letters to Trump’s missing transcripts, partial presidential records limit people’s full understanding of history

President Donald Trump’s second term as president will surely go down in history, though of course, just six months into his four-year term, much of this story has yet to be written.

The Conversation

D-Day landings boosted by import of ‘wonder drug’ to Britain, archives reveal

Sir Winston Churchill became increasingly frustrated Britain had not been able to produce enough penicillin in preparation for the Normandy landings.

Evening Standard

Churchill documents reveal D-Day landings boosted by import of ‘wonder drug’ from America

The documents were released ahead of the 81st anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944

The Independent UK

Edward II’s coronation roll goes on display alongside King Charles’s

Oldest surviving version from 1308 is dwarfed in size by 21-metre roll produced more than 700 years later

The Guardian - UK

Stranger than fiction MI5 tales revealed in first National Archives collaboration

From Guy Burgess’s briefcase to microdots secreted in talc, an exhibition reveals remarkable items from the agency’s archives – and the extraordinary stories behind them

The Guardian - UK

Classified files and MI5 spy artefacts to be exhibited for the first time

The exhibition will offer the public a first-ever glimpse into MI5's private collection

The Independent UK

Australian home affairs secretary admits to using disappearing messages on Signal for work

In wake of Trump administration group chat scandal, department’s chief operating officer tells Senate there is no ban on staff using the feature

The Guardian - AU

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

‘A clever agent’: notes from ‘watchers’ of spy Kim Philby made public for first time

A new exhibition at the National Archives in London will reveal the extent of MI5 operation to expose the British double agent who was also Observer reporter

The Independent UK

A dump of JFK-related records reveals past CIA secrets but also some personal data

History buffs have uncovered revelations about U.S. espionage in the 1960s in thousands of pages of newly released government records about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy

The Independent UK

People named in JFK assassination documents are not happy their personal information was released

The John F. Kennedy assassination documents released this week disclosed sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers

The Independent UK

‘Just another nothing burger:’ Internet sleuths blast JFK files as some label it a ‘distraction’

Historians, journalists and amateur detectives are pouring over the JFK files looking for a scrap of anything new, but many have questioned the motive and the timing behind the release

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Fires, wars and bureaucracy: The tumultuous journey to establish the US National Archives

Some of the United States’ most important historical documents, including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Emancipation Proclamation, are housed in the U.S. National Archives. Beyond these high-profile items, it also preserves lesser-known but no less vital records, such as national park master plans,…

The Guardian - AU

Pocock says politicians using encrypted messaging apps damages ‘health of our democracy’

Kevin Rudd once lobbied the Turnbull government for a UN position using encrypted app Wickr – and the messages could not be found

Evening Standard

JFK assassination files: Lee Harvey Oswald was regarded as a ‘poor shot’ by the KGB, newly-released papers reveal

More than 1,100 files consisting of in excess of 31,000 pages have been posted on the US National Archives and Records Administration’s website

Al Jazeera

Trump administration releases thousands of files on JFK assassination

Scholars and historians are likely to spend months sifting through records for answers about US president’s killing.

The Independent UK

Trump administration releases over 1,100 JFK files

Unredacted files related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy have been released

Al Jazeera

Can Trump reverse Biden’s presidential pardons over alleged use of autopen?

Are Biden’s autopen-signed pardons void? No, experts confirm they’re valid, and Trump’s assertion is false under US law.