Libellus is a collection of new online-only articles with some selected and edited off-prints from our magazine and newsletter. There is a mixture of mostly short reads together with features similar to those in our members’ magazine. Contributions to this online collection or for Magna are always welcome. Please contact the editor for more information.
Libellus translates from the Latin as petition or small book, so named to provide a contrast to Magna (large) or as Magazine of The National Archives.
Please click on the image to access each article:
A Mild National Emergency: recording a feast with an unexpected outcome
by Tony Wakeford
Beware Danger Ahead: rabbit holes and other historical research hazards
by Tony Wakeford
Letter from America…1777
by Anne Ramon
The National Savings Movement: Supporting the war effort in World War II
by Tony Wakeford
Harry Lauder: An early super star of stage, studio and screen
by Tony Wakeford
Silent Witness: The historical record
by Tony Wakeford
In the Groove: The dash for the South Pole
by Tony Wakeford
His Majesty King George V: A royal recording star
by Tony Wakeford
‘The English Caruso’: A recording star of the early 1900s
by Tony Wakeford
The Lark Ascending: A rising star
by Tony Wakeford
The Alignment of Planets in Bedford: The making of a historic recording
by Tony Wakeford
Yapton: A Sussex Parish Seen Through the Parish Records and Census
by Tony Wakeford
Online with the Education team: A year of Change in 2020
by Emily Morris
A System of Spies and Informants
by Chris Barnes
Agincourt: An Army Marching on Parchment
by Ben Trowbridge
‘Art for art’s sake’: Sunflowers, peacocks and blue and white china
by Julie Halls
Some Research Tips
by Jane Ainsworth
The Battle of Flodden 1513
by Sean Cunningham
The Coronation in the Public Records
by Adrian Ailes
The Czar’s British Squadron
by Michael Mahoney
The ‘Dear Mrs Pennyman’ Project
by Jane Ainsworth
The Death of Queen Anne: Three hundredth year commemoration
by Ralph Thompson
The Fine Young Old Boy
by Simon Fowler
The tragic Voyage of the Lloyds to New Zealand: was her doctor a villain or a scapegoat?
by Ian Hay-Campbell
Shot by Kurdish tribesmen in the foothills of Ararat: The fight for compensation for a life changing injury
by Susan Littledale
Recording and the Gramaphone Record in the Second World War
by Tony Wakeford
News from the Air: Precious scraps of information from the enemy
by Simon Fowler
The Royal Sussex Regiment in the Archives: Looking beyond the War Office records
by Tony Wakeford
A life on the ocean wave: On the high seas at Kew
by Stephen Taylor
Drug Addiction during the inter-war years: The care and treatment
by Simon Fowler
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