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The National Archives are making historians history

Restrictions on the National Archives are a disaster for historians

24 October 2020

9:00 AM

24 October 2020

9:00 AM

The next time you settle down in the evening to enjoy the latest work by your favourite historian, treasure it, because it may be their last for a while. This is for the simple reason that historians are effectively being denied access to one of the most essential tools of their trade — the National Archives.

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