MBL celebrates Black History Month with Brentford Community
In celebration of Black History Month 2024, we were invited by the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team at London Borough of Hounslow to run…
Category: Reflections
‘UNFORGOTTEN LIVES’ moves outdoors
Recently, when conversing with a long-time archivist, I learned that up until the late 1990s and early 2000s, archives were seen as a source…
Research Assistant Testimonies
Working on Unforgotten Lives… Written by: Odile Jordan This April, the London Metropolitan Archives launched their new exhibition, titled Unforgotten Lives: Rediscovering Londoners of…
An Aim of Decolonisation
People often think that the most interesting historical narratives originate from the ‘richest’ of archival sources – those which answer our inquiries and seemingly…
The Research Process
Teaming up with just one magnifying glass put us in good stead to locate several missing locations and some unsuspected finds. An early success…