Andrew Prescott
@Ajprescott
Digital humanities enthusiast at University of Glasgow. Writes on archives, libraries, manuscripts and history. Tweets in personal capacity.
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An important new article from History & Policy Institute of Historical Research by Dr Alison McClean University of Bristol. Thousands of previously declassified files have been closed at the National Archives in a process that is both opaque and contrary to the spirit of FOI legislation. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-articl…
Important new History & Policy paper on closing previously open files at Kew - incredibly worrying, & damaging for historians: 'My research also revealed that TNA appear to be undertaking the systematic withdrawal of access to 20th Century court records.' historyandpolicy.org/opinion-articl…