Lydia Dean and Sally-Anne Shearn introduce the Borthwick’s newest project ‘Fertile Ground: Records of the Women’s Land Army in North Yorkshire’, drawing on the archive of Lady Celia Milnes Coates, WLA County Chairman for the North Riding. We would like to thank Charlotte Catton, Fiona Neale, Natasha MacMahon, Graham Hughes, and Catherine Firth for …

In our Christmas episode, Sally-Anne Shearn (our Collections Information Archivist) and members of the Borthwick team take us through how the festive season has been celebrated and experienced through time in our archives - including festive recipes, old traditions, grumpy shopkeepers and life on the Western Front. Readings by: Neil Adams, Catherin…

In this episode, we hear about a very busy November in the archives, and Helen Watt from @tnorthernway takes us through the ins and outs of the church in the middle ages.

This time: a roundup of what we were up to here over October, and Project Archivist James Neill takes us through the compelling history of Alcoholics Anonymous in North America and Great Britain, with details about the archive held at the Borthwick. Audio clips courtesy of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services…

Join archivist Sally-Anne Shearn as she draws on the correspondence of Annabella Crewe held at the Borthwick Institute for Archives in York to tell the story of the railway revolution of the 19th century. Find out about this remarkable period in our history from the perspective of the wealthy and well connected Crewe family who gave their name to o…