Musician, film star, showman: Frank Sinatra was the perfect entertainer.
The Prime Minister defiant, cigar clenched between his teeth, fingers raised in a victory salute: this iconic image is what many people call to mind when they hear the name ‘Winston Churchill’.
After a 12-year gap, the 1948 London Olympics was the first Summer Olympics held since the 1936 Games in Berlin.
On 4 August 1914 the largest global conflict the world had witnessed began. We look at the role photography played in representing the ‘War to End All Wars’.
The Pararchive project’s research in our archives revealed images illuminating the history of Stoke-on-Trent, its factories and workers over four decades.
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games, are taking place in Sochi, Russia.
To celebrate Bradford City’s progress to the final of the 2013 Capital One Cup, we’ve selected photographs from our collection showing the club’s highs and lows over recent years.
These images from our collection document attempts to reach the summit of the world’s most unforgiving mountain.
A look at our collection reveals hundreds of photographs documenting protests, marches and other forms of activism across the decades.
As part of Parliament Week 2012, curator Colin Harding has made a special selection of photographs from our collection showing the Houses of Parliament.