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Discover just some of the stories recently discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital.

In this blog we look at the larger-than-life characters who carried people and goods on London’s river in centuries gone by.

View a selection of this year's shortlist featuring the most awe-inspiring astronomy photography from around the world

This blog looks at an illustrated log recently added to the collection of papers from the naval career of Admiral Sir Watkin Owen Pell. It reveals how a prize crew was shipwrecked and captured on the enemy’s coast during the Napoleonic Wars.

For our latest Caird Library and Archive display case we highlight the lives of lascars serving on board British ships, as well as their often precarious situation in Britain.

Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomer Dr Greg Brown examines the remarkable first photos from the new space telescope

Lifeline, water source, sewer – follow the murky history of London's relationship with the River Thames

A brief guide to the records, resources and online collections available for people researching Jamaican ancestry.

The two leading portrait painters of the 18th century weren't just competing for commissions. They each held fundamentally different beliefs about art

Discover some of the surprising entries discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital.