The National Archives NewsYou can subscribe for free and view lots of information re Henry VIII... Edna - Ottawa Sent by The National Archives Having trouble viewing this email? View in a browser. 'All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used.' Sun-Tzu (400 BC) Dear E: This month sees the 100th anniversary of the Security Service, the UK's national security intelligence agency. Known for keeping personal files on a great range of individuals, the Security Service has released over 4,000 of these files to The National Archives since 1997. The Security Service files cover a period up to the late 1950s and are open to the public. You can view many of them on our website, including those of Sidney Reilly, the spy thought to have inspired James Bond. Our new security history research signpost provides a good overview of the files, and offers some tips on searching them. We will be making some changes to our opening hours and document ordering times from next year. If you are planning to visit us, please note that from 4 January 2010 we will be open from Tuesday to Saturday. Do check our website before visiting. Good luck with your research! Michael Leydon Editor Discover true stories of heroism Undercover agents of the Special Operations Executive played a key role in the Second World War. Our latest videocast commemorates their role in the real story behind the film, 'Carve Her Name With Pride'. This completes our series of videocasts 'War on Film', describing events which went on to inspire classic war films. Watch it now. Learn history facts and figures Did you know that the Hundred Years War lasted 116 years? Or Queen Victoria had 51 children and grandchildren? You can find more absorbing facts like this on our new education pages. Our education site offers captivating snapshots of history. It gives you an overview of the breadth of records we hold and is of interest to everyone as well as teachers and students. Look up your favourite period in history now. This month in history 1066 Battle of Hastings 1854 Crimean war begins 1929 Wall Street crash Bookshop The Defence of The Realm: The Authorised History Of MI5 is the book everyone's talking about. You can buy it online now at a specially discounted price. Discover more books online Listen online Internment The war in the Atlantic GIs and POWs Listen to more podcasts Received this from a friend? Sign up today to receive free monthly updates direct to your own inbox. You are receiving this email because you requested The National Archives monthly enewsletter and other information we think might interest you. If you would like to remove your details please use the link below. We use an email distribution company to send out this enewsletter. We will not pass your data onto any other third parties. Please read our privacy statement for more information. The National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU, UK nationalarchives.gov.uk Contact us | Remove your details | Change your email address | Crown Copyright 2009