{"id":83,"date":"2023-10-03T14:54:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T14:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/divorce_history\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2025-03-28T12:57:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T12:57:01","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/divorce_history\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"83\" class=\"elementor elementor-83\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55574b2 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55574b2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e36db51\" data-id=\"e36db51\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21979f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21979f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Project Blog<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95cf7e9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"95cf7e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dfcd9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9dfcd9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Welcome to the project blog page<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaf2379 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eaf2379\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here you can find regular blogs and vignettes of cases from the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes archive. For updates about new content posted here, make sure to follow us on our social media accounts&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46bcb1a anwp-pg-widget-header-style--b anwp-pg-post-teaser__post-icon--size-16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-anwp-pg-classic-grid\" data-id=\"46bcb1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anwp-pg-classic-grid.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"anwp-pg-wrap\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"d-flex anwp-row flex-wrap anwp-pg-classic-grid anwp-pg-posts-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"anwp-pg-post-teaser anwp-pg-post-teaser--inner-cover-link anwp-pg-post-teaser--layout-d d-flex flex-column anwp-col-lg-4 anwp-col-sm-6 anwp-col-12 anwp-pg-post-teaser--has-comments-meta\">\n\t<div class=\"anwp-pg-post-teaser__thumbnail position-relative\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" 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aria-hidden=\"true\" >\n\t\t\t\tIf at first, you don\u2019t succeed&#8230;Remarriage and the Divorce Court\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"anwp-pg-post-teaser__bottom-meta d-flex flex-wrap\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"anwp-pg-post-teaser__bottom-meta-item d-flex align-items-center mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"anwp-pg-icon anwp-pg-icon--s16 mr-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#icon-anwp-pg-calendar\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on m-0\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Posted on<\/span><time class=\"anwp-pg-published\" datetime=\"2025-04-22T16:39:41+00:00\">April 22, 2025<\/time><time class=\"anwp-pg-updated\" datetime=\"2025-04-22T16:39:43+00:00\">April 22, 2025<\/time><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"anwp-pg-post-teaser__bottom-meta-item d-flex align-items-center mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"anwp-pg-icon anwp-pg-icon--s16 mr-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<use 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Our visit to The National Archives, Kew\u00a0\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"anwp-pg-post-teaser__bottom-meta d-flex flex-wrap\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"anwp-pg-post-teaser__bottom-meta-item d-flex align-items-center mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"anwp-pg-icon anwp-pg-icon--s16 mr-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#icon-anwp-pg-calendar\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on m-0\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Posted on<\/span><time class=\"anwp-pg-published\" datetime=\"2025-01-30T20:58:35+00:00\">January 30, 2025<\/time><time class=\"anwp-pg-updated\" datetime=\"2025-01-30T20:58:36+00:00\">January 30, 2025<\/time><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"anwp-pg-post-teaser__bottom-meta-item d-flex align-items-center mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"anwp-pg-icon anwp-pg-icon--s16 mr-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#icon-anwp-pg-comment-discussion\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t0\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"anwp-pg-post-teaser__excerpt mb-2\">\n\t\t\t\tLast week we got to an exciting point in the project, with a visit to our Project Partners, The National Archives at their site in Kew. 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