...invisible prisoner had become a symbol of South African oppression. During the 1980s ‘Free Nelson Mandela’ became a worldwide campaign. His release was an act of political courage by the...
...thought that their signals might also be collected. If the Germans then became aware of this and changed their codes, the intelligence advantage would be lost. Only when the Admiralty...
...Colonels’ regime in Greece; the fall of the Caetano regime in Portugal and the end of Portuguese colonial rule in Mozambique; the failure of Kissinger’s ‘Year of Europe’ and a...
...Embassy Counsellor. Holman had arrived earlier in the month with the combination codes to the safes and 50,000 francs in cash. He took possession of the building from the Swiss...
...deeper story of British support for liberal constitutional progress and the promotion of self-government by free peoples against perceived absolutist despotism throughout the world, whether that be through backing constitutionalists...
...United States, promoting free trade and convertible currencies, certainly preferred a European bloc, including Britain, to a collection of awkward independent countries. During negotiations for the implementation of the Marshall...
...might expect to see if the Confessor was attempting to promote him as a potential successor. The rival claims of Harold and William – which would of course be ultimately...
It has been 30 years since Communist rule in Eastern Europe finally ended with mass demonstrations, an end to one-Party rule, free elections and the opening of borders. Illegal organisations,...
...Board of Agriculture was Captain Henry Greer, a Steward of the Jockey Club and a member of the Irish Turf Club, who had offered to perform the role free of...
...the British government’s terms for the creation of the Irish Free State. For the first time, the two sides walked around the table; British Ministers shook hands with those Lloyd...