Cabinet Confidential: introduction to the series
...The position of Cabinet Secretary is just under 100 years old. It was created by David Lloyd-George in December 1916 as a result of the tight government discipline needed to...
A behind-the-scenes look at the '12 from Number 10' art project.
...The position of Cabinet Secretary is just under 100 years old. It was created by David Lloyd-George in December 1916 as a result of the tight government discipline needed to...
Lord Butler was Cabinet Secretary between 1988 and 1998, working with two Conservative Prime Ministers - Margaret Thatcher and John Major - and, after Labour's 1997 landslide victory, Tony Blair....
Lord Armstrong was Cabinet Secretary between 1979 and 1987, working throughout Margaret Thatcher’s premiership. In this interview with historian Lord Hennessy, he talks about his service under Margaret Thatcher. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8LVs-zlivQ...
...Scott’s view of Horse Guards Parade (1755). The group have also chosen Walter Richard Sickert’s The Sisters Lloyd (1888–89), an impressionistic depiction of two music hall performers, and Coast Scene...
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