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A pyrrhic victory? Victory Day, 1919
A pyrrhic victory? Victory Day, 1919
Whilst Victory day 1919 was planned as a celebration, the emotions evoked were more diverse and complex.
Living above the shop: Margaret Thatcher at Downing Street
Margaret Thatcher moved into Number 10 in June 1979 shortly after winning her first general election. She was not greatly impressed by the untidy flat and dullish official rooms, and when she left Downing Street eleven and a half years later, …
The Institution of Prime Minister
“How the power of Prime Ministry grew up into its present form it is difficult to trace precisely.” In 1841 a former Prime Minister, Viscount Melbourne, explained the above to Queen Victoria. Details of the lives of individual Prime Ministers …