Ninety years ago today, the British political mould was shattered by the election of the first Labour government. After an inconclusive election on 6 December 1923 that the ruling Conservatives...
...model planes, one of a Sopwith Pup and one of a Sopwith Tabloid. The exhibition hosts a significant section detailing Kingston’s roll in aviation history, with the establishment of Tommy...
...July 1693, he was the eldest son of Thomas Pelham, first baron Pelham of Laughton, and his second wife, Lady Grace Holles. He was educated at Westminster School and matriculated...
...an important element in the context of dropping the bombs. Allied intelligence, from both Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and other sources, indicated that the Japanese were unlikely to surrender as a...
...to encourage recruitment and stiffen public resolve against German barbarity. A Foreign Office official, however, suggested that her death, while ‘part and parcel’ of a German ‘policy of frightfulness’, might...
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), by Samuel Cousins George Hamilton-Gordon, fourth earl of Aberdeen, was Prime Minister of one of Britain’s rare coalition governments, despite never sitting in...
...ErR/100/1 [xx] ‘Report on the design for the reconstruction of Nos. 10, 11 & 12 Downing Street’ [xxi] R. Erith, Handwritten note entitled ‘Downing Street’ Keep tabs on the past.Sign...
...then stopped off briefly in Poland where a new communist-dominated government had been elected in what Western powers felt were rigged elections. On 2 March, Martial Law was declared in...
On Sunday, 20 February 1938, after two days of fraught Cabinet discussion, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain that he must resign rather than agree to enter...
...autumn this was raised to 5,000 tonnes. Of this, food accounted for around 2,000 tonnes with coal the majority of the rest. The Soviets also restricted the electricity supply to...