Lord Carrington: an appreciation
Today a memorial service is held at Westminster Abbey for the former foreign secretary Lord (Peter) Carrington, who died last July aged 99. Over a life-time of public service, he...
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Henry V’s ‘Norman Conquest’ on record 600 years on
...time Henry successfully subjugated the Norman lands that his royal ancestors had lost two centuries earlier. A New Strategic Approach The invasion marked a watershed from previous campaigns launched against...
The Queen and her Prime Ministers
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Dr Michelle Clement, Posted on:
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No 10 guest historian series, Past prime ministers, The Monarchy
...answer for the new government lasting more than 6 weeks. She smilingly reminded me of this at an audience 6 years later"’[1] Macmillan found that "the Queen was a great...
What’s the context? Foundation of the German Empire, 18 January 1871
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FCDO Historians, Foreign affairs and diplomacy, What's the context? series
...news. The Ems Telegram, 13 July 1871, original version (GHDI image 1391) The Ems Telegram, 13 July 1871, Bismarck’s edited version (GHDI image 1392) For centuries, Germany had been a...
William Pitt 'The Elder' (Whig, 1766-1768)
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Andrew Thompson, Posted on:
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No 10 guest historian series, Past prime ministers
...a policy of continental involvement, no doubt helped by his increasing attachment to Newcastle. It was through Newcastle’s influence that he was elected as MP for Seaford in 1747 and...
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (Whig 1742 to 1743)
...his desire to replace Walpole with Compton when he succeeded to the throne. Thus, on receiving news of his father’s death from Walpole in June 1727, the new King made...
What’s the Context? Signing the Anglo-American Financial Agreement, 6 December 1945
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Gill Bennett, Posted on:
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FCDO Historians, Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians, What's the context? series
...fuel and shelter. The new ‘world organisation’, the United Nations, was planned but not up and running. Peacemaking machinery, including the new Council of Foreign Ministers, soon exposed dangerous cracks...
What’s the context? The Fall of the Berlin Wall, 9 - 10 November 1989
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Professor Patrick Salmon, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians, What's the context? series
...made a confused statement about new regulations allowing citizens to travel to the West, which he said would come into effect ‘immediately’. Journalists took him at his word, the message...
A private public record office: Tony Benn as a political diarist
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Mark Wickham-Jones, Posted on:
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Finance and economics, Home affairs, No 10 guest historian series, The National Archives
...‘The Prime Minister’s statement was an important new factor, both because it reflected his own judgement of the situation and because the consequences for the party and for the country...
Concorde’s first British test flight, 50 years on
...a boon for supporters of the supersonic project. ‘An ungainly goose’ Although the crowd was excited, the reaction in the media was unflattering. The New York Times dismissed Concorde as...