Designs for living
...in the 19th century, is well-represented, and includes samples of designs by A W N Pugin. The wallpaper below, designed for the Palace of Westminster, shows his use of medieval...
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'Marginalia' in the Prime Minister's Office records
...Referring to the flat at No.10, the cost for bedding is queried with Thatcher noting “we use only one bedroom”, and that she can use her own crockery and the...
What’s the context? 31 March 1939: the British guarantee to Poland
...appeared a bitter betrayal of the Republican cause, as well as appeasing a pro-Nazi dictator. The League of Nations had proved powerless, and when German forces moved into Czechoslovakia on...
From Caution to Celebration: The NHS at 70
...best way to address gaps in the previous system and provide free healthcare to all. Activists and doctors had promoted these ideas in various guises since at least the Edwardian...
Lord Carrington: an appreciation
...served Conservative governments from Churchill onwards and held a variety of posts, including: a minister in the departments of Agriculture, Energy and Defence leader of the House of Lords chairman...
What was happening between the armistice and the opening of the Paris peace talks?
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...departments, each with their own interests and little co-ordination between them. This lack of consultation within states was not just a problem in Britain, but also in France and the...
The woman in green who won the Khaki election
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...regret her actions. The officer commanding the court martial procedure, Lieutenant General Sir John Maxwell, commuted her sentence to life in prison because she was female and the British Government...
Soviet forces invade Czechoslovakia, 20 to 21 August 1968
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...his programme of free socialist development, toleration of dissent and the secret ballot would not affect external policy, the Prague Spring appeared an unacceptable threat to Communist solidarity. But the...
What’s the context? 4 April 1949: signature of the North Atlantic Treaty
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...example in Afghanistan. Yet when we look round the world in 2019, other regions loom large on the global security landscape: for example, Latin America, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific including...
A pyrrhic victory? Victory Day, 1919
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...faced by servicemen readapting to society. Spending money on the dead was another point of contention. Many veterans argued that looking after the living would be a better legacy. One...