The Zimmermann telegram and Room 40
...of the room, about which there has been both speculation and mystery. There have been different theories about the source of the codebook used to decipher diplomatic traffic. Even today,...
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Magna Carta and counselling the King
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Dr Jessica Nelson, Posted on:
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Parliament, The Monarchy, The National Archives
This year marks the 800th anniversary of the granting of Magna Carta by King John. Today, the Great Charter is viewed as the foundation of many of our rights and...
Air-raid casualties in the First World War
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Edgar Jones, Posted on:
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Defence and conflict, First World War, No 10 guest historian series
100 years ago today saw the first German airship raids on Britain when two Zeppelins attacked the coastal towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn, Norfolk. In this post, Professor...
Sounds familiar? Prime Minister’s Office records and Cabinet Papers from 1985-86
Today's release of Prime Minister’s Office records and Cabinet Papers from 1985-1986 covers the mid-point of the Thatcher premiership. If this period is beyond your living memory, you might be...
1968 and all that: the creation of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office
...telephone and the typewriter were ubiquitous, pneumatic tubes carried messages around the building and telegrams were sent by often laborious analogue methods. The Tube Room, 1987 (FCO) Today’s diverse workforce...
Commemorating 1066 in 1966, a diplomatic dilemma?
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Ben Trowbridge, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, The National Archives
...battle of Hastings contrast with the more national character of those in Britain. Returning to Reilly’s letter of 4th February, he informs his colleagues that “French children are taught today...
Redesigning No.10 Downing Street
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jackbrown, Posted on:
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No 10 guest historian series, Prime Ministers and No. 10, Researcher in residence
...best for the building eventually led to the Downing Street of today. This first blog provides the historical background to the rebuilding, with more to come in future blog entries...
‘We shall fight on the beaches’: 3 things you never knew about Churchill’s most famous speech
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Professor Richard Toye, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, No 10 guest historian series, Prime Ministers and No. 10, Second World War
...seems impossible to kill it. 2) The most important bit rarely gets quoted... Usually, when the recording is played today, it gets cut off after the words ‘never surrender’, as...
What the Butler saw: Britain and the Abadan Crisis, 1950-51
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Dr Richard Smith, Posted on:
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FCDO Historians, Foreign affairs and diplomacy, What's the context? series
...latter recommendation was to lead to the formation of the Foreign Office Planning Staff (today the FCDO Strategy Unit). This fulfilled Butler’s wish that his study might make a ‘small...
'It was thirty* years ago today...'
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Mark Dunton, Posted on:
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Home affairs, Prime Ministers and No. 10, The National Archives
...background to this significant development, from The National Archives website . And so, today, 1st August, The National Archives is releasing Prime Minister’s Office records, Cabinet Papers and Home Office...