...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...
...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...
...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...
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...
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...
...powerful impact upon those who work within it today. Harold Wilson, who was Prime Minister for almost eight years over two separate terms, pondered the significance of the building’s history...
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...
...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,...
...that the Indian High Commissioner asked that his right to drive in a carriage with six horses be preserved: ‘I think he had just made this up, but felt it...
Sir Robert Walpole “My Lord Bath, you and I are now as insignificant men as any in England.” Today often viewed as the first British Prime Minister, Walpole was described...