The Locarno Suite: ‘Drawing room for the Nation’

...October 1925, the delegates agreed to come to London for the formal signing of the Treaty the following December. The only possible venue for the ceremony was Scott’s Reception suite....
...October 1925, the delegates agreed to come to London for the formal signing of the Treaty the following December. The only possible venue for the ceremony was Scott’s Reception suite....
...Rose was allowed to resign, and promptly emigrated to Australia. In the following decades Graham had to deal with a number of challenges in running his department, starting with the...
...promote his image, and undermine his opponents. A central figure in this operation was Thomas Gordon, who oversaw literary output while holding the official title of First Commissioner of Wine...
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...not achieve a significant diversion of resources from armaments to the eradication of poverty... But expectations of Kennedy’s presidency were so high that disappointment was inevitable, and many of the...
...to ‘fighting alone’. This has led to some slight increase in doubt about the intentions of our ally [France]. Here we see the significance of Churchill’s remark that he was...
...radical on several different fronts, including welfare and pension reform, the need for significant reductions in public expenditure, and the need for further privatisation. Redwood’s memos are always clearly written...
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...members of his cabinet to remain in London over the weekend so that he could consult them further following negotiations. Communications 1970s style The Cabinet minutes also include a significant...
...full flow, he simply said ‘No’. Clement Attlee (The National Archives reference INF 14/19) It is difficult to envisage a twenty-first century politician passing up the opportunity to promote their...