...the expenses claimed for each journey, and using these records you can trace an individual messenger's career. In 1824 Lewis Hertslet was promoted to Superintendent of Messengers. His changes to...
...unbreakable’. The signing of the North Atlantic Treaty On 4 April 1949, at the signing ceremony, the United States Marine Band Orchestra played a medley from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess....
...Civil War (Aldershot, 2006) Bone, Q., Henrietta Maria: Queen of the Cavaliers (Wiltshere, 1973) Marshall, R., Henrietta Maria, The Intrepid Queen (London, 1990) Keep tabs on the past.Sign up for...
...the map. Along with rapidly developing aerial reconnaissance techniques radio signals were used as beacons for the first time to synchronise sightings of observation planes over enemy positions - sophisticated...
...of 1710 to 1714. Copyright Andrew Thompson. This article was produced as part of the No10 Guest Historian series, coordinated by History & Policy. Keep tabs on the past. Sign...
...in southeast England. When functioning properly, the cables and the several antennae to which they were linked, allowed the station to receive long-distance radio signals. A Labrador called Rex was...
...and militarism, alliances and rivalries that the July Crisis unfolded… Look out for the tweets from @WW1FO starting on 28 June 2014. Keep tabs on the past.Sign up for our...
...regulation and oppressive surveillance of women that led other feminists, such as Boyle, to sever their ties from the movement to promote the employment of policewomen. An 'outstanding personality' Edith...
...blog post marks the 75th anniversary of this significant cultural artefact by exploring its place in the British government’s preparations for the Second World War and drawing attention to the...
...photography with its ‘endless shots of soldiers going over the top or sitting in trenches’ (Cumming, 1978, p.468). It was also thought that his international reputation would help promote Britain’s...