...allegations of corruption against advisers close to the President led to a heavy Republican defeat in the mid-term elections on 4 November 1958. There were also major tensions between the...
...confidential go-between, conveying messages between them. From the outset, Lloyd George assumed total control in a way unknown to Herbert Henry Asquith or his predecessors. He appointed a five-man War...
...was not going to meet with universal approval. William, whether incensed because he thought himself the true heir, or because he was a bellicose buccaneer with a chance of winning...
It has been 30 years since Communist rule in Eastern Europe finally ended with mass demonstrations, an end to one-Party rule, free elections and the opening of borders. Illegal organisations,...
...of a General Post Office (GPO) publicity leaflet, the Post Office Tower rose ‘like a giant lighthouse above the London streets’. It became a major landmark on the skyline of...
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...changes over time, challenging. 1960s: nationality over ethnicity The terms ‘Old Commonwealth’ and ‘New Commonwealth’ were first used in the results of the 1966 sample Census to give an indication...
...which the first men would disembark on the beach. This would use live ammunition so that the men would be better prepared for the experience on D-Day. Then LS(T)s (Tank-landing...
...will undoubtedly be maintained by our successors over the next hundred years.’ Patrick Salmon making his speech The full story of how the Foreign Office has used and promoted history,...
...invisible prisoner had become a symbol of South African oppression. During the 1980s ‘Free Nelson Mandela’ became a worldwide campaign. His release was an act of political courage by the...