The private life of Harold Macmillan
...public life – to observe different standards from those prevalent today in many circles. Macmillan perceived himself as speaking from inside the confines of the British political community, and was...
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The first woman of British parliament
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Tara Finn, Posted on:
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First World War, Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians, Parliament
...MPs. Such behaviour lost her friends and allies. Nancy was a woman of strong beliefs; the depth of these feelings means that her reputation today is somewhat tarnished. She was...
Reopening the British Embassy following the liberation of Paris
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Dr Richard Smith, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians, Second World War
Seventy-five years ago today, on 13 September 1944, a Dakota aircraft, with an escort of 45 Spitfires, flew across the English Channel towards Paris. The plane carried the new British...
The woman in green who won the Khaki election
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Tara Finn, Posted on:
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Defence and conflict, Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians
...her political beliefs, her personal qualities would both attract and repel people today. She rejected the opportunity to live a quiet life of luxury in order to be politically active,...
President Wilson’s Fourteen Points: A recipe for world peace?
One hundred years ago today US President, Woodrow Wilson, gave his famous speech to Congress articulating the Fourteen Points and principles that he believed should be the foundation of post-war...
Government Art Collection at Number 10
...origin of the Government Art Collection (GAC). Today the GAC is responsible for acquiring and displaying works of art in over 400 British Government buildings in the UK and nearly...
Henry V’s ‘Norman Conquest’ on record 600 years on
...siege operations. Their role and duties to some extent resembled those of the Royal Engineers today. For instance a payment of £88 was made to John Janyn, master carpenter, and...
What’s the context? 4 April 1949: signature of the North Atlantic Treaty
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Gill Bennett, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians, What's the context? series
...1949: signature of the North Atlantic Treaty Today, NATO is 70, its membership at 29. In recent years NATO’s remit and solidarity has been adapted, confirmed, extended and questioned, but...
The British Embassy Bangkok: a look back before moving on
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Padej Kumlertsakul and Clare Patchimanon, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, The National Archives
...I should view with distaste any interference with the vitality of the great tree”. Both monuments were later moved following the relocation of the embassy in 1926. Today, they stand...
Lord Carrington: an appreciation
Today a memorial service is held at Westminster Abbey for the former foreign secretary Lord (Peter) Carrington, who died last July aged 99. Over a life-time of public service, he...