The Zimmermann telegram and Room 40
...Mexican Government. It indicated that the new policy on submarine warfare might bring Germany and the USA into conflict, and asked if, in such an event, Mexico would be willing...
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The language of Government and the power of plain English
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Dr Sean Cunningham, Posted on:
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Communications, The Monarchy, The National Archives
When governments communicate, the medium can be as valuable as the message. In the modern age of instant news and response through social media, it is often easy to lose...
Intelligence, Attlee and the Brook Report
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Dr Dan Lomas, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Past prime ministers
...of the review also reveal the importance of the relationship between No. 10 and the British intelligence community. Brook’s review resulted from long-term concerns about intelligence, and were sparked by...
A very British catastrophe: Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s final journey
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James Southern, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians
...with the goal of being the first person in history to reach the South Pole. The story, however, did not play out as planned: using better navigation and much better...
1968 and all that: the creation of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office
...trade and migration, and interdependence between nations. New challenges have arisen in the form of climate change and international terrorism. The growth in international travel by holidaying Brits has seen...
History at the heart of diplomacy
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Dr Richard Smith, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians
...the people who worked for the historical team and the controversies they dealt with, is told in a new publication: History at the Heart of Diplomacy: Historians in the Foreign...
Concorde’s first British test flight, 50 years on
...a boon for supporters of the supersonic project. ‘An ungainly goose’ Although the crowd was excited, the reaction in the media was unflattering. The New York Times dismissed Concorde as...
Forward or backward looking? The Treaty of Versailles
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Tara Finn, Posted on:
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Defence and conflict, First World War, Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians
...German delegates. German anger at the Treaty of Versailles between the wars is well known. Hitler, in his rise to power, exploited this deep resentment. So how did such a...
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 soldier turned diplomat
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Tara Finn, Posted on:
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Defence and conflict, Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians
Harold Alexander is better known for his part in winning the Second World War, as shown by his later title of Earl Alexander of Tunis. However, his activities in Latvia...