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,...
...that if Britain had to fight Germany, it was better to do it in alliance with Poland and France. The French were willing to have meaningful staff talks and there...
...best way to address gaps in the previous system and provide free healthcare to all. Activists and doctors had promoted these ideas in various guises since at least the Edwardian...
...yes. The impression he gave was of a man who brought fun to every role he filled and his life, and that of those around him, was all the better...
...departments, each with their own interests and little co-ordination between them. This lack of consultation within states was not just a problem in Britain, but also in France and the...
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...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,...
...his programme of free socialist development, toleration of dissent and the secret ballot would not affect external policy, the Prague Spring appeared an unacceptable threat to Communist solidarity. But the...
...faced by servicemen readapting to society. Spending money on the dead was another point of contention. Many veterans argued that looking after the living would be a better legacy. One...
...and supervised the first free elections in February 1980. Few at the time anticipated the sweeping nature of Mugabe’s election victory or the ruthlessness with which he would exercise his...