...and Far East depended on free passage of the Canal; the British did not believe Egypt capable of running the Canal unaided, nor that it would be kept open to...
...different partners means that this year’s work has many different strands, all of which are important. There are two broad themes, however. The research project itself, (of which more details...
...things that did not concern him. The war entered his dreams. Grey woke on Christmas Eve 1914 thinking that the Germans had landed and come for him until he realised...
...century after his death. The key to Scott’s legacy lies not in what happened in an Antarctic blizzard in 1912, but in what happened to Britain in the 150 years...
...the Far East. Though a defence of his leadership during what he himself described as the ‘worst disaster’ in British military history, what Churchill told MPs that day illustrated an...
...the men without a formal break in what was described as a ‘free tea’ solution – was rejected.[xv] By November 1961, it was reported that the Downing Street programme was...
...that American expectations of a united (West) European response to Marshall’s proposal were fulfilled. However, Commonwealth considerations meant that the Treasury and Board of Trade ensured that Britain resisted US...
...was some discussion between the General Register Office and the Home Office on the procedure to be adopted, and it was decided that the military or naval authorities, or the...
...1917, shortly after his arrival at No.10. It would prove to be a precursor to an administrative model that continues to function today. David Lloyd George, 1906, The National Archives,...
...funiculars were built around Valparaiso. These systems enabled easier to the thirteen hills that make up the city. The train grave yard, Uyuni; Image copyright: Keith Mitchell In 1888 the...