...rich heiresses: when Rosebery died in 1929, he left £1.7 million – the equivalent of nearly £60 million in today’s money. But some former Prime Ministers had money troubles, both...
...of the room, about which there has been both speculation and mystery. There have been different theories about the source of the codebook used to decipher diplomatic traffic. Even today,...
This year marks the 800th anniversary of the granting of Magna Carta by King John. Today, the Great Charter is viewed as the foundation of many of our rights and...
100 years ago today saw the first German airship raids on Britain when two Zeppelins attacked the coastal towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn, Norfolk. In this post, Professor...
Today's release of Prime Minister’s Office records and Cabinet Papers from 1985-1986 covers the mid-point of the Thatcher premiership. If this period is beyond your living memory, you might be...
...telephone and the typewriter were ubiquitous, pneumatic tubes carried messages around the building and telegrams were sent by often laborious analogue methods. The Tube Room, 1987 (FCO) Today’s diverse workforce...
...best for the building eventually led to the Downing Street of today. This first blog provides the historical background to the rebuilding, with more to come in future blog entries...
...seems impossible to kill it. 2) The most important bit rarely gets quoted... Usually, when the recording is played today, it gets cut off after the words ‘never surrender’, as...
...humiliating blow to British prestige but also exposed weaknesses both in Middle Eastern policy and in crisis management. Butler identified a range of factors responsible for the debacle including a...
...background to this significant development, from The National Archives website . And so, today, 1st August, The National Archives is releasing Prime Minister’s Office records, Cabinet Papers and Home Office...