...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...
...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...
...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...
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...
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...
...between 1862 and 1871 through a series of 3 wars – against Denmark, Austria and France – and his own diplomatic skills: outwitting, outmanoeuvring and sometimes simply deceiving his opponents....
...'kissed hands' with the Queen and thus become prime minister. The relationship between the Queen and her prime ministers is underpinned by a quietly pivotal meeting, known as the audience,...
An early task of any new Prime Minister is to familiarise themselves with the UK's intelligence agencies – the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and the Security...
...for over a quarter of a century. The idea of a woman presiding over Number 10, however, was something entirely new. How would she cope with power, with all the...
Maurice Hankey (1877-1963) deserves to be far better known than he is today as the principal architect of the Cabinet Office in modern British government. It would be wrong to...