...national identity; South America was home to the indigenous; the slave; and the Spaniard. The Viceroyalties of New Spain; New Granada, including Central America; Viceroyalty of Peru, including Chile; and...
...could compete on a global basis, not by nationalisation but by promoting amalgamation. Harold Wilson’s oft-cited speech on the ‘white heat of technology’ recognised the importance of new technology, and...
...1941, Labour minister Arthur Greenwood announced to the House of Commons that a new committee had been formed to survey existing social security provision and allied services under the chairmanship...
...governments elsewhere and the rise of powerful new states on the continent threatened to disrupt the balance of power in Europe and create new imperial rivals. As everywhere the forces...
...far apart as Senegal and Newfoundland (which was not yet part of Canada) and Indian and Gurkha troops suffered some of the highest casualties in proportion to their numbers. The...
...I believe Korea is the place. Ernest Bevin, Foreign Secretary, en route to Colombo Conference in January 1950[i] Seventy years ago today, the North Korean People’s Army of the Democratic...
...reaching nine per cent by 1992 and then doubling in 1997. Even today, nearly four-fifths of MPs are men. Once in the House promotion proved difficult: in 1929 Margaret Bondfield...
...of dealing with estates where the beneficiaries were resident in countries with whom Britain was now at war. New responsibilities, new departments The War Office and Admiralty obviously had a...
...being Treasurer of the Navy. New reign, new opportunities Grenville had grown close to the future king, George III, during the 1750s and George’s accession, combined with his frustrations with...
...outbreak of the First World War, but only in certain clearly defined areas and with very limited opportunities as regards pay and promotion. In this regard it is interesting to...