...and Wales, and in Scotland). The question included 9 boxes, 7 labelled with pre-coded categories and 2 allowing people to write in their ethnicity. The classification was: White; Black-Caribbean; Black-African;...
...in helping her to see the Committee’s reports in context. She left the Committee with views on how the material should best be presented for ministerial consumption, stating that ‘the...
...was clerical work within the Civil Service. Women had worked in businesses and offices prior to the outbreak of the war. Ray Strachey, who is now perhaps best remembered as...
...might expect to see if the Confessor was attempting to promote him as a potential successor. The rival claims of Harold and William – which would of course be ultimately...
...The prestige of the job, it seems, was reward enough for Mowlem. As the Minister of Works, Lord John Hope, informed the Prime Minister, the next best tender was expected...
...tasked George Kennan, Director of Policy Planning at the State Department with figuring out ‘what could be done to promote world recovery’. “We want coal, we want bread.” A demonstration...
...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...
...1784, through the influence of his elder brother George, Earl Temple. He served under his brother as Irish Chief Secretary in Dublin during Shelburne’s ministry of 1782-3, but when Temple...
...employed Irish people for many diplomatic and military positions. One was Ambrose O’Higgins who became the Viceroy of Peru. His illegitimate son, Bernado O’Higgins, helped Chile to their independence, and...
...including in 1799 Britain's first income tax. The international context also made a resolution of Irish issues more pressing. Following the rebellion of 1798,arose the Act of Union of 1800,...