...(Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images) For the 1966 World Cup, FIFA allocated just one place at the tournament for a team from either Africa, Asia and Oceania. The man in charge...
...Egyptian leader would not work with the West or promote an Arab-Israeli settlement, and Britain should realign its policy accordingly. Britain’s oil supplies and trade routes to the southern hemisphere...
On her 21st birthday in 1947 Princess Elizabeth broadcast from Cape Town in South Africa: I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short,...
...Deputy Governor of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) after the British Government assumed direct rule of the rebellious colony. He was a key participant in the Lancaster House Conference, aiming finally...
...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...
...Prime Minister Lord Aberdeen, who made him Home Secretary instead (1852-5). The best man for the job The first year of the Crimean war went badly, with many criticisms of...
...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...
...and 1st Earl of Ripon. Source: Government Art Collection ‘The best young man’s speech I ever heard in parliament’ Robinson’s political career was initially sponsored by his uncle, the 3rd...
...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...