Sir Muirhead Bone: First Official War Artist
...technique that Bone used to achieve completion of a sketch in one sitting was to use mediums that were suited to “on the spot” work such as pen, pencil, chalk,...
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Mapping for War and Peace - Ordnance Survey’s maps and the First World War
...because the prevailing attitude was that the war would be quick ‘all over by Christmas’, as the saying went. A fast, campaign that overcame resistance quickly could use existing, less...
The Silver Greyhound - The Messenger Service
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Keith Mitchell, Posted on:
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Civil service, Foreign affairs and diplomacy, The National Archives
...would arrive back in London. These delays caused the Foreign Office to use Home Service Messengers for foreign duty. A restructure, in 1795, resulted in 30 messengers interchanged between Home...
What’s the Context? 4 April 1949: the signature of the North Atlantic Treaty
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Gill Bennett, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians, What's the context? series
...Russians thought it was aimed at them, well, it was a clear case of ‘if the cap fits . . .’ ‘We now know’, to use John Lewis Gaddis’s phrase,...
Preparing for Helsinki: the CSCE Multilateral Preparatory Talks
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Dr Richard Smith, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians
...Union intended to use the conference to reinforce its hegemony in Eastern Europe, disrupt the economic and political integration of Western Europe, weaken NATO, and secure commercial advantages and greater...
What’s the Context? The decision to build a British atomic bomb, 8 January 1947
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Gill Bennett, Posted on:
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Atomic Weapons, Defence and conflict, FCDO Historians, Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians, Past prime ministers, What's the context? series
...was taken against the wishes of Britain’s closest ally the United States, and because it committed huge government resources that Britain could not afford. It was essential because although no...
The Locarno Suite: ‘Drawing room for the Nation’
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Martin Redmond, Posted on:
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Art and design, Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians
...Reception Suite being used as offices. This was not a success. The original Victorian decorations became very shabby and the rooms were considered too dark and draughty for daily use....
Prime Ministers and the Olympic Games
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Professor Kevin Jefferys, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, No 10 guest historian series, Prime Ministers and No. 10
...controversy, and a few appeared to share the view of the socialist writer George Orwell, that international sport – far from promoting harmony among nations as its proponents claimed –...
Designs for living
...in the 19th century, is well-represented, and includes samples of designs by A W N Pugin. The wallpaper below, designed for the Palace of Westminster, shows his use of medieval...
The founding of the NHS: 75 years on
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Dr Michelle Clement, Posted on:
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National Health Service, Prime Ministers and No. 10
On 5th July 1948 the National Health Service was established in the United Kingdom. Britain was the first western country to offer free at the point of use medical care...