...The ability of the prime minister to use them depends on the prime minister being in touch with what is going on – and not going on.'1 In 1997, New...
...will undoubtedly be maintained by our successors over the next hundred years.’ Patrick Salmon making his speech The full story of how the Foreign Office has used and promoted history,...
...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...
...Wall in 1961 gave concrete form to ideological, political and military competition between East and West. Berlin problems were a useful stick with which to beat the other side, and...
...painted by John Singer Sargent in 1908. Source: http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/766112 They moved in high social circles. Nancy used these connections to steer Waldorf away from his family’s interests in newspapers, which...
...widespread use of terror tactics by both the government and its opponents. Meanwhile, the ANC stepped up sabotage and armed attacks from its bases in neighbouring states. South Africa was...
...the USS Missouri in the presence of General Douglas Macarthur, Supreme Commander in the Southwest Pacific theatre. The end of the Second World War was a cause for celebration on...
...bomb was tested successfully in New Mexico. Its use, on 6 and 9 August, would lead to Japanese surrender and the final end to the global conflict. At Potsdam, Truman...
...office, he did not use it to enrich himself) and served as one of Walpole’s senior lieutenants in the House of Commons. Following Walpole’s fall in 1742, Pelham became leader...
...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...