Conscription and Conscientious Objection
...lived in very basic conditions. After the war, Felix composed a piece called 'Fanfare for a Challenge to Accepted Ideas', inspired by his dedication to resisting war and militarism. Today...
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Lord Palmerston and the ‘civis Romanus sum’ principle
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David Brown, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, No 10 guest historian series, Parliament
...deeper story of British support for liberal constitutional progress and the promotion of self-government by free peoples against perceived absolutist despotism throughout the world, whether that be through backing constitutionalists...
Gallipoli: 100 years on
...services co-operating together closely) and ‘Combined’ (different countries working together in intimate partnership) operations of today. British campaign One aspect of the eleven month campaign (February 1915 to January 1916)...
Queen Elizabeth and her 12 Prime Ministers
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D R Thorpe, Posted on:
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No 10 guest historian series, Past prime ministers, The Monarchy
...onwards, the Conservative Party elected its leader, as the Labour Party had done since 1922. Today it would be highly unusual if the Queen invited anyone to become Prime Minister...
Sir Edward Grey: a fitting tribute
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Dr Richard Smith, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians
...today: Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond speaking at the unveiling of the restored Sir Edward Grey memorial For more on how the memorial came to be built see: http://issuu.com/fcohistorians/docs/fco896_gray_memorial_booklet_-_web_812e11dc3c95ff ...
The Changing Face – and Faces – of Number 10 Downing Street: the geography of power since 1945
...off Whitehall, in London’s SW1 postcode, fronted by one of the world’s most iconic front doors, stands Number 10 Downing Street, the unique home and office of the British Prime...
What’s the Context? 9 May 1956: Eden orders an enquiry into the disappearance of Commander ‘Buster’ Crabb
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Gill Bennett, Posted on:
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Foreign Office Historians, What's the context? series
...R G G (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Mystery of the missing frogman Sixty years ago today, on 9 May 1956 the Prime Minister, Sir...
What’s the Context? 26 July 1956: Nasser announces the nationalisation of the Suez Canal
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Gill Bennett, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians, What's the context? series
...Company, August 1956 (Public Domain) The announcement sixty years ago today by President Gamal Abdel Nasser that he was taking the Suez Canal into Egyptian ownership provided the ‘inciting incident’,...