Posts by Andrew Holt Records and researchHMS Resolution and Britain’s first maritime nuclear deterrentThursday 15 September 2016On 15 September 1966, the lead ship of the Royal Navy’s Resolution-class was launched…...Records and researchJeremy Thorpe’s resignation and its aftermathWednesday 11 May 2016On 10 May 1976, Jeremy Thorpe resigned as leader of the Liberal Party -...Records and researchThe ‘Robin Jackman affair’: apartheid and international cricketFriday 26 February 2016The England cricket team’s 1981 tour of the West Indies was put in jeopardy...Records and researchSouthern Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI)Wednesday 11 November 2015On 11 November 1965, Southern Rhodesia’s prime minister, Ian Smith, unilaterally declared his territory’s...Records and researchBurgess and Maclean: RevelationsFriday 23 October 2015Burgess and Maclean. The names have been etched into postwar Britain history, synonymous with...Records and researchThe atomic bombing of HiroshimaThursday 6 August 2015On the morning of Monday 6 August 1945 – 70 years ago today –...
