Posts by Mark Dunton Records and researchWinston Churchill’s secret voyage (Part two): The Atlantic CharterWednesday 2 November 2022On the first day of the Atlantic Conference (9 August 1941) at Placentia Bay,...Records and researchWinston Churchill’s secret voyage (Part one)Friday 28 October 2022Prime Minister Winston Churchill undertook a long and daring journey by ship to meet...Records and researchBlack GIs arrive in Britain (Part two)Thursday 20 October 2022The first white American troops landed in Northern Ireland in January 1942, and they...Records and researchBlack GIs arrive in Britain (Part one)Friday 14 October 2022Several years ago I recall hearing a story about villagers in the West Country...Records and researchSpies, social climbers and suspicious stories from the files of MI5Tuesday 11 October 2022In 1962, civil servant John Vassall was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for espionage....Records and researchThe amazing story behind ‘The Duke’Thursday 21 April 2022Some of you may have had the opportunity to see the recently released film,...Records and researchThe Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands and Sir Rex HuntSaturday 2 April 2022For Sir Rex Hunt, Governor of the Falkland Islands, Thursday 1 April 1982 ‘began...Records and researchEquality of sexuality: The age of consentWednesday 23 February 2022The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 represented a partial decriminalisation of male homosexuality: it...Records and researchAnimal Farm: The cartoon strip and the Cold WarMonday 17 August 2020George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’, first published on this day 75 years ago in 1945,...Records and researchBefore Glastonbury there was … Hyde ParkThursday 25 June 2020This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Glastonbury Festival. Music has brought comfort...Records and researchLight in the ‘darkest hour’Thursday 28 May 2020Tuesday 28 May 1940 was one of the most significant days in the course...Records and researchVital words of hope, 26 May 1940Tuesday 26 May 2020In his diary Neville Chamberlain described Sunday 26 May 1940 as ‘the blackest day... 1 2 3 »