Posts by Dr Richard Dunley Records and researchFiles from 1989 and 1990: Kuwait, condolences and acid houseFriday 30 December 2016Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet files from 1989 and 1990 have been released today...Records and researchFlying in the face of technology?Monday 19 December 2016I was surprised to find a file hiding in the Admiralty records showing the...Records and researchSpies in the Baltic: the unknown scandalMonday 17 October 2016A scandal involving a general, a leading naval officer and a communist actress rocked...Records and researchGarbo: the story behind Britain’s greatest Double Cross agentWednesday 28 September 2016Explore the story of spy Juan Pujol Garcia, codenamed Garbo, one of Britain’s most...Records and researchShot at the TowerMonday 15 August 201675 years ago Josef Jakobs was shot by firing squad - the last person...Records and researchKaiser Wilhelm and the curious pyjama incidentsMonday 20 June 2016Wilhelm’s contemporaries had trouble judging his character - including his fondness for practical jokes...Archives and archivistsClash of the TitansTuesday 31 May 2016How we're marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland …...Records and researchFounding a world court: the International Court of JusticeMonday 18 April 2016Today is the 70th anniversary of the first meeting of ‘the principal judicial organ...Records and researchBombing with bank notesMonday 15 February 2016The Nazi war machine printed millions of pounds of forged British bank notes ...Records and researchDodgy dealings with the ‘merchant of death’Monday 21 December 2015An international arms dealer known by the universal nickname of Zedzed. Corrupt payments seeking...Records and researchBurgess and Maclean: RevelationsFriday 23 October 2015Burgess and Maclean. The names have been etched into postwar Britain history, synonymous with...Records and researchEchoes of the past: Greek debt and the International Finance CommissionMonday 19 October 2015We are frequently told that history does not repeat itself, but for the historically... « 1 2 3 »