Tag: Foreign and commonwealth office Records and researchStories from home and abroad in the Cabinet Office file releaseFriday 30 December 2022Today, we have released almost 600 Cabinet Office files covering Tony Blair’s Labour administration...Records and research‘Bandits, guerrillas, terrorists’: The role of the Central Office of Information during the Malayan ‘Emergency’ (1948-60)Thursday 14 October 2021In 1948, Britain declared a state of ‘Emergency’ in Malaya, an area in Southeast...Records and researchWhy was Mrs Churchill in Moscow on VE Day?Thursday 7 May 2020Seventy-five years on, as we reflect on images of Britain’s Prime Minister, Winston Churchill,...Behind the scenes‘A trickle of Pharaonic valuables’Friday 5 February 2016We look behind the scenes of the British Museum's Tutankhamun exhibition in 1972…...Archives and archivistsLooking back: 25 Years after the Berlin Wall fellFriday 10 October 2014Do you remember the first time you sunk your teeth into a Big Mac...Records and researchTimetable to mobilisationThursday 31 July 2014At the turn of the 20th century there had been no war between any of...Records and researchSir Edward Grey’s doomed questFriday 25 July 2014On July 24, 1914, Count von Mensdorff, Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, communicated the text of the...Records and researchNelson Mandela: life imprisonment 12 June 1964Thursday 12 June 2014Today is the 50th anniversary of Nelson Mandela being sentenced to life imprisonment. At...Records and researchPolitics, Egyptology and revolutionMonday 2 June 2014In May 1919, the British government decided to send a Special Mission headed by...Records and researchThe World Cup: considering a boycott in 1982Monday 12 May 2014Many people’s memories of the 1982 football World Cup in Spain might centre on...Records and researchDeath of JFK viewed through British eyesFriday 22 November 2013It is perhaps no exaggeration to say that few historical events have been the...Behind the scenesLet’s talk about the history of governmentThursday 22 August 2013Over on GOV.UK there’s a new history of government blog which, if you like... 1 2 »