Tag: Foreign office Records and researchBritish diplomats on Castro, 1959-1963: in the global spotlightMonday 23 January 2017From 1959, scrutiny of Castro intensified. Reports sent back to the Foreign Office included...Records and researchBritish diplomats on Castro, 1953-1959: mystery manThursday 22 December 2016I will present the British diplomatic service's view of Fidel Castro during the 1950s,...Records and researchThe 1966 World Cup and diplomatic gamesFriday 29 July 2016Explore how a sporting competition can damage international relations…...Records and research‘I call it lunacy’: spelling squabbles within British governmentFriday 11 December 2015It is always comforting to realise we’re not the only ones dealing with trivial...Records and researchHow to escape from an embassyThursday 26 November 2015The counter-intuitive thing about being trapped in an embassy is that everyone involved always...Records and researchAn American journalist, First World War prisoners of war, and a libel caseWednesday 22 July 2015Out of the destruction and chaos of the Western Front during the First World... « 1 2