Tag: Michael portillo state secrets tyrants Records and researchWolf Hall in The National ArchivesMonday 9 February 2015Although a work of fiction, Hilary Mantel’s books Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies...Records and research‘To those who forgive and forget too quickly…’Tuesday 27 January 2015Like many French people of my generation, I’ve grown up amidst war stories –...Records and researchIn Bruges: art looted by the NazisThursday 4 December 2014Inspired by a recent team visit to Bruges as a place of historical interest, and...Records and researchThe Munich AgreementFriday 27 September 2013During 1938, political tensions in Europe heightened as the major powers continued to rearm....Records and researchWriter of the Month – John GuyTuesday 7 May 2013The idea for writing The Children of Henry VIII appealed to me mainly because...Records and researchReaching out – Ugandan Asians 40 years onMonday 22 October 2012In August 1972, Idi Amin, the leader of Uganda, gave the order that Asian...