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Foreign Office orthodoxy
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe former foreign secretary Lord Palmerston once remarked that Britain had no permanent allies and no permanent enemies, but only permanent interests....
Florence Nightingale overcame the limits set on proper Victorian women – and brought modern science...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoFlorence Nightingale experienced her personal call to nursing at age 16 and ultimately became known...
Voices: The Top 10 cabinet ministers whose first and last names end in the same pair of letters
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis list sets two records, one for absurdity and another for the length of time it has taken to...
Britain must unashamedly put British interests first
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 week agoOne of Charles de Gaulle’s most famous rhetorical flourishes was that “France has no friends, only interests”. His dogged pursuit of those interests, at...
Voices: The Top 10: Great political questions
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThanks to David Mills for the idea for this list. He started off with “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” asked by Ronald Reagan in a US...
What is a state funeral and who has had one in the UK?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoQueen Elizabeth II’s funeral will take place on Monday 19 September, Buckingham Palace has...
A short history of ‘confidence matters’ in the House of Commons
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoDeclaring a routine vote to be a matter of confidence in the Government is an unusual step. Formal...
Voices: The Top 10 most powerful people ever
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis one started when Janan Ganesh wrote in the Financial Times that President Harry Truman in mid-1945 was “the most powerful human being who has ever...
Was Queen Victoria a political genius – or just a ‘spoilt child?’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA biographer’s task is not always an earnest one. More than once, researching my own short life of...
A coastal fort in Wales used by the US Army in the Second World War is on the market for $230,000
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFort Hubberstone is on the west side of Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire, Wales.West Wales Properties...
