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Category Archives: The National Archives
Subverting the Subversives: Did MI5 infiltrate the British entertainment industry?
Back in 2018 new claims were put forward that the British domestic Security Service, MI5, was not just involved with monitoring and collecting intelligence on political movements and individuals deemed as potential threats to the state in the post-war period, … Continue reading
Radicalism in Richmond-on-Thames: The influence of the Left Book Club of the 1930s
Back in 2018-2019, using a variety of sources, I conducted some research into the local impact of the famous Left Book Club (LBC) of the 1930s, focusing in particular on the town of Richmond-on-Thames in the outer suburbs of London. … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-fascism, Archives, British history, British politics, Local History, London history, Public History, Research, Richmond history, Secret State, Surbiton, Surrey, Teaching, The National Archives, Uncategorized
Tagged British history, Kingston, Local History, London history, Public History, Richmond, Secret State, Surbiton
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Captivating memories: New ‘Great Escapes’ exhibition at the National Archives, London
What was life like for the many individuals who found themselves being held as wartime prisoners or internees? This is certainly a growing area of research for historians and, I suspect, is also of great interest to anybody who has … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, British history, European History, Gender History, German History, Historiography, History of war, London history, Museums, Nazism, Public History, The National Archives, Uncategorized
Tagged Archives, British history, civic engagement, history, Public History, teaching, World History, World War Two
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The Spy Who Lied: Another look at the Kim Philby story
A recent television drama series about the life of Kim Philby, the British Intelligence officer who engaged in treachery, attracted good reviews and enthusiastic viewers when it was screened, but contained few surprises for historians of the secret state. The … Continue reading
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Tagged British history, Film, history, Public History, Research, Russian History, Secret State, Spies, The National Archives, World History
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The other Philby: The far right sympathies of St. John Philby
While there has been tremendous interest in the life and traitorous activities of the notorious spy Kim Philby, not many people are aware that he had a highly controversial father, St. John Philby, whose sympathies lay not with Communism but … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-fascism, Archives, British Empire, British history, British politics, Conspiracy theory, European History, Extremism, Fascism, German History, Historiography, History of war, Middle East, Nazism, Public History, Research, The National Archives, Uncategorized, World History
Tagged British history, Extremism, Far Right, Fascism, history, MI5, Middle East, Public History, World War Two
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Twickenham’s ‘Conshie’ – Cecil Templeman and his objections to military service
A special guest blog by Simon Fowler Around 16,000 men refused to take up arms or fight for Britain during the First World War for any number of religious, moral, ethical or political reasons. Such men were known as ‘conscientious … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, British history, History of war, Local History, London history, Public History, Research, Teaching, The National Archives, Uncategorized
Tagged Archives, British history, First World War, history, History of war, Local History, Public History, teaching, World War One
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Did he break free? John Major’s tensions with Margaret Thatcher
There have been times when the current British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has shown evident discomfort at the antics of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and the embarrassing shadow of Johnson has undoubtedly interfered with Sunak’s attempts to put his … Continue reading
Four Pennies for Doomsday: The British plans for nuclear war in the early 1960s
It sounds like something out of a 1950s British comedy film. The ability of the United Kingdom to launch a counter-strike against a nuclear attack on the country in the 1960s was apparently dependent on the availability of four old copper pennies. … Continue reading
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Tagged British history, British politics, history, Public History, Secret State, The National Archives, UK politics, World History
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When the Bombs fell: The impact of wartime air raids on Kingston-on-Thames
The discovery in 2019 of an unexploded Second World War bomb on a building site near Kingston University’s Penrhyn Road campus was a good reminder at the time of how the local area suffered some considerable attention from the German … Continue reading
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Tagged British history, civic engagement, Kingston, Kingston University, Local History, Public History, Surbiton, Surrey, World War Two, WWII
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Twickenham’s ‘Conshie’ – Cecil Templeman and his objections to military service
A special guest blog by Simon Fowler Around 16,000 men refused to take up arms or fight for Britain during the First World War for any number of religious, moral, ethical or political reasons. Such men were known as ‘conscientious … Continue reading
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