Don’t forget to check out the forthcoming seminars on Official History. The series starts again on 24 April: royalhistsoc.org/calendar/offic…

In Episode 2 of our #RememberingTogether podcast, Deputy Ambassador Keith Allan spoke to author Esther Shaya and Alexander Stukenberg from Stichting Stolpersteine about the history and impact of the Holocaust in Amsterdam.
 
Listen to Episode 2 here 👉 buzzsprout.com/215345/14918332

Be sure not to miss the next in our series of Official History seminars on the important theme of 'Historical engagement with policymakers.' School of Advanced Study, University of London Institute of Historical Research Join us online on 24 April 2024, 5:30PM - 7:00PM. history.ac.uk/events/histori…

Take a look 😍 at the Collection's works of art in the UK Embassy in Costa Rica – from Claire Barclay's prints 🟦⚫️ to Ian Fleming's Thistles in the Sun ☀️

❗Launching: UK Embassy Berne 🇬🇧🇨🇭🇱🇮’s Interactive Map of Lord Byron’s Travels through Europe, in collaboration with UK in Greece, UK in Italy 🇬🇧🇮🇹 & UK Mission Geneva 🇬🇧❗

View our map: viewer.mapme.com/7df7d2b6-1fdc-…

Have you ever imagined living in an art museum? That’s a slice of life surrounded by the Government Art Collection at the British Ambassador’s Residence! 🧑‍🎨🖼️🎨
 
Check out the first in our series with Government Art Collection below! 👇🏻

History in the making.

Today's #BDOHP interview is with ex-diplomat and trade negotiator Vivien Life, one of the first women at the FCDO to job-share as a working mum, and who later in her career, headed the post-Brexit trade negotiations with Australia.
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FCDO Historians

Celebrate cultural unity with our  #EntenteCordiale120  playlist. From classic 🇫🇷 chansons to 🇬🇧 beats, let's embrace harmony across borders through music 🎶

Listen here 👉 shorturl.at/cdptU

Wonderful exhibition commemorating 120 years of enduring Franco-British ties in the presence of Lucy Frazer & Hélène Duchêne, shining a historic spotlight on our long-lasting alliance. 
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Tonight! 👇

Just passed Styford Hall on the Tyne outside Corbridge. It was formerly the home of Sir Percy Loraine (1880-1961) - the last of the Northumbrian Loraine baronets - and formerly our man in Egypt, Turkey and Italy. While in Ankara he became close friends with Atatürk himself.

Registration is still open for our next History & Policy Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Official Histories seminar next Wednesday. And if you missed the last one in which we discussed nuclear energy and weapons with Sue Roff, Matt Jones and Michael Goodman you can watch it here: youtu.be/DzMbMp0b-jM.

So far in 2024, we've had over 800 visitors to our Access Portal - from 56 different countries!

Reminder that much of our digitised material is available online (including #BDOHP FCDO Historians interview transcripts)

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'Writing the History of Secret Intelligence' - the next online seminar in our Official History series, with GillBHistoryMatters and Declan O'Reilly - Wednesday 20 March at 5.30pm. Sign up here:

history.ac.uk/events/writing…

Five great pieces of art about diplomacy:

1. Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles - William Orpen (1919)

The fractured reflection in the mirror is a brilliant touch

On #InternationalWomensDay2024 our History Note tells the story of women in British diplomacy:
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Papal diplomat Cardinal Consalvi (1757-1824) was a key figure in the advancement of relations between London and Rome. You can read more about his links with the UK in these papers marking the 200th anniversary of his death. UK in Holy See 🇬🇧🇻🇦
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Tonight. The third of our seminars on writing Official History. This time looking at atomic energy and weapons programmes. Register here 👇

history.ac.uk/events/writing…

Tonight👇