(Probably) the last #BDOHP of the year: Gavin Hewitt, who was Ambassador in Croatia 1994-97, in the middle of the Yugoslav Wars and was earlier part of the Joint Intelligence Committee for Northern Ireland.
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Final flurry from the #BDOHP : today's is a real Christmas cracker, with Sir Geoffrey Adams. Cue fascinating stuff on South Africa, Jerusalem, Iran, Libya and Brexit (plus the tricky relationship between Charles Powell and Patrick Wright).
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Today's new #BDOHP interview is with Derek Marsh, Consul-General in Seoul, 1997–2001, then Director General of British Trade with Taiwan, 2002-05.
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Here's a highlight from our 'Celebrating Preservation and Access' conference #CA50 : the new #BDOHP transcript from Alison Rose, former Ambassador to Belgium, who really had the inside track on Brexit from the other side of the water, oa.churchillarchives.libnova.com/view/15746

And that's a wrap on 'Celebrating Preservation and Access'! One final thank you to all the brilliant speakers and attendants who helped us celebrate our 50th anniversary. We hope to see you all again! #AC50

Well said Laura Farris

It was a great pleasure to record these fascinating recollections for the BDOHP.

Another #BDOHP for you: Sir David Reddaway, who was a junior diplomat in Teheran during the Iranian revolution, then returned to Iran as Chargé in 1990 to reopen the embassy.

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I’m really proud to be backing my friend ⁦Tom Tugendhat⁩ who I met in Afghanistan more than 10 years ago, for ⁦Conservatives⁩ Leader.

Check out his video arguing for a #CleanStart in British politics and government timefortugendhat.com

Piece I have written for FT Opinion on the damage Boris Johnson has done to the reputation of Number 10 and to standards in public life more generally. Conservatives ought to care about protecting our institutions ft.com/content/e9d782… ft.com/content/e9d782…

Yana Stajno Rory Stewart consoc.org.uk/a-constitution…

Conservative MPs could dismiss Peter Hennessy as 'just another unelected peer', but they would be wise not to. He knows the historical precedent - and he will have thought very carefully before using such unequivocal language bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

The latest transcript to be available at the BDOHP. The BDOHP has managed to issue 25 new transcripts since the start of lockdown.

I love you, Marina Hyde.

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Hurrah, it's a new #BDOHP interview! Read all about Sir John Grant, PPS to Foreign Secretary Robin Cook and Brussels specialist, at archives.chu.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

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At long last, the papers of Sir James Headlam-Morley, WW1 propaganda chief and first Foreign Office historian, have been catalogued! Read all about it, at chu.cam.ac.uk/news/2022/jan/…

The tragedy of David Frost and those who think like him is that they can't see that the high tax burden they dislike is in part the result of the hard Brexit they chose 1/4

Pleased to share that my essay, ‘Private Sector Engagement after the Integrated Review’, is published today in the second Centre for Defence Studies #CDSIRVolume . (And more than a little proud to appear in such esteemed company!) (1/7)

Latest #BDOHP interview is with Edward Glover, whose career took him to Canberra, Washington, Berlin, Brussels, Iraq, and ended as High Commissioner to Guyana and Ambassador to Suriname, 1998–2002. chu.cam.ac.uk/media/uploads/…