History
Summary: Since 1782 the Foreign Office has been involved in many extraordinary and exciting events
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Podcasts:
Diplomat Chris Greenwood remembers his role in reporting the border crossings between Hungary and Austria - one of the major contributing factors to the collapse of East Germany and the Berlin Wall.
On 16 June 1989, Greg Dorey was one of 200,000 people present in Heroes Square, Hungary, to witness the reburial ceremonies of Imre Nagy and his fellow martyrs.
In the latest episode of the History podcast series, British Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Sian MacLeod, remembers her first posting as a young diplomat to Moscow.
Mark Watchorn, who was based at the British Embassy in Syria at the time of John McCarthy's release, describes the “most exhilarating and brilliant day” of his career.
Foreign Office historian Richard Smith discusses Simon Bolivar’s links with Britain and the role played by many hundreds of British volunteers who fought alongside him for independence in Latin America.
Grant Hibberd, a Research Assistant with the FCO’s Historians team, discusses “The Sealand Affair”, an obscure, but fascinating, footnote in British legal and diplomatic history.
Christopher Baxter, a former research fellow in Intelligence History at Queens University Belfast, speaks about some of the most important documents from the SIS's early history
Professor Keith Jeffery, author of the History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909 - 1949, speaks about his privileged access to SIS (MI6) records
An audio tour of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office building in Westminster, London
