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5 giorni fa · Edwin Lascelles (1713-1795), un importante produttore di zucchero, e la sua famiglia possedevano o controllavano 24 piantagioni a Barbados e in altre isole caraibiche. Oltre 3.000 persone schiavizzate furono costrette a lavorare nelle piantagioni di canna da zucchero dei Lascelles e nelle loro raffinerie di zucchero fino a quando l'Impero britannico abolì definitivamente la schiavitù nel 1838.
3 giorni fa · Harold Macmillan once said that what he feared most was ‘events’. Jack Lynch was one of those politicians who was ambushed by ‘events’. Before 1969, he seemed to have a talent for avoiding the arrogance and mud that normally congeal on those who climb the greasy pole, and projecting himself as gentle, decent, moderate, honest, and dutiful.
4 giorni fa · Anne Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon ( née Spencer-Churchill; 28 June 1920 – 15 November 2021) was an English memoirist and the second wife of Anthony Eden, who served as British prime minister from 1955 to 1957. She married Eden in 1952, becoming Lady Eden in 1954 when he was made a Knight of the Garter, before becoming Countess of Avon in ...
3 giorni fa · Moscow did not unmask it in order to avoid compromising Blake. The tunnel was “discovered” 11 months after the tapping started (when Blake was already given a new assignment in MI6). The ...
3 giorni fa · The 1975 Referendum and Seventies Britain. Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum and Seventies Britain. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2018, ISBN: 9781108425353; 422pp.; Price: £24.99. Mr Mathias Haeussler, review of Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum and Seventies Britain, (review no. 2301) Until recently, Britain’s first referendum on ...
4 giorni fa · 17 maggio 2024. Michele Diomà, fondatore della community di Wild Filmmaker, ci ha raccontato di “The Family Whistle” il “fischio di famiglia, le origini di un mito”, il documentario sulle origini della famiglia di registi e musicisti Coppola presentato al Festival di Cannes.
1 giorno fa · Order of independence of African nations, 1950–2011. The decolonisation of Africa was a series of political developments in Africa that spanned from the mid-1950s to 1975, during the Cold War. Colonial governments gave way to sovereign states in a process often marred by violence, political turmoil, widespread unrest, and organised revolts.
