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The National Archives (TNA) at Kew in south-west London recently had a fascinating and very popular exhibition on the history and role of the British domestic Security Service, MI5, entitled MI5: Official Secrets. Looking at some of the material on display, I was reminded that British historians themselves have periodically been monitored by MI5.


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On 26th May, 1940, Churchill ordered the implementation of ‘Operation Dynamo’, a plan to save the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). In 2020, Britain marked the 80th anniversary of what one war correspondent called at the time the ‘miracle’ of Dunkirk, the dramatic rescue of the BEF from the beaches of the small Belgian seaside town, which took place between 27th May and 4th ...


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