Tag: Diplomacy AudioLines on the map: records of international boundariesFriday 30 January 2015The National Archives holds one of the largest and most important accumulations of maps...AudioWriter of the month: The Spanish ambassador’s suitcaseFriday 23 January 2015Matthew Parris and Andrew Bryson discuss their new book, The Spanish ambassador’s suitcase. Matthew...AudioThe Chevalier d’Eon: Transgender Diplomat at the Court of George III, 1763-1777Friday 21 November 2014In 1763 peace broke out between France and Britain, ending the Seven Years War....Audio‘A World of Their Design’: The men who shaped Tudor diplomacyMonday 15 September 2014In a time of shifting politics and world changing events, three men would emerge...Audio‘Things as are all Forms, & Ceremonys’: Ritual and authority in the reign of Queen AnneThursday 4 September 2014Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, impatient with courtly ritual, gave Queen Anne grudging praise for...AudioPeacetime diplomacy and the New European OrderFriday 1 August 2014Professor Alan Sharp, of the University of Ulster, examines diplomacy after the Paris Peace...AudioKeeping it in the familyFriday 18 July 2014In a period where politics could not be separated from dynasty and the personal...