ICBH Witness Seminars held since 1987
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1. The Winter of Discontent 1 September 1987
2. 1967 Devaluation 1 November 1987
3. The Trade Unions and the Fall of the Heath Government 1972-74 1 February 1988
4. The Move to the Sandys White Paper of 1957 1 July 1988
5. Conservative Government Difficulties 1961-64: Did the Conservatives Lose Direction? 1 October 1988
6. Decolonisation and the Colonial Office 25 November 1988
7. The Origins of the Eurobond Market 1989
8. Wilson Government 1964-70 1989
9. Redcliffe-Maud Royal Commission 1989
10. Periodisation in Post-War Britain 16 February 1989
11. IMF Crisis 1976 20 April 1989
12. 1949 Devaluation 4 October 1989
13. Labour Party: Campaign for Democratic Socialism 1960-64 1990
14. Conservative Party Policy-Making 1965-70 1 February 1990
15. Labour Committee for Europe 12 June 1990
16. Defence Review 1966 and the Decision to Withdraw from East of Suez 16 November 1990
17. British Attitudes to German Rearmament and Reunification in the 1950s 21 November 1990
18. Defence Organisation: The Jacob-Ismay Report 1963 1991
19. The Launch of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) 1979-83 25 January 1991
20. British Policy and the Berlin Wall Crisis 1958-61 22 March 1991
21. Battle of Cable Street 1936 1 May 1991
22. Editing Political Diaries 1 December 1991
23. British Policy in Northern Ireland 1964-70 14 January 1992
24. British Policy in Northern Ireland 1971-75 11 February 1993
25. Monoclonal Antibodies - A Case of Technology Transfer 24 September 1993
26. The Formation of the Child Poverty Action Group in the 1960s 17 November 1993
27. 'Yesterday's Men' television documentary 26 January 1994
28. Heath Government 1970-74 14 February 1994
29. The Origins of Channel 4 8 June 1994
30. The Bretton-Woods Exchange Rate System 1944-72 30 September 1994
31. Intelligence Services in the Second World War 9 November 1994
32. MEPs: The British Experience of the European Parliament 23 February 1995
33. The First Ascent of Kanchenjunga 13 April 1995
34. Special Advisors to the Government 25 April 1995
35. British Policy in Northern Ireland 1975-82 26 April 1995
36. Let Us Face The Future: the 1945 Labour General Election Victory 5 July 1995
37. Number Ten Policy Unit 13 July 1995
38. The Marshall Plan in European Perspective 22 September 1995
39. 'Real Lives' television documentary 15 November 1995
40. Ministry of Technology (Mintech) 1964-70 1996
41. House of Commons Select Committees 31 January 1996
42. Race Relations Policy 1964-68 21 February 1996
43. Devolution in Scotland in the 1970s 10 May 1996
44. Referendum on Europe 1975 5 June 1996
45. Department of Economic Affairs 1964-9 (DEA) 5 June 1996
46. 'Big Bang' in the City: October 1986 Stock Market Deregulation 23 October 1996
47. National Economic Development Council 1962-7 (NEDC) 17 April 1997
48. British Policy in Northern Ireland: The Anglo-Irish Agreement 1985 11 June 1997
49. The Role of HM Embassy in Washington 18 June 1997
50. The Stock Market Crash, October 1987 14 October 1997
51. New Developments in History in the 1950s and 1960s 29 April 1998
52. Britain and Brussels: Whitehall and Europe 5 May 1998
53. Britain and Brussels: Legislation for Europe 5 May 1998
54. Britain and Brussels: Working in the Commission 5 May 1998
55. Concorde: The Development of Policy 19 November 1998
56. Concorde: Flight Operations 19 November 1998
57. Concorde: The Technology 19 November 1998
58. The Role of HM Embassy in Moscow 8 March 1999
59. Section 28 and the Revival of Gay, Lesbian & Queer Politics in Britain 24 November 1999
60. North Sea Oil and Gas: Developing the Technology 11 December 1999
61. North Sea Oil and Gas: Corporate Interest in the Development of the North Sea Fields 11 December 1999
62. North Sea Oil and Gas: The Government's Perspective 11 December 1999
63. The Poor Get Poorer Under Labour': the Child Poverty Action Group in the 1970s 18 February 2000
64. Resistance to the Poll Tax 1 April 2000
65. The Origins and Establishment of the Internal Market in the NHS 3 July 2000
66. Rhodesian UDI 6 September 2000
67. Anglo-German Relations and German Reunification 18 October 2000
68. Nott Review 1981 20 June 2001
69. Abortion Act 1967 10 July 2001
70. Skylark Sounding Rocketry 7 December 2001
71. The Helsinki Negotiations, Accords & their Impact 19 February 2002
72. The Historiography of the Communist Party of Great Britain 20 February 2002
73. The Role of the Speaker in the House of Commons 25 February 2002
74. The Falklands War 5 June 2002
75. Big Smoke: 1952 London Smog 10 December 2002
76. Big Bang - Stock Market Deregulation 2003
77. Railway Privatisation 2003
78. Labour Party - Benn/Healy Deputy Leadership Battle 2003
79. Memories of Aldermaston 12 April 2003
80. American Perceptions of the Falklands War 15 May 2003
81. SDI: British Response to the Strategic Defence Review 9 July 2003
82. Thatcher Trade Union Reforms 16 July 2004
83. General Election of 1979 - Campaigns 22 November 2004
84. General Election of 1979 - Conservative Party 22 November 2004
85. General Election of 1979 - Labour Party 22 November 2004
86. British Agriculture and the UK Applications to Join the EEC 25 November 2004
87. General Election of 1979 - Saatchi & Saatchi 15 February 2005
88. Regulating The Press: The Calcutt Report and the Establishment of the Press Complaints Commission 29 June 2005
89. Rhodesia - Road to Settlement 5 July 2005
90. British Foreign Policy During the Thatcher Years 6 February 2006
91. Old Gilt Edge Markets 22 March 2006
92. Faith in the City: The Church of England’s report into Urban Priority Areas 5 July 2006
93. Reform of the Civil Service Under Thatcher 17 September 2006
94. From Clients to Consumers: Changing Approaches from Government Ministries under Thatcher 27 October 2006
95. Privatisation of British Telecom 5 December 2006
96. Friends of the Nunhead Cemetry 15 March 2007
97. University of London’s External System: 150th Anniversary 21 June 2007
98. Britain’s withdrawal from the Exchange Rate Mechanism, September 1992 14 November 2007
99. Cold War Operational Research in support of the British Army on the Rhine 1945-1991 26 March 2008
100. Cassini-Huygens Exploration Mission to Saturn 28 March 2008
101. University of London External System - Hong Kong 14 July 2008
102. University of London External System - Commonwealth Experience 19 July 2008
103. The Cold War in Southern Africa, 1985-91 23 January 2009
104. The 1983 US invasion of Grenada: Britain and the Cold War in the Caribbean 29 March 2009
105. British Bomber Command and the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis 23 June 2009
106. Criminal Justice Act 1991 7 May 2010
107. Home Office Research Unit 14 May 2010
108. Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) 2 July 2010
109. Home Office Organisation 2 July 2010
110. Environmentalism: The Green Breakthrough of 1989 15 October 2010
111. Science & Heritage - Emergence of Science Heritage 8 December 2010
112. Science & Heritage - Time 8 December 2010
113. Science & Heritage - Use of Evidence 9 December 2010
114. Science & Heritage - Work Transformed 9 December 2010
115. Britain and the Gulf War 1991 16 March 2011