Conradi, Peter J. Iris Murdoch. A Life. HarperCollins.
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Treasury
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| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Employer | Iris Murdoch | |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Iris Murdoch | While working exceptionally hard in a Treasury
office during the war, when all food had to be queued for, she still found energy to write fiction and poems as well as letters. Conradi, Peter J. Iris Murdoch. A Life. HarperCollins. 141-2 |
| politics | Josephine Butler | A letter dated 5 June 1885 is the only direct account left by JB
of her involvement in the affair. She writes, I have been for 10 days in London helping several friends in a... |
Timeline
1914: The Bank of England first began issuing,...
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1914
The Bank of England
first began issuing, on instructions from the Treasury
, bank notes in a ten-shilling denomination (worth, that is, half of a pound).
1919: The University Grants Committee (UGC) was...
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1919
The University Grants Committee
(UGC) was established to oversee the small grant which the British government was now making to some institutions of higher education.
9 March 1949: A National Theatre Act was passed by the...
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9 March 1949
A National Theatre
Act was passed by the British Parliament
, which allowed the Treasury
to contribute towards national theatre costs.
9 March 1949: A National Theatre Act was passed by the...
Building item
9 March 1949
A National Theatre
Act was passed by the British Parliament
, which allowed the Treasury
to contribute towards national theatre costs.
Late 1951: Florence Horsbrugh was appointed Minister...
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Late 1951
Florence Horsbrugh
was appointed Minister of Education without a seat in cabinet by Winston Churchill
; it was the first time an Education Minister . . . [had been] excluded from the Cabinet in twenty years.
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