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On Her Majesty's Service - in a new way
  • calender icon August 25, 2015

  • user icon Matthew Teller, BBC News

The outgoing British ambassador to Lebanon hates the image of diplomats as stuck-up champagne-drinking mandarins, and goes out of his way to prove ...

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How to step down as an ambassador – with style
  • calender icon August 13, 2015

  • user icon Christopher Meyer, The Telegraph

That sound you hear is the massed ranks of long-departed British ambassadors turning in their graves. Some of us, alive but retired, have had to re ...

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The Queen's Speech offers a slow government the chance to accelerate
  • calender icon May 16, 2016

  • user icon Emran Mian, NewStatesman

There are obvious reasons for the government's lethargy. There’s a referendum to win. It curtails the appetite for risk. In the ...

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Internal report slams culture in UK Foreign Office
  • calender icon May 9, 2016

  • user icon Patrick Wintour, Diplomatic Editor, The Guardian

A scathing internal report into what is described as an often hierarchical, amateurish and under informed British diplomatic service has been issue ...

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Foreign Office is told to join 21st century (diplomatically)
  • calender icon May 10, 2016

  • user icon Roger Boyes, Diplomatic Editor, The Times

With only the slightest of delays, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is to enter the 21st century in a move that prioritises digital diplomacy ov ...

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End of the good life for diplomats as Foreign Office seeks to become more like ‘24’
  • calender icon May 9, 2016

  • user icon George Parker, Political Editor, Financial Times

Actor Kiefer Sutherland plays Jack Bauer, the rogue agent of the Counter Terrorist Unit in TV series '24'. British diplomacy is set for ...

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Diplomats are advised to hone their language skills to prepare for a Paxman-like grilling
  • calender icon May 9, 2016

  • user icon James Blitz, Financial Times

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