22nd December 2025
Continuing to grow the global alliance for women and girls
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Blogs
A unique insight into UK foreign and development policy
17th December 2025
MAKING LIFE SAFER, FOR EVERYONE
9th December 2025
Why We Need Data, Courage, and Community
16th September 2011
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
Kyiv: art, football and Charles Dickens
One of the most striking buildings in Kyiv is the Mystetskyi Arsenal, or “Art Arsenal”, whose opening I attended back in August 2009. Built between 1783 and 1801, it has been restored to provide over twenty thousand square metres of dramatic exhibition space arranged in massive, high-arched rooms and is always worth a visit whatever […]
Read more on Kyiv: art, football and Charles Dickens | Reply
16th September 2011 Chevening, UK
Looking forward to a Chevening experience
Our new Chevening scholars from Peru, Patrick, Mariana and Celia comment on their experiences during the Chevening Scholarship application process, their expectations for their chosen programme of study and life in the UK. Three Peruvian Chevening Scholarship winners will take up postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom in the fields of environment, urban development planning […]
Read more on Looking forward to a Chevening experience | Reply
15th September 2011 Ottawa, Canada
British Day at Spruce Meadows
Last weekend I had the honour of taking in my first British Day at Spruce Meadows. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUREzQkcaQE
15th September 2011
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
Understanding the famous Triangle
The following is a guest post by Spencer Mahony, HM Consul & UKTI Regional Director for the South East US. There are many famous triangles in the world: the golden triangle in India, which takes in Delhi, Agra (home to the Taj Mahal) and Jaipur; the golden triangle of Oxford, Cambridge and London which has […]
15th September 2011
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
Anniversary of Pope Benedict’s Visit to Britain
The Papal Visit to the United Kingdom last year, exactly one year ago this week, was an extraordinary moment in the relationship between my country and the Holy See. It was the first State Visit by a Pope, and in the Prime Minister’s words “an incredibly moving four days for our country”. It emphasised the […]
Read more on Anniversary of Pope Benedict’s Visit to Britain | Reply
15th September 2011
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
Democracy
Today is International Day of Democracy. In the UK we believe that democracy rests on respect for every individual in society, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation or other status. In fact this forms an indivisible part of our foreign policy. Through the work of the FCO we support not only electoral processes but […]
14th September 2011 London, UK
Child Abduction in Mexico
Karen Harris, Consular Officer, Mexico. There are always two sides to the story when it comes down to the breakdown of a relationship, and achieving an amicable separation can be even harder when children are involved. Custody disputes can cause much anxiety for parents and inevitably emotions run high leading some parents to take the […]
14th September 2011
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
Bucharest – the Festival City
How good to be in Bucharest now that the ‘George Enescu’ festival is here! When I first saw the programme for this year’s twentieth festival, I could not quite believe my eyes. It looked like one of those conference programmes which promise the President, three Ministers and the British Ambassador, but when you turn up […]
13th September 2011
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
Justice Reform is great for Business
Joint blog by Catalin Predoiu, Romanian Minister of Justice and Martin Harris, British Ambassador to Romania 2011 has already proved to be a great year in Romania-UK relations with the visits of President Traian Basescu and Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi to London. Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu’s visit last week, as the guest of the Justice Secretary Ken […]
13th September 2011 Windhoek, Namibia
Social Namibia – sharing ideas on digital direction
Social networking is a global phenomenon that no one working in media or communications can ignore. There have been a host of international events this year in which social media have played a significant part. From the Arab Spring to the Tsunami in Japan, ‘digital diplomacy’ (as the UK Foreign Office calls it) has not […]
Read more on Social Namibia – sharing ideas on digital direction | Reply (1)