Tag: Harold Briley

• Friday, April 26th 2013 - 22:42 UTC

  Shackleton’s centenary scholarship to encourage scientific research in South Atlantic and Antarctica

  

  By Harold Briley - The Falkland Islands, South Georgia or the British Antarctic Territories stand to benefit from an ambitious science research project to commemorate Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 trans-Antarctic expedition.

• Friday, April 12th 2013 - 00:34 UTC

  The Iron Lady and I!

  

  Mercopress correspondent Harold Briley knew Margaret Thatcher well, here reminiscing on fifty years of reporting her activities for half a century as a BBC Political, Latin America. Defence and East Europe Correspondent.

• Friday, May 11th 2012 - 12:29 UTC

  As in Hitler’s time, the Olympic spirit exploited for political purposes

  

  By Harold Briley - Hitler exploited the Olympics. Argentina’s cynical and infantile exploitation of the Olympic Games for political purposes is a reminder, if any is needed, of its persistent failure to abide by accepted standards of honesty and decency.

• Monday, April 30th 2012 - 12:06 UTC

  University anniversary focus on Falklands

  

  The remarkable recovery of the Falklands Islands from the 1982 invasion and the Islanders’ impressive achievements since have been given valuable publicity at a three-day conference at Kent University in the United Kingdom marking the 30th anniversary. It was attended by a distinguished group of academics, military commanders, journalists, and three former governors, Alan Huckle, David Tatham and Howard Pearce.