Lobster Issue 56 (Winter 2008/9)
[…] to America in 1967.(2) Scott-Smith shows that Thatcher, then a junior shadow spokesperson in the Tory Party, was talent-spotted by the State Department’s man in the London embassy who liaised with the Tory Party, and was sent on a six week freebie in 1967 c/o the State Department’s International Visitor Program. While there she […]
Lobster Issue 37 (Summer 1999)
[…] matriarchy that was, in turn, under the spell of a Bible-hating, charismatic sadist named Jim Jones Escorted by Richard Dwyer, Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy, Congressman Ryan and a part of his contingent visited the remote commune on the afternoon of November 17, a Friday. Though the visit was unwelcome, and […]
Lobster Issue 30 (December 1995)
[…] WAS MADE IN CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND TO THE SENIOR REPORTER OF THE CAMBRIDGE NEWS RPT CAMBRIDGE NEWS. THE CALLER SAID ONLY THAT THE REPORTER SHOULD CALL THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN LONDON FOR SOME BIG NEWS AND THEN RANG OFF. LAST NIGHT AFTER WORD OF THE PRESIDENT’S DEATH WAS RECEIVED THE REPORTER INFORMED THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE […]
Lobster Issue 52 (Winter 2006/7)
[…] passing reference to this then because it arrived just as I was finishing that issue. The information in this paper on the involvement of the US London embassy in Labour Party politics, with Peter Mandelson prominent, ought to be front-page news. But that is unlikely to happen (even if the British media were made […]
Lobster Issue 32 (December 1996)
[…] estimated that some 20 members were in hiding or in exile – including Stark. Timothy Leary ended up in Afghanistan, after fleeing the US, but the US Embassy evidently knew he was coming and got the Afghan authorities to deport him back to the USA. Ron Stark visited Afghanistan at least once with a […]