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Contains a typescript essay by PFC on Thatcherism and the political situation in the run-up to the 1983 general election; press cuttings from national newspapers from 15, 16,17 July and 5 August 1990 relating to Britain's relationship to Germany and an article from the Spectator 14 July 1992 about Nicholas Ridley and Germany.

Copies of the contract for Locomotive of war signed 27 June 2013, together with later correspondence regarding payment.

A collection of handwritten notes, mostly on cards, for talks. Most are undated. Subjects include Keynesian economics (Arkansas, Vancouver, Salford, ICBH, Carleton College); Voting/rationality (Seeley Society 12 Nov. 1996); Peculiarities of contemporary history (Caius 17 February 2000); Decline of Liberals/Rise of Labour; Rise and fall of the Labour Party; Was Britain a democratic country?; one card with no heading, but referring to Marx and Capitalism; History and biography; Biography (March 2000). The last two were enclosed in a letter of January 2000 inviting PFC to speak to the Liberal Democrat History Group on 'Liberal and SDP leaders: good and bad'. A pencil list of leaders is present.
Also includes

• a letter from James Meade from 1984 enclosing a copy of a paper by Milton Friedman which mentioned Keynes and Hayek
• an issue of Samzdat from January/February 1989 containing an article by PFC on Hayek
• confidential documents relating to a review of St John's College, University of British Columbia in 2009 for which PFC was one of the reviewers [This item is closed]

Word-processed text with manuscript annotations of PFC's talk 'The peculiarity of British imperialism' delivered at Messina in December 2015.

Printed conference programme for '1914-1918 The making of the modern world' held in Toronto 30-31 July 2014, together with programme for an 'In memoriam' centennial commemoration, and text for PFC's dinner speech on 30 July (word-processed with manuscript annotations).

Printed programme for the 31st annual Churchill conference 'Churchill fighting & writing' held in New Orleans 3-5 April 2014, together with the text of PFC's talk 'Mr Churchill's profession: the statesman as author', word-processed with manuscript corrections.

Material relating to 'The intellectual consequences of the First World War' a free public lecture in memory of Professor James H. Burns, given on 27 November 2013 at UCL. Includes two copies of the text of the lecture, one with pencil annotations, photocopied articles consulted in the preparation of the talk, pencil notes, a poster for the talk, and two personal letters to PCF from Jimmy Burns, dated 1975 and 2011.

Material relating to the international conference 'Les périodisations de l’histoire des mondes britanniques' held at the University of Paris 23-24 November 2012, including a draft of PFC's paper 'Paris. grand temoin', a pencil note on which says that it was revised for publication '14.2.12'. Also a letter from Éditions de La Martinière dated 4 September 2014 regarding the publication of an exhibition catalogue Churchill- de Gaulle for an exhibition to take place a Le Musée de l’Armée from April 2015, for which PFC is writing some text.

Material relating to the Kemper lecture 'Churchill as author' delivered at America's National Churchill Museum, Fulton, Missouri, in 2013. Includes a speaking text and full draft of the lecture, together with photocopies of some Churchill archival material used by PFC, and a card to PFC expressing appreciation for the lecture.

Material relating to the 28th Annual Churchill Centre Conference 'Churchill's special relationship: yesterday, today and tomorrow', held 27-30 October 2011 in London. PFC contributed a paper 'Churchill and the English-speaking peoples' to the panel 'From Yalta to Suez and Vietnam'. An email regarding the arrangements for the panel, and the text of his talk are included, along with the conference programme.