As we start the 2020s, Adam Hay-Nicholls steps back in time to sample life at Pall Mall a century ago.
As we start the 2020s, Adam Hay-Nicholls steps back in time to sample life at Pall Mall a century ago.
The year was 1982. The British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, rerouted an RAF Hercules over foreign territory and requested the scrambling of jets and choppers and ground troops. The diplomatic cables burned back-and-forth. President Reagan expressed concern. The situation was desperate.