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| − | '''Sir Brian Barder''' KCMG (born 20 June 1934) | + | '''Sir Brian Barder''' KCMG (born 20 June 1934 - died 19 September 2017) was a retired British diplomat; and subsequently author, blogger and civil liberties advocate.<ref>[http://www.barder.com/ephems Brian Barder's website and Ephems blog"]</ref> |
| + | ==Ethiopian famine== | ||
| + | Barder was British Ambassador to Ethiopia during the [[Ethiopia]]n famine of 1984-85. He played a key role in making possible the deployment of the [[Royal Air Force]] to Ethiopia for 14 months to move relief supplies from the ports to remote parts of the country where it was urgently needed. His role in the relief effort is described in The Ethiopian Famine,<ref name=jansson>{{cite book | ||
| + | |last=Jansson | first=Kurt |author2=Harris, Penrose | ||
| + | |title=The Ethiopian Famine | ||
| + | |year=1990 | edition=2nd | publisher=Zed Books | location=London | ||
| + | |isbn=0-86232-834-9 | ||
| + | }}— History of [[1984 - 1985 famine in Ethiopia|Ethiopian famine of 1984-85]].</ref> and A Year In The Death of Africa.<ref name=gill>{{cite book | ||
| + | |last=Gill | first=Peter | ||
| + | |title=A Year in the Death of Africa | ||
| + | |year=1986 | edition=1st | publisher=Paladin/Grafton Books | location=London | ||
| + | |isbn=0-586-08537-8 | ||
| + | }}— History of [[1984 - 1985 famine in Ethiopia|Ethiopian famine of 1984-85]].</ref> In 2009 he took part in "The Reunion" [[Sue MacGregor]]'s BBC Radio 4 programme which brought together some of the key people involved in the Ethiopian famine including [[International Red Cross]] nurse Claire Bertschinger (now Dame Claire); BBC reporter [[Michael Buerk]]; Dawit Wolde Giorgis, former head of the Ethiopian Relief and Rehabilitation Commission; and Hugh Goyder, former head of [[Oxfam]]'s Ethiopia programme.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00m8p7v | work=BBC | location=London | title=The Reunion | date=30 August 2009 | accessdate=2010-06-02}}</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Post retirement== | ||
| + | After retiring from [[HM Diplomatic Service]], Sir Brian Barder wrote a popular blog<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barder.com/ephems |title=Ephems of BLB |accessdate=2010-06-02}}</ref> and was a regular contributor to the [[Tony Blair|Blairite]] ''LabourList'' website. He had articles and letters published in ''The Political Quarterly,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Barder |first1=Brian |last2= |first2= |year=2001 |title=Britain: Still Looking for that Role? |journal=Political Quarterly |publisher= |volume=72 |issue=3 |pages=366–374 |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119019506/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 |doi=10.1111/1467-923X.00396 }}</ref> ''[[London Review of Books]]'', ''Prospect Magazine'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2005/08/6977-letters/ |title=Rieff on Ethiopia |date=3 July 2005 |accessdate=2010-06-02}}</ref> ''[[The Times]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''The Hague Journal of Diplomacy'',<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Barder |first1=Brian |last2= |first2= |year=2010 |title=Diplomacy, Ethics and the National Interest: What Are Diplomats For? |journal=The Hague Journal of Diplomacy |publisher= |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=289–297 |url=http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/187119110x511653 |doi=10.1163/187119110X511653 }}</ref> and elsewhere. He was Editorial Consultant for ''A Dictionary of Diplomacy''<ref>{{cite book |last=Berridge |first=Geoffrey |others=Alan James |title=A Dictionary of Diplomacy |edition=Revised 2nd |year=2003 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location= |isbn=978-1-4039-1536-8 }}</ref> and contributed to the Third Edition of "Fowler's Modern English Usage".<ref>{{cite book |last=Burchfield |first=Robert William |authorlink=Robert Burchfield |others= |title=Fowler's Modern English Usage |edition=Revised 3rd |year=2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location= |isbn=978-0-19-861021-2 |oclc=56767410 }}</ref> | ||
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| + | Barder's book, "What Diplomats Do: The Life and Work of Diplomats"<ref>{{cite book |last=Barder |first=Brian |title=What Diplomats Do |year=2014 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location= |isbn=978-1-4422-2635-7}}</ref> was published in July 2014. Not a diplomatic memoir, it describes a diplomat's day-to-day life and work through a typical but fictitious diplomatic career. It has been described as "massively authoritative, and original ... a brilliant book" (G R Berridge, Emeritus Prof., Leicester University); "excellent ... I found reading its chapters irresistible, like eating peanuts" (Prof. Alan Henrikson, Tufts University).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442226357 |title=What Diplomats Do |work=Publisher website |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |accessdate=2014-08-30}}</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Barder on Lockerbie=== | ||
| + | A selection of Barder's writings on the [[Pan Am Flight 103|Lockerbie bombing]]: | ||
| + | * [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/26/megrahi-controversy Vital point missed in Megrahi controversy] | ||
| + | * [http://lockerbiecase.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/someone-somewhere-has-been-and-still-is.html Someone, somewhere, has been and still is hiding something] | ||
| + | * [http://lockerbiecase.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/lockerbie-megrahi-and-prisoner-transfer.html Lockerbie, Megrahi and the Prisoner Transfer Agreement: a mystery] | ||
| + | * [http://lockerbiecase.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/blairs-desert-deal-with-libya-broke-un.html Blair's desert deal with Libya broke UN resolution on Lockerbie bomber] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 16:22, 22 October 2017
 Sir Brian Barder      (Diplomat) | |
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| Born | Brian Leon Barder 20 June 1934 Bristol, United Kingdom |
| Died | 19 September 2017 (Age 83) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
| Children | • Virginia • Louise • Owen |
| Spouse | Jane Maureen Cornwell |
Sir Brian Barder KCMG (born 20 June 1934 - died 19 September 2017) was a retired British diplomat; and subsequently author, blogger and civil liberties advocate.[1]
Contents
Ethiopian famine
Barder was British Ambassador to Ethiopia during the Ethiopian famine of 1984-85. He played a key role in making possible the deployment of the Royal Air Force to Ethiopia for 14 months to move relief supplies from the ports to remote parts of the country where it was urgently needed. His role in the relief effort is described in The Ethiopian Famine,[2] and A Year In The Death of Africa.[3] In 2009 he took part in "The Reunion" Sue MacGregor's BBC Radio 4 programme which brought together some of the key people involved in the Ethiopian famine including International Red Cross nurse Claire Bertschinger (now Dame Claire); BBC reporter Michael Buerk; Dawit Wolde Giorgis, former head of the Ethiopian Relief and Rehabilitation Commission; and Hugh Goyder, former head of Oxfam's Ethiopia programme.[4]
Post retirement
After retiring from HM Diplomatic Service, Sir Brian Barder wrote a popular blog[5] and was a regular contributor to the Blairite LabourList website. He had articles and letters published in The Political Quarterly,[6] London Review of Books, Prospect Magazine,[7] The Times, The Guardian, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy,[8] and elsewhere. He was Editorial Consultant for A Dictionary of Diplomacy[9] and contributed to the Third Edition of "Fowler's Modern English Usage".[10]
Barder's book, "What Diplomats Do: The Life and Work of Diplomats"[11] was published in July 2014. Not a diplomatic memoir, it describes a diplomat's day-to-day life and work through a typical but fictitious diplomatic career. It has been described as "massively authoritative, and original ... a brilliant book" (G R Berridge, Emeritus Prof., Leicester University); "excellent ... I found reading its chapters irresistible, like eating peanuts" (Prof. Alan Henrikson, Tufts University).[12]
Barder on Lockerbie
A selection of Barder's writings on the Lockerbie bombing:
- Vital point missed in Megrahi controversy
- Someone, somewhere, has been and still is hiding something
- Lockerbie, Megrahi and the Prisoner Transfer Agreement: a mystery
- Blair's desert deal with Libya broke UN resolution on Lockerbie bomber
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References
- ↑ Brian Barder's website and Ephems blog"
- ↑ Jansson, Kurt; Harris, Penrose (1990). The Ethiopian Famine (2nd ed.). London: Zed Books. ISBN 0-86232-834-9.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").— History of Ethiopian famine of 1984-85.
- ↑ Gill, Peter (1986). A Year in the Death of Africa (1st ed.). London: Paladin/Grafton Books. ISBN 0-586-08537-8.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").— History of Ethiopian famine of 1984-85.
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- ↑ Barder, Brian (2001). "Britain: Still Looking for that Role?". Political Quarterly. 72 (3): 366–374. doi:10.1111/1467-923X.00396.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "Rieff on Ethiopia". 3 July 2005. Retrieved 2010-06-02.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ Barder, Brian (2010). "Diplomacy, Ethics and the National Interest: What Are Diplomats For?". The Hague Journal of Diplomacy. 5 (3): 289–297. doi:10.1163/187119110X511653.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ Berridge, Geoffrey (2003). A Dictionary of Diplomacy. Alan James (Revised 2nd ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-1536-8.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ Burchfield, Robert William (2004). Fowler's Modern English Usage (Revised 3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-861021-2. OCLC 56767410.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ Barder, Brian (2014). What Diplomats Do. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-2635-7.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "What Diplomats Do". Publisher website. Rowman & Littlefield. Retrieved 2014-08-30.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
