Gary ThornDr Gary Thorn lectured in Modern European History at The Open University (19862017) and at Birkbeck, University of London (19992015). He is the author of End of Empires: European Decolonisation, 191980 (London: Hodder, 2001). His research interests ae in Anglo-Portuguese Relations, Portuguese cultural history, and the Portuguese dictatorship 1926-74. He is a frequent visitor to Portugal, and to Lisbon in particular. Read More Read Less