20th century history
Upcoming 20th century history Lectures
The fall of Margaret Thatcher left a legacy that was both contested and divisive. During the 1990s, the Conservative Party, under the imp...
To millions of moviegoers around the world Cary Grant epitomises the glamour and style of Hollywood in its golden years. With his l...
In this lecture, Dominic Sandbrook, the acclaimed historian of Sixties Britain, marks the 50th anniversary of the City of London Festival...
Past 20th century history Lectures
Margaret Thatcher sought to solve the deep-seated problems of the British state outside the parameters of the postwar settlement. The...
European empires, re-divided after the defeat of Germany in 1918, continued to expand after the First World War, reaching their greatest...
The 1960s saw a new course in British politics – the commitment of both major parties to entry into the European Community, as the...
The Conservatives recovered remarkably rapidly from the debacle of 1945. Their narrow election victory in 1951 led to 13 years of...
The Census of April 1881 revealed an England which was a firmly urban and industrial nation. Although the number of ‘urban’...
To the surprise of many, the 1945 general election led to the return of Britain’s first Labour majority government. Labour’s 1945...
Notions of national security past and present. How Whitehall has dealt with it. How we might do it better in the future.
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The post war years, by contrast with the first 45 years of the 20th century, were marked by peace and stability. For much of...
After the seeming success of the Munich Conference of 1938 it was...
The Conservative-dominated ‘National’ Government failed to discover...
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Innovation is seen as the key to economic growth. But is this true of innovation in services, which now employ 75% of us, as well as in manufacturing...
