If anybody still thought British history wasn’t a heavily politicised subject then the current skirmishing between some of our leading political figures over the meaning of World War One should … Read the rest
Category: Political history
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A slick Tory toff is Prime Minister. He struggles to maintain Britain’s status in the world, wrestles with disunity in his party, but … Read the rest
Yesterday Lady Gaga tweeted the imminent appearance of the artwork to the cover of her new album – for her fans 6pm could not come fast enough. In a similar … Read the rest
Sir Alec Douglas-Home. Image by itmpa
Almost exactly fifty years ago, in 1963, Conservative Party delegates gathered in the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, expecting to be addressed by their Prime … Read the rest
This is one of a short series of posts based on papers that will be presented to a conference to … Read the rest
In her column in the Daily Telegraph last week, Mary Riddell drew on my book to argue that David Cameron is at risk of destroying his party’s link to the … Read the rest
Emily Robinson, whose book on the relationship between politics and the uses of history is out now, went to see The Iron Lady, the new Margaret Thatcher biopic.
In a speech launching the Labour Yes to AV campaign Ed Milband claimed that his support for electoral reform was consistent with ‘Labour’s history of campaigning for change’. Miliband implied … Read the rest
I have always associated those who sign their names to letters published in the quality press with the self-regarding, solipsistic and self-consciously important chattering classes.
Well, maybe the chattering classes … Read the rest
How similar is the current economic crisis to the one that hit the UK and the rest of the world before 1939? There have certainly been many comparisons between our … Read the rest