Britain & Ireland
What was it about industrialisation that led to the emergence of a woman’s movement in Victorian Britain? Why do we see so many people fighting for so many rights and liberties in this period and what are the origins of some of the issues we still campaign on today? This section includes our major series on Social and Political Change in the UK from 1800 to the present day. There are also articles and podcasts on the often violent relationship between England and Ireland during this period and England’s changing relationship with Scotland and Wales. Read more
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Virtual Branch: Vagabonds versus the Mendicity Society
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Opinion: Who was ‘the man of his time’?
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White City: the world’s first Olympic Stadium
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Britain and the First World War: not just battles
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My Favourite History Place: A Short History of Brill
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Real Lives: Maharaja’s German: Anthony Pohlmann in India
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The circle of Ulster literary male friendships of author Forrest Reid
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The Importance of Truth, Quality and Objectivity in the BBC German Service from 1938 to 1945
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Writing Lilian Harrison into history
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The right to fight: women’s boxing in Britain
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Who only history know? Cricket, society, and the historical oversight of sport
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Political and social attitudes underpinning the 1924 Olympics
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Robert Branford: a faithful servant of Southwark
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My Favourite History Place: The Holburne Museum
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Out and About: exploring Lancaster’s ‘glocal’ history online and on foot
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Crowdsourcing the heritage of the Second World War
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The Legacy of the Z Special Unit in World War II
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Forbidden friendships: taverns, nightclubs, bottle bars and emancipation
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Real Lives: Charlie Mitchell, Tuke's top model
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Anti-Americanism in Britain during the Second World War
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