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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Anti-Americanism in Britain during the Second World War
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Recorded Webinar: Female slave-ownership in 18th and 19 century Britain
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Recorded Webinar: Nineteenth-century crime and punishment
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Recorded webinar: Queer beyond London
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Film: Bricks and the making of the city - London in the 19th century
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Mountbatten in retirement: the abortive trip to rebel Rhodesia
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Tourism: the birth and death of the little Welsh town?
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History Abridged: Balmoral
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Real Lives: Who was Sir John Steell?
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Dress becomes her: the appearance and apparel of Elizabeth II
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Navigating the ‘imperial history wars’
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Harriet Kettle, Victorian rebel
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Film: “The Talk Should Not Be Broadcast”: Homosexuality and the BBC before 1967
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Civilian expertise in war
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The last days of Lord Londonderry
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Film: The Quest for the Lost of the First World War
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The secret diaries of William Wilberforce
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Cinderella dreams: young love in post-war Britain
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What Have Historians Been Arguing About... the British Empire and the age of revolutions in the global South
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