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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The death of a hero: Vice-Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson
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The development of the Department of Health
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The great Liberal landslide: the 1906 General Election in perspective
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The history of bigamy
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The ideological contribution of 'The Times' in favour of motherhood in Great Britain between 1910–1920
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The last days of Lord Londonderry
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The mechanical heroes of the Battle of Britain
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The price of reform: the people's budget and the present trauma
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The secret diaries of William Wilberforce
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The shortest war in history: The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
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The snobbery of chronology: In defence of the generals on the Western Front
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The world in 1913: friendly societies
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The ‘workless workers’ and the Waterbury watch
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Thomas Muir and the 'Scottish Martyrs' of the 1790s
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Tony Blair, the Iraq War, and a sense of history
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Tourism: the birth and death of the little Welsh town?
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Towards Reform in 1809
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Twickenham as a Patriotic Town
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Two Babies That Could Have Changed World History
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Virtual Branch: Vagabonds versus the Mendicity Society
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