Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-

One of only two post-war Prime Ministers who can claim to have changed the society in which we live, Attlee was the architect of the NHS and the Welfare State. Beckett presents a biography of the great - and greatly underrated - Labour leader.

Tony Benn's diaries chronicle both the public and the personal events of the last decade of his life at Westminster and his retirement thereafter.

The first woman to be appointed Speaker of the House of Commons, Betty Boothroyd was once a celebrated Tiller Girl. In her autobiography, she tells of her life and her time in politics, and gives her strongly held views on the role of Parliament. The enormous respect and affection of the British ...

Roy Jenkins was probably the best Prime Minister Britain never had. But though he never reached 10 Downing Street, he left a more enduring mark on British society than most of those who did. His career spans the full half-century from Attlee to Tony Blair, during which he helped transform almost ...

Roy Jenkins was probably the best Prime Minister Britain never had. But though he never reached 10 Downing Street, he left a more enduring mark on British society than most of those who did. His career spans the full half-century from Attlee to Tony Blair, during which he helped transform almost ...

This concise, lively, and authoritative biography examines the life of Margaret Thatcher and sets it in the context of recent British history. Written by leading international historian David Cannadine, it covers her early life, political career, life after politics, impact, and legacy.

When Mike Carter's father died, he decided to follow the route of a march against unemployment his dad had organised 35 years before. Mike had a troubled relationship with his dad, and hoped the walk, undertaken a month before the Brexit vote, would allow him to understand his father and his coun...

One of the most talked about books of recent years, Alan Clark's Diaries provide a witty and irreverent insider's account of political life in Britain.

Ken Clarke charts his remarkable progress from working-class scholarship boy in Nottinghamshire to high political office and the upper echelons of both his party and of government. But he is not a straightforward Conservative politician. His position on the left of the party often led Margaret Th...

British politics is coming apart. A country once known for its stability has recently experienced a series of shocking upheavals. Matthew Goodwin, acclaimed political scientist and co-author of 'National Populism', shows that the reason is not economic hardship, personalities or dark money. It is...

The 'duty of care' which the state owes to its citizens is a phrase much used, but what has it actually meant in Britain historically? And what should it mean in the future, once the immediate Covid crisis has passed? In 'A Duty of Care', Peter Hennessy divides post-war British history into BC (b...

This volume presents an account of the lives and policies of the eleven British leaders since 1945, going behind the scenes to look at how premiership works, what it means and how it has developed, and asking who was the greatest Prime Minister.

Offering a history of modern Britain since the late 1970s, author Andrew Hindmoor takes one particular day as a starting point, then goes on to describe its relevance and significance to modern British history.

Having found fame and success as a model, Christine Keeler's short affair with cabinet minister, John Profumo, lead to the downfall of Harold Macmillan's government. The subject of scandal, intrigue and gossip, she now tells the full story of that extraordinary era in a book that will shatter all...

In her own words, the life of the beautiful young model and dancer who helped to bring down the Tory government of Harold Macmillan - the 'Profumo Affair' remains the greatest political sex scandal in recent British history. Following Christine Keeler's death in December 2017, it is now possible ...

Having found fame and success as a model, Christine Keeler's short affair with cabinet minister, John Profumo, lead to the downfall of Harold Macmillan's government. The subject of scandal, intrigue and gossip, she now tells the full story of that extraordinary era in a book that will shatter all...

1947 was a momentous year in Britain. For three months, people endured the worst winter in living memory, with drastic fuel shortages and power cuts, and continuing food rationing post-WWII. Heavy snow gave way to widespread flooding in the spring, and by the summer, the economic crisis had deepe...

Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings, Daniel Hannan, Jacob Rees-Mogg: Whitehall is swarming with old Oxonians. They debated each other in tutorials, ran against each other in student elections, and attended the same balls and black tie dinners....

'Family Britain' continues David Kynaston's groundbreaking series 'Tales of a New Jerusalem', telling as never before the story of Britain from VE Day in 1945 to the election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979.