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The Making of Modern Britain

Page 56

by Andrew Marr


  The Railway Children ref1

  Nevill, Captain ref1

  New Party ref1, ref2

  newspapers see press

  Nicholson, William ref1, ref2

  nightclubs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  1922 committee ref1

  Nivelle, General ref1, ref2

  No-Conscription Fellowship ref1

  Nordics ref1

  Norman, Sir Montagu ref1, ref2, ref3

  Northcliffe, Lord (Alfred Harmsworth) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  background ref1

  and Daily Mail ref1

  Daily Mail article on shells shortage ref1

  and downfall of Asquith ref1

  last days and death ref1

  Motor Cars and Driving ref1

  northern industrial cities, decline of ref1

  Northern Ireland ref1 see also Ireland

  Norway

  and Second World War ref1, ref2

  nostalgia ref1

  nuclear bomb ref1, ref2

  nudism ref1

  O’Connor, General ref1, ref2

  Ogilvie-Grant, Mark ref1

  Olympia Garage ref1

  organic food movement ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Orpen, William ref1, ref2

  Orwell, George ref1, ref2, ref3

  Homage to Catalonia ref1

  The Road to Wigan Pier ref1

  Ottoman Empire ref1, ref2, ref3

  outdoors ref1

  Owen, Frank ref1

  Owen, Wilfred ref1, ref2, ref3

  Oxford Automobile Company ref1

  Oxford Union debate (1933) ref1, ref2

  Paget, Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur ref1, ref2

  Palace Theatre (London) ref1

  Palestine ref1

  Panahards ref1, ref2

  Pankhurst, Adela ref1

  Pankhurst, Christabel ref1, ref2, ref3

  Pankhurst, Emmeline ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Pankhurst, Sylvia ref1

  paperbacks ref1

  Paris peace conference ref1, ref2

  Park, Keith ref1

  Parliament

  during Second World War ref1

  Passchendaele ref1

  Patton, General ref1, ref2

  Peace Pledge Union ref1, ref2

  Pearl Harbor ref1, ref2, ref3

  Pearse, Padraig ref1, ref2

  Pearson, George ref1

  peerages ref1

  selling for cash ref1

  peers ref1

  Penguin Books ref1

  pensions ref1

  People’s Budget (1909) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Pétain, Marshal ref1

  pianos ref1

  Pick, Frank ref1

  Piper, John ref1

  Pistols Act (1903) ref1

  Plunkett, Joseph ref1, ref2

  Plymouth, bombing of ref1

  political extremism ref1

  Ponzi, Charles ref1

  Poor Law Guardians ref1, ref2

  poor/poverty ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Rowntree’s investigation and book on conditions in York ref1

  Pound, Ezra ref1, ref2, ref3

  Cantos ref1

  Powell, Enoch ref1

  Powys, John Cowper ref1, ref2

  Preece, Sir W.H. ref1

  press ref1, ref2

  and abdication crisis ref1

  and Daily Mail ref1

  destruction of Liberal government by ref1

  and First World War ref1

  see also Beaverbrook, Lord; Northcliffe, Lord; Rothermere, Lord

  Price, G. Ward ref1

  Priestley, J.B. ref1, ref2, ref3

  protectionism ref1, ref2, ref3

  Pryde, James ref1

  Public Order Act (1937) ref1, ref2

  Punch ref1

  ‘Q-ships’ ref1

  R101 (airship) ref1

  Race Hygiene Society ref1

  radar ref1, ref2, ref3

  radio ref1

  RAF ref1, ref2, ref3

  Railton, David ref1

  railways ref1

  rambling ref1, ref2

  Ramsay, Archibald Maule ref1

  ‘Red scare’ ref1

  Redesdale, Lord ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Redmond, John ref1

  Reeves, Amber ref1

  Reform Act (1832) ref1

  Reith, John ref1, ref2

  Repington, Charles ref1

  Reuter, Rear Admiral Ludwig von ref1

  Rhodes, Cecil ref1

  Right Club ref1

  Rivers, Dr William ref1

  ‘roadhouses’ ref1

  roads ref1

  Roberts, Captain F.J. ref1

  Roberts, Lord ref1, ref2

  Robey, George ref1, ref2

  Roe, A.V. ref1

  Rolls, Charles ref1, ref2

  Rolls-Royce ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Romilly, Esmond ref1, ref2

  Rommel, Erwin ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Roosevelt, President ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Roscoe, Sir Henry ref1

  Rosebery, Lord ref1, ref2

  Rosenberg, Isaac ref1

  Rothermere, Esmond ref1

  Rothermere, Lord (Harold Harmsworth) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Rothman, Bennie ref1, ref2

  Rowntree, Benjamin Seebohm ref1, ref2, ref3

  Poverty: A Study of Town Life ref1

  Rowntree, Jacob ref1

  Rowntree, Kenneth ref1

  Royal Command performance (1912) ref1

  Royal Commission (1909) ref1

  Royal Naval Air Service ref1

  Royal Navy ref1, ref2

  build up of under Churchill ref1, ref2

  and First World War ref1, ref2, ref3

  and Second World War ref1, ref2

  Royce, Henry ref1, ref2, ref3

  Rundstedt, General von ref1, ref2

  rural Britain

  and Second World War ref1

  Russell, Bertrand ref1, ref2

  Russell, Earl ref1

  Russia ref1, ref2, ref3 see also Soviet Union

  Russian Revolution ref1, ref2, ref3

  St Moritz ref1

  Saklatava, Shapurji ref1

  Salisbury, Lord ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Salomons, Sir David ref1

  Salvation Army ref1

  Sanger, Margaret ref1

  Sargent, John Singer ref1, ref2

  Sassoon, Siegfried ref1, ref2, ref3

  ‘Blighters’ ref1

  Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duke of ref1

  Sayers, Dorothy L. ref1, ref2

  Scheer, Admiral ref1, ref2, ref3

  Schneider Trophy ref1, ref2

  Science Galleries ref1

  scientific predictions ref1

  Scotland ref1

  economic decline ref1

  emigration from ref1

  growing demands for independence ref1

  and Second World War ref1

  Scots National League ref1

  Scott, Captain Robert Falcon ref1

  Scott, Mabel ref1

  Scottish Home Rule Association ref1

  Scottish Labour Party ref1

  Scottish National Party see SNP

  Scottish Nationalists ref1, ref2

  scouting movement ref1, ref2

  Second World War (1939–45) ref1, ref2, ref3

  and agriculture ref1

  aircraft production ref1, ref2, ref3

  arrival of American soldiers in Britain and impact of ref1

  and Atlantic Charter ref1

  Battle of the Atlantic ref1, ref2

  Battle of Britain ref1

  Battle of France and surrender of ref1, ref2, ref3

  and blackout ref1

  Blitzes and damage caused ref1, ref2

  blockade of Germany ref1

  bombing of German cities ref1, ref2

  breaking of German Enigma code ref1

  carve-up of Europe between Allies at end of ref1

  censorship ref1, ref2

 
change in attitude towards Soviet Union by British people ref1

  civilian deaths and injuries ref1, ref2, ref3

  comparison with First World War ref1

  and conscientious objectors ref1

  criticism of war leadership ref1

  D-Day landings in France ref1, ref2

  delaying of invasion of France by Churchill ref1, ref2, ref3

  dubbed the ‘People’s War’ ref1, ref2

  and Dunkirk ref1, ref2, ref3

  early months of ref1

  and El-Alamein ref1, ref2

  employment during ref1

  evacuations ref1, ref2

  fall of Singapore ref1, ref2

  final acts of and ending ref1

  and food ref1, ref2

  gas masks issued ref1

  government control over public life ref1

  Greek campaign ref1

  and Guilty Men ref1

  and Home Guard ref1, ref2, ref3

  impact on class distinctions ref1, ref2

  industry ref1

  internment camps ref1

  invasion of Soviet Union by Germany ref1

  mobilization of population ref1, ref2, ref3

  morale during ref1

  North African campaign ref1, ref2, ref3

  Norway campaign ref1, ref2

  Pacific war ref1, ref2

  ‘phoney war’ ref1

  politics during ref1

  post-war reconstruction plans ref1

  preparations ref1, ref2, ref3

  proposed German invasion (Operation Sealion) ref1

  rationing ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  revisionism ref1

  and rural Britain ref1

  sidelining of Parliament during ref1

  suspension of civil liberties during ref1, ref2

  threat of invasion and action taken against ref1

  U-boat campaign ref1, ref2

  and United States ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Seely, Sir John ref1, ref2, ref3

  Segrave, Henry ref1

  Self-Propelled Traffic Association ref1

  sexuality ref1

  Shackleton, Ernest ref1

  Shaw, George Bernard ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Sheffield, Gary ref1

  Shepherd’s Bush Empire ref1

  Sheridan, Mark ref1

  Shinwell, Manny ref1, ref2

  shipbuilding ref1

  Short Brothers ref1

  Short-Mayo Composite ref1

  Sidney Street siege (1910) ref1

  Sieff, Israel ref1

  Silver Badge Party ref1

  Simpson, Wallis ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Singapore

  fall of during Second World War ref1, ref2

  Sinn Fein ref1, ref2

  skiing ref1

  Slim, General William ref1

  slums ref1

  inter-war clearance ref1

  Smith, F.E. ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  smoking ref1

  Smuts, Jan ref1

  Smyth, Dame Ethel ref1

  Snowden, Philip ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  SNP (Scottish National Party) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Social Credit (Greenshirts) ref1, ref2, ref3

  socialism ref1, ref2, ref3

  society and culture, Edwardian ref1, ref2

  Sociological Society ref1

  Soil Association ref1

  Somme, Battle of the (1916) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  ‘Souls’ group ref1, ref2

  South African War see Boer War

  Soviet Union

  invasion of by Germany (1941) ref1

  and Second World War ref1

  see also Russia

  Spanish Civil War ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Spanish Flu epidemic ref1

  speed

  inter-war heroes of ref1

  speed limits ref1

  speeding

  post-war obsession with ref1

  Speer, Albert ref1

  Spencer, Stanley ref1, ref2

  spiritualism ref1

  Spitfire ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  ‘Springhead Kinship’ ref1

  spy manias ref1, ref2

  Stalin, Joseph ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Stanley, Venetia ref1

  Star Inn (Bolton) ref1

  sterilization, compulsory ref1

  Stevenson, Frances ref1

  Stopes, Dr Marie ref1

  Married Love ref1, ref2

  strikes

  (1911–12) ref1

  during Second World War ref1

  Tonypandy miners’ (1910) ref1

  suburbs ref1

  Suez Canal ref1

  suffrage campaign ref1, ref2

  and NUWSS ref1

  and suffragettes ref1

  suffragettes ref1, ref2, ref3

  background and upbringings of ref1

  and First World War ref1

  force feeding of ref1

  killing of Emily Davison ref1

  and ‘rebel girls’ ref1

  violence of campaign ref1, ref2

  sunbathing ref1

  Supermarine seaplanes ref1, ref2, ref3

  swimwear ref1

  Swiney, Frances ref1

  Syria ref1, ref2

  Taff Vale Railway Company ref1

  tariff reform debate ref1, ref2, ref3

  Taylor, Frank ref1

  Taylor Woodrow ref1

  technological change in Edwardian era ref1, ref2

  Temple, William ref1

  theatre strike (1907) ref1

  Thomas, Jimmy ref1

  Thompson, Sir Basil ref1

  Thompson, Sir Henry ref1

  Thorne, General ref1

  Thornton-Kemsley, Colin ref1

  Thyssen, Fritz ref1

  Tillett, Ben ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Tilley, Vesta ref1

  Times, The ref1, ref2, ref3

  Tizard, Sir Henry ref1, ref2, ref3

  Tobruk ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Todman, Dan ref1

  Tonypandy miners’ strike (1910) ref1

  trade unions ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Transport and General Workers’ Union ref1

  transport projects ref1

  transport workers strike (Dublin) (1913) ref1

  Trenchard, Sir Hugh ref1

  Trevelyan, Charles ref1

  TUC ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Tudor housing ref1, ref2

  U-boat campaign

  First World War ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Second World War ref1, ref2

  Ulster cause ref1, ref2

  Ulster Unionists ref1

  Ulster Volunteer Force see UVF

  Ultus ref1

  unemployment

  inter-war years ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Union of Democratic Control ref1

  United Empire Party ref1, ref2, ref3

  United States ref1

  and crash (1929) ref1

  emigration from Britain ref1

  and First World War ref1, ref2, ref3

  non-ratification of Versailles Treaty ref1

  and Second World War ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  stock-market boom in 1920s ref1

  Unknown Soldier ref1

  Unwin, Raymond ref1

  UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Vansittart, Sir Robert ref1

  Versailles Treaty ref1, ref2, ref3

  Victoria, Queen ref1

  vorticism ref1

  vote see franchise

  Wales

  and Second World War ref1

  Walton, William ref1

  war artists ref1

  Ward, Mrs Dudley ref1

  Ward, Mrs Humphry ref1

  water speed records ref1

  Waterloo, Battle of ref1

  Watson-Watt, Robert ref1

  Waugh, Evelyn ref1, ref2

  Wavell, General Archibald ref1, ref2, ref3

/>   Webb, Beatrice ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Webb, Sidney ref1, ref2

  Weekley, Frieda ref1

  Wells, H.G. ref1, ref2, ref3

  Ann Veronica ref1, ref2

  Anticipations ref1, ref2

  Mankind in the Making ref1

  on race and eugenics ref1

  Welwyn Garden City ref1, ref2

  West, Rebecca ref1, ref2

  Wheatley, John ref1, ref2

  White Knights of Britain ref1

  Whittle, Frank ref1

  Wigram, Ralph ref1

  Wilhelm II, Kaiser ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  Wilkinson, Ellen ref1, ref2

  Williams, Ralph Vaughan ref1

  Willoughby de Broke, Lord ref1, ref2, ref3

  Wilson, President Woodrow ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Wilson, Sir Henry ref1, ref2

  Wingate, Orde ref1

  Winn, Rodger ref1

  Wipers Times ref1

  wireless ref1

  Wodehouse, P.G. ref1, ref2, ref3

  Code of the Woosters ref1

  [or P.J. p. ref1?]

  women

  in Edwardian era ref1

  and First World War ref1, ref2

  and Second World War ref1

  and the vote ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  see also suffragettes

  Women’s Freedom League ref1

  Women’s Hour ref1

  Women’s Land Army ref1, ref2

  Women’s Social and Political Union see WSPU

  Women’s Voluntary Service (WVS) ref1

  Woodrow, Jack ref1

  Woolf, Virginia ref1, ref2, ref3

  Woolton, Lord ref1

  ‘Woolton Pie’ ref1

  Workers United League ref1

  working class ref1

  WSPU (Women’s Social and Political Union) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Wyndham Lewis, Percy ref1

  Hitler ref1

  Yeats, W.B. ref1, ref2

  York ref1

  Rowntree’s book on poor in ref1

  Young, Douglas ref1

 

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