The Making of Modern Britain
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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