A Crusade For Peace: George Lansbury’s Worldwide Trip for Peace, 1936-37
George Lansbury was perhaps the greatest idealist of his generation. He was an absolute pacifist who believed sincerely that war was the greatest evil...
“A Prophet Before Her Time:” Beatrice Potter Webb, Part 3: The Aftermath, 1909-1947
In late 1908, Beatrice began writing her landmark Minority Report. In it she wrote that people became poor
...from a variety of causes, from old...
“A Prophet Before Her Time:” Beatrice Potter Webb, Part 2: The Poor Law Commission...
Nineteen men and women were appointed the Royal Commission For Poor Law Reform and Relieving of Distress. Most of the appointees were social reformers,...
“A Prophet Before Her Time:” Beatrice Potter Webb, Part 1: Beatrice Webb’s Life Up...
Few political thinkers have influenced British society and politics in the 20th Century as much as Beatrice Potter Webb. She was a prodigious scholar,...
How To Marry An English Lord: The Uniting of British Lords and American Heiresses
Winston Churchill was, among other things, an accomplished historian and writer, writing several books during his lifetime. Four of these: his four-volume A History...
“What About the Rentiers?”: The Formation of the National Government (1931), Part 2
Many had expected that a Conservative-Liberal Coalition would become the next Government, a thought that MacDonald shared. (1) However, this was not the case....
“What About the Rentiers?”: The Formation of the National Government (1931), Part 1
The formation of the National Government in August 1931 remains one of the more controversial issues in Labour Party and 20th Century British political...
Women in the 19th Century – Life in Regency England, Part 1: Society
Life in high society during the Regency was a glamorous round of balls and parties, governed by strict rules of etiquette. Members of society,...
The Conscience of His Generation: George Lansbury, Pacifism, and the 1930s
There seldom has been a more committed idealist in British politics than George Lansbury. He once wrote that he sympathized with "...those who stand...
“A Party For Ordinary Blokes:” The Birth of Britain’s Labour Party, 1900-1924
One of the greatest political events of 20th-century British history was the twin rise to prominence of the Labour Party and the sudden demise...