The 1911 National Insurance Act
byWhile watching the second episode of Dr. Pamela Cox’s BBC documentary, Servants: The True Story of Life Below Stairs, I was struck by yet…
social reform
Daily Life in the British Parliament: The People’s Budget
byBetween 1908 and 1914, politics were trapped in a frightful deadlock. The General Election of 1906 led to a landslide defeat of the Conservative…