In 1933, British author and essayist J. B. Priestley took a series of trips through England, south to west to north to east, in search of "Englishness." His record, English Journey, was published the ...

This article examines the spaces, materiality, and practices of (in)formal education and citizenship bound up in the educational cultures of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England (CPRE) in ...

The level of inequalities in premature mortality between different areas of Britain has almost surpassed those seen shortly before the economic crash of 1929 and the economic depression of the 1930s, ...

Britain's houses have never been more cramped, with newly built properties offering the smallest living rooms since homes constructed before the Second World War, according to new research. Analysis ...

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THE Forestry Commission has issued a small pamphlet on home-grown timber (Report on Census of Production of Home-Grown Timber, 1930. H.M. Stationery Office. Dec. 30, 1932). The object of the pamphlet ...

Durham University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. In the 1920s and 1930s of buttoned-up Britain, homosexuality was an illicit act, and would remain that way until 1967 ...

Britain's Prince Charles warned against intolerance towards refugees fleeing religious persecution on Thursday, saying the rising tide of populism was reminiscent of the "dark days" of the 1930s. "The ...

The country is displaying early symptoms of being trapped in a so-called “debt deflation trap” where families find themselves pushed further and further into the red every month, according to a Bank ...