History of England 1-6

Elizabeth II: wedding, ref1; accession, ref1; coronation, ref1; opens nuclear power station, ref1; meetings with Wilson, ref1; MBEs for Beatles, ref1; Wilson’s resignation, ref1; silver jubilee, ref1; ‘annus horribilis’, ref1; visits Russia, ref1; son Charles’s marriage, ref1

Ellis, Ruth, ref1

Emergency Powers Act (1920), ref1

empire: public attitudes, ref1, ref2; immigration from outside, ref1; Joseph Chamberlain’s plan, ref1, ref2; overstretched, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; Lloyd George’s plan, ref1; Ireland’s position, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; supply of troops, ref1; expansion during WWI, ref1; Baldwin’s policy, ref1, ref2, ref3; Conservative policy in coalition government, ref1; Churchill’s view, ref1, ref2; League of Nations role, ref1; Neville Chamberlain’s position, ref1; queen’s titles, ref1; value of, ref1; loss of, ref1, ref2; African nationalism, ref1

Empire Windrush, HMT, ref1

employment: urban and suburban, ref1; rural, ref1; women in wartime, ref1, ref2; ‘marriage bar’ for women, ref1; see also unemployment

Employment of Women, Young Persons, and Children Act (1920), ref1

Employment Protection Bill (1975), ref1

Endurance, HMS, ref1

Enfield, Harry, ref1

Engels, Friedrich, ref1

English, Michael, ref1

Enigma code, ref1

Entente Cordiale (1904), ref1, ref2

environmental concerns, ref1

Epstein, Brian, ref1

Esher, Lord, ref1

Establishment Club, ref1

Ethiopia, famine, ref1

Eton College, ref1

European Commission, ref1, ref2, ref3

European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), ref1, ref2, ref3

European Court of Human Rights, ref1, ref2, ref3

European Economic Community (Common Market, EEC): British views of, ref1, ref2; British negotiations, ref1; de Gaulle’s veto, ref1, ref2; Heath’s policy, ref1; Labour view, ref1, ref2, ref3; acceptance of Britain, ref1, ref2; sovereignty issue, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; Clause Eleven of Treaty of Accession, ref1, ref2; Foot’s doubts, ref1, ref2; British entry (1973), ref1; Conservative view, ref1, ref2; referendum (1975), ref1, ref2; Thatcher’s view, ref1, ref2, ref3; Single Market, ref1, ref2; eastern Europe, ref1, ref2; Wilson’s attitude, ref1; federalism, ref1, ref2, ref3; Howe’s speech, ref1; Maastricht Treaty (1992), ref1, ref2

European Union (EU): established, ref1; Thatcher’s view, ref1; ERM crisis, ref1; directives, ref1; single currency (euro), ref1, ref2; ‘benefit tourism’, ref1; BSE crisis, ref1

Eurosceptics: National Front, ref1; Communist party, ref1; term, ref1; Thatcher’s position, ref1; Major’s position, ref1; response to Maastricht, ref1; aims, ref1; response to Black Wednesday, ref1; Portillo’s position, ref1, ref2; Major’s relationship with, ref1, ref2; Britain’s use of veto, ref1; leadership challenge, ref1; ECHR issue, ref1; Santer’s message to, ref1

evacuation of children (1939), ref1, ref2

Evans, Moss, ref1

Eve magazine, ref1

Evening Standard, ref1

Everett, Kenny, ref1

Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM): Thatcher’s policy, ref1, ref2; Britain’s entry, ref1, ref2; Major’s position, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; effects, ref1; fall of sterling, ref1, ref2; Britain’s suspension from, ref1, ref2

Fabian Society, ref1, ref2

Factories Act (1937), ref1

Falklands War (1982), ref1

Family Income Supplement, ref1

Faulkner, Brian, ref1

Fayed, Dodi, ref1

feminists: groups, ref1; post-war, ref1, ref2

Fergusson, Sir James, ref1

Festival of Britain (1951), ref1

Financial Times, ref1

Fisher, Sir Warren, ref1

FitzGerald, Garret, ref1

flappers, ref1

Flynn, Errol, ref1

food: imports, ref1; rationing (1917–19), ref1, ref2; mass-produced, ref1; tinned, ref1; families below the poverty line, ref1, ref2; rationing (1940–54), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; BSE and beef exports, ref1, ref2

Foot, Isaac, ref1

Foot, Michael: on healthy rationing diet, ref1; on Enoch Powell, ref1; on EEC entry terms, ref1; background and character, ref1, ref2; Social Contract, ref1, ref2; Tribune editor, ref1; Guilty Men, ref1; elected MP (1945), ref1; loses seat (1955), ref1; unilateral disarmament, ref1; in Wilson’s cabinet (1974), ref1; Lib–Lab pact, ref1; Labour leadership candidacy (1976), ref1; Labour leadership (1980), ref1; speech on strikes (1978), ref1; election defeat (1983), ref1; EEC policy, ref1

football: in General Strike, ref1; popularity, ref1; seaside, ref1; fans, ref1; World Cup (1966), ref1

Forster, E. M.: Howards End, ref1

France: ‘Entente Cordiale’, ref1; defence strategy, ref1; African colonies, ref1; mobilization, ref1; Germany declares war on, ref1, ref2; desire for vengeance after WWI, ref1; occupation of Ruhr, ref1; Stresa declaration (1935), ref1; response to Manchurian incident, ref1; response to Spanish civil war, ref1; Czechoslovakia policy, ref1, ref2, ref3; pledges support for Poland, ref1; war with Germany (1939), ref1; response to invasion of Poland, ref1; German invasion (1940), ref1; German occupation of Paris, ref1; trade agreement with Germany, ref1; Suez (1956), ref1; Heath’s negotiations, ref1; Falklands war, ref1

Franco, General, ref1, ref2, ref3

Frankie Goes to Hollywood, ref1

Franz Ferdinand, Archduke, ref1