History of England 1-6

press barons, ref1, ref2, ref3

Priestley, J. B.: on Edward VII, ref1; on officer class, ref1; on hikers and cyclists, ref1; English Journey, ref1, ref2, ref3; plays, ref1

Prior, Jim, ref1

prison issues, ref1, ref2

Private Eye, ref1, ref2

privatization: Thatcher’s policy, ref1, ref2; British Telecom, ref1, ref2; British Gas Corporation, ref1; National Coal Board, ref1; British Rail, ref1; National Power, ref1; Powergen, ref1; Post Office question, ref1; British Energy, ref1

Profitt, Russell, ref1

Profumo, John, ref1, ref2

prostitution, ref1

Protection from Eviction Act (1964), ref1

Protection of Children Act, ref1

protectionism: debate, ref1; Joseph Chamberlain’s plans, ref1, ref2; support for, ref1, ref2; Austen Chamberlain’s position, ref1; Law’s views, ref1; Baldwin’s position, ref1, ref2; lack of voter support for, ref1, ref2; ‘Empire Free Trade’, ref1; MacDonald’s position, ref1; Neville Chamberlain’s measures, ref1; Conservative policy, ref1, ref2; Thatcher’s view, ref1

Public Assistance Committee (PAC), ref1

Public Order Act (1936), ref1

pubs, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Punch magazine, ref1

Quant, Mary, ref1, ref2

Quisling, Vidkun, ref1

Race Relations Act (1965), ref1

racial attitudes and issues: skin colour, ref1; education, ref1; Notting Hill riots, ref1; Powell’s ‘rivers of blood’ speech, ref1; ‘sus’ laws, ref1; Bristol riots (1980), ref1; Brixton riots (1981), ref1; Stephen Lawrence case, ref1, ref2

Radcliffe, Cyril, ref1

radio (wireless): dance music, ref1; BBC licence fee, ref1; Baldwin’s broadcasts, ref1; electric sockets for sets, ref1; cost of sets, ref1; class listening styles, ref1; life on the dole, ref1; death of George V, ref1; Edward VIII’s farewell broadcast, ref1; news of coming war, ref1, ref2; Chamberlain’s broadcast, ref1; comedy, ref1, ref2; news of German surrender, ref1; banning Sex Pistols, ref1

railways: suburban links, ref1; commuting, ref1; strike averted, ref1; carrying livestock, ref1; strikes, ref1, ref2, ref3; nationalization proposal, ref1; privatization, ref1

Ramsay, Peggy, ref1

Ramsey, Alf, ref1

rationing: suggested (1915), ref1; food (1917–19), ref1, ref2; start of (1940), ref1; food (1940–54), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; healthy diet, ref1, ref2; grain, ref1; bread (1946), ref1; responses to, ref1; clothes, ref1; fat, ref1; meat rationing ended (1954), ref1

Rattigan, Terence, ref1, ref2

Ravenhill, Mark: Shopping and F**king, ref1

Reading, Lady, ref1

Reagan, Ronald: Anglo-Irish Agreement role, ref1; appearance and character, ref1, ref2; relationship with Thatcher, ref1, ref2; SDI (‘Star Wars’), ref1; Delors’s view of, ref1; relationship with Gorbachev, ref1; special relationship, ref1

Redmond, John: IPP leadership, ref1; Irish autonomy demand, ref1, ref2; negotiations, ref1; withdraws support for Liberals, ref1; Irish Volunteers, ref1; response to Easter Rising executions, ref1; Irish Home Rule plan, ref1

Redwood, John, ref1

Reece, Gordon, ref1

Rees-Mogg, William, ref1

Referendum party, ref1, ref2

Reid, Vince, ref1

religion: church attendance, ref1, ref2; working classes, ref1; movements (cults), ref1

Representation of the People Act (1918), ref1, ref2

Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act (1928), ref1

Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act (1918), ref1

Rhys-Jones, Sophie, ref1

Rice-Davies, Mandy, ref1

Richards, Keith, ref1, ref2, ref3

Richardson, Sir Ralph, ref1

Ridley, Nicholas, ref1

riots: Liverpool (1911), ref1; Notting Hill (1958), ref1; Bristol (1980), ref1; Brixton (1981), ref1; Leeds, Luton, Bradford (1995), ref1

Robbins Report (1963), ref1

Robinson, Geoffrey, ref1

Rogers, Ginger, ref1

Rolling Stones, ref1, ref2

Rolls-Royce, ref1, ref2

Romania: massacre of Jews, ref1; execution of Antonescu, ref1

Rommel, Erwin, ref1

Rosebery, Lord, ref1

Rothermere, Lord, ref1, ref2, ref3

Rothschild, Lord, ref1

Rowling, J. K., ref1

Rowntree, Benjamin Seebohm, ref1, ref2

Royal Air Force (RAF), ref1, ref2, ref3

Royal College of Physicians, ref1

Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, ref1

Royal Court Theatre, ref1, ref2

Royal Institute of British Architects, ref1

Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), ref1

Runciman, Walter, ref1

Ruskin, John, ref1, ref2

Russell, Bertrand, ref1, ref2

Russell, Dora, ref1

Russia: Triple Alliance, ref1; Germany declares war on, ref1: February Revolution (1917), ref1; peace treaty with Germany, ref1; oil and gas, ref1; disintegration of Soviet Union, ref1

Saddam Hussein, ref1

Saki (H. H. Munro), ref1

Salisbury, Lord, ref1, ref2

Saltley coke plant, Battle of (1972), ref1

Samuel, Herbert, ref1, ref2

Santer, Jacques, ref1

Sayers, Dorothy L., ref1

Scanlon, Hugh, ref1

Scargill, Arthur, ref1, ref2, ref3

Schlesinger, Helmut, ref1, ref2

Scotland: community charge (poll tax), ref1, ref2; devolution, ref1, ref2

Scott, Nicholas, ref1

Scott Report (1996), ref1

scrap metal and salvage collection, ref1

Screaming Lord Sutch, ref1

SDP (Social Democratic Party), ref1

Secombe, Harry, ref1

Sedition Bill (1934), ref1

Sellers, Peter, ref1

Serbia: WWI, ref1; occupation of (WWII), ref1; bombing of (1999), ref1

Sex Pistols, ref1, ref2