Thursday 13th March
12:45 - 13:45
History/Media/Television
£7/£6
The twenty years between the wars were a time of turmoil in Britain – a general strike and the worst economic crisis in its history, revolt in Ireland and India, a Prime Minister’s resignation and the King’s abdication. But there were also triumphs: Britain ran to glory in the ’Chariots of Fire’ Olympic Games; the BBC was born; there was a renaissance in poetry, sculpture of genius, and cinema lightened the darkness for millions. Roy Hattersley follows The Edwardians with an illuminating, entertaining and bold assessment of the doomed era.