Griffiths, Roy, ref1
Griffiths Report (1983), ref1
Grossmith, George and Weedon: The Diary of a Nobody, ref1
Guardian, ref1, ref2
Guernica, bombing, ref1
Gulf War (1990–91), ref1
Gulf War Syndrome, ref1
gun ownership, ref1
Hague, William, ref1
Haig, Douglas, ref1, ref2
Haley, Bill, ref1, ref2
Halifax, Lord, ref1, ref2, ref3
Halliwell, Kenneth, ref1
Hamilton, Neil, ref1
Hampshire, HMS, ref1
Hanley, Jeremy, ref1
Hardie, Keir, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Hare Krishna, ref1
Harman, Harriet, ref1
Harrison, George, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Harry Potter books, ref1
Healey, Denis: Labour leadership candidacy, ref1, ref2; sterling crisis, ref1
health: working classes, ref1, ref2; slum dwellers, ref1; benefits of food rationing, ref1, ref2; private medicine, ref1; diseases, ref1; National Health Service (NHS), ref1; ‘care in the community’, ref1
Health and Strength League, ref1
Heath, Edward: European negotiations, ref1, ref2; leader of opposition, ref1; appearance and character, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; election defeat (1966), ref1; on devaluation of pound, ref1; dismissal of Powell, ref1; election victory (1970), ref1, ref2; cabinet, ref1, ref2; states of emergency, ref1, ref2; relationship with unions, ref1, ref2, ref3; US relations, ref1; European negotiations, ref1; incomes policy, ref1, ref2, ref3; on welfare state, ref1; miners’ strike (1972), ref1; Northern Ireland internment, ref1; achievements, ref1; British membership of EEC, ref1, ref2; illness, ref1; miners’ second strike (1974), ref1, ref2; three-day week (1974), ref1; election defeats (1974), ref1, ref1; loses leadership election (1975), ref1
Heffer, Simon, ref1
Henderson, Arthur: career, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; on WWI, ref1; Labour leadership, ref1; resignation from coalition, ref1
Hennessy, Peter, ref1
heroin, ref1, ref2
Heseltine, Michaeclass="underline" career, ref1; leadership challenge, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; replaces poll tax with council tax, ref1; Black Wednesday, ref1; Millennium Dome, ref1
hiking, ref1
Hill, Dr Charles, ref1, ref2
Hindenberg, Paul von, ref1
hippies, ref1
hire purchase, ref1, ref2
Hiroshima, atomic bombing, ref1
Hitchcock, Alfred, ref1; The 39 Steps, ref1
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The (radio and TV series), ref1, ref2
Hitler, Adolf: coup attempt, ref1; Mein Kampf, ref1, ref2, ref3; anti-Semitism, ref1, ref2; political career, ref1; rise to power, ref1, ref2; reintroduces conscription, ref1; expansion of air force, ref1; relationship with Mussolini, ref1; remilitarization of Rhineland, ref1, ref2; ‘no further territorial ambitions’, ref1; Anti-Comintern Pact, ref1; grievances about Versailles Treaty, ref1; Chamberlain’s appeasement policy, ref1; persecution of Jews, ref1; assassination of political opponents, ref1; absorption of Austria, ref1; claim to Sudetenland, ref1; Chamberlain’s discussions with, ref1, ref2, ref3; Munich Agreement, ref1; massacre of Jews, ref1; annexation of Czechia, ref1; Polish policies, ref1; proposed attack on England, ref1; planning invasion of Britain, ref1; comic portrayal in England, ref1; bombing policies, ref1; invasion of Russia (1941), ref1; assassination attempt (1944), ref1; death, ref1
Hoare, Samuel, ref1
Hobbs, Jack, ref1
Hobson, J. A., ref1
Hockney, David, ref1
Hogg, Quintin (later Lord Hailsham), ref1
Hoggart, Richard, ref1
holidays, ref1
Holidays with Pay Act (1938), ref1, ref2
Holland, German invasion, ref1
Holly, Buddy, ref1
Homicide Act (1957), ref1
homosexuality: bright young men, ref1; Baldwin’s son, ref1; legalization ref1; gay groups, ref1; armed forces ban issue, ref1; age of consent lowered, ref1
Hong Kong, surrender (1941), ref1
Horder, Lord, ref1, ref2
House of Lords Act (1999), ref1
household appliances, ref1
Houses of Parliament see Parliament
housing: suburban, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; rural developments, ref1; ‘workers’ cottages’, ref1; slums, ref1, ref2; homelessness, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; cap on rents, ref1; tax relief on mortgage payments, ref1; ‘property-owning democracy’, ref1, ref2, ref3; slum clearances, ref1, ref2, ref3; housebuilding boom, ref1; suburban ‘sprawl’, ref1; home ownership, ref1; furnishings, ref1, ref2, ref3; suburban architecture, ref1; gardens, ref1; art nouveau, ref1; sale of council housing, ref1; local council-rates reform (community charge), ref1; negative equity, ref1; effect of high interest rates, ref1;
Housing Acts: (1919), ref1, ref2; (1924), ref1; (1930), ref1, ref2; (1938), ref1; (1988), ref1
Howard, Brian, ref1, ref2
Howard, Michael, ref1, ref2
Howarth, Alan, ref1
Howe, Geoffrey: character, ref1, ref2; dealing with EEC entry terms, ref1, ref2; chancellor, ref1; first budget, ref1; relationship with Thatcher, ref1, ref2, ref3; foreign secretary, ref1; ERM issue, ref1; resignation speech, ref1, ref2
Hughes, Robert, ref1
Hulanicki, Barbara, ref1
Human Rights Act (1998), ref1
Hungary: regime, ref1; Jews sent to Auschwitz, ref1; execution of Szálasi, ref1; leaves eastern bloc (1988), ref1
hunger marches, ref1, ref2, ref3
Hurd, Douglas: on Heath election, ref1; on miners’ strikes, ref1, ref2; leadership candidacy, ref1; Black Wednesday, ref1; foreign secretary, ref1
Hurst, Geoff, ref1, ref2
Huxley, Aldous, ref1
immigration: legislation (1905), ref1; Caribbean, ref1; public concern about (1997), ref1
Imperial Conference of British Empire (1926), ref1
‘In Place of Strife’ (White Paper), ref1
Independent Labour Party (ILP), ref1, ref2
India: political issues, ref1, ref2, ref3; industry, ref1; Amritsar massacre (1919), ref1, ref2; self-government, ref1; war with Germany (1939), ref1; partition, ref1; independence, ref1, ref2; war with Pakistan, ref1
Industrial Injuries Act (1946), ref1
Industrial Relations Act (1971), ref1, ref2
Industrial Training Board, ref1
inflation: Edwardian era, ref1; WWI, ref1; Twenties, ref1, ref2; Churchill’s policy, ref1; Fifties, ref1; stagflation, ref1; Seventies, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; Eighties, ref1, ref2, ref3; Nineties, ref1, ref2
influenza epidemic (1918–19), ref1
interest rates: raised (after WWI), ref1; Keynesian views, ref1; gold standard and, ref1, ref2; mortgage, ref1; tied to Germany’s, ref1; raised (1992), ref1
International Monetary Fund (IMF), ref1, ref2, ref3
Invincible, HMS, ref1
Iraq: Gulf war (1990–1), ref1; arms-to-Iraq affair, ref1; US bombing (1998), ref1
Ireland: home-rule question, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7; land ownership, ref1; history of British government, ref1; third Irish Home Rule Bill (1912), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; Ulster Protestants, ref1, ref2, ref3; no conscription, ref1; Easter Rising (1916), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; conscription (1918), ref1, ref2; election results (1918), ref1; Dáil Éireann, ref1, ref2; Irish Republic proclaimed, ref1; ‘War of Independence’, ref1; Croke Park massacre (Bloody Sunday, 1920), ref1; fourth Home Rule Bill (1920), ref1; elections (1921), ref1; partition, ref1; Irish Free State (1922), ref1; sovereign state (1937), ref1; neutrality (1939), ref1; negotiations, ref1; Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985), ref1; see also Northern Ireland
Irish Citizen Army, ref1
Irish Free State, ref1
Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Irish Republican Army (IRA): established, ref1; campaign against police force, ref1; terror attacks, ref1; atrocities, ref1; Official, ref1; Provisional, ref1; Aldershot bombing, ref1; Brighton Grand Hotel bombing (1984), ref1; mainland bombing campaign, ref1; funds from US, ref1; murder of Ian Gow, ref1; ceasefire (1994), ref1, ref2; decommissioning issue, ref1, ref2, ref3; members shot in Gibraltar (1988), ref1; mainland bombing resumed, ref1, ref2; suspect shot, ref1
Irish Republican Brotherhood, ref1
Irish Volunteers, ref1, ref2, ref3