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
Sexual Disqualification Act (1919), ref1
Sexual Offences Act (1967), ref1, ref2
Shaffer, Peter, ref1
Shaw, George Bernard, ref1, ref2
Sheffield, HMS, ref1
Sheffield: slums, ref1
shopping, ref1
Shore, Peter, ref1
Sierra Leone: intervention, ref1
Silkin, Jon, ref1
Simpson, George, ref1
Simpson, Wallis, ref1
Sinclair, Iain, ref1
Single European Act (1985), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Sinn Féin: formation of Irish Volunteers, ref1; political status, ref1; arrests for collusion with Germany, ref1; MPs refuse to take seats in Westminster, ref1, ref2; dominates Dáil, ref1; electoral supporters, ref1; declared illegal, ref1; election results (1921), ref1; split, ref1; negotiations issues (1994–6), ref1, ref2
Skinner, Dennis, ref1
Sloane Rangers, ref1
Slovakia, ref1, ref2
Smith, John, ref1, ref2
Smith, Tim, ref1
Smuts, Jan, ref1
Snowden, Philip: background and political views, ref1, ref2; chancellor, ref1; budget (1924), ref1; response to Great Depression, ref1; in National Government, ref1; budget (1931), ref1; on Labour election programme, ref1; replaced as chancellor, ref1; resignation, ref1
Soames, Nicholas, ref1, ref2
Sobibor death camp, ref1
Social Chapter, ref1, ref2
Social Contract, ref1, ref2, ref3
socialism, ref1, ref2, ref3
Socialist Medical Association, ref1
Somme, Battle of the (1916), ref1
Soros, George, ref1
South Africa: Chinese workers, ref1; industry, ref1; Macmillan’s speech (1960), ref1; Sharpeville massacre, ref1; withdrawal from Commonwealth, ref1; BOSS, ref1
Soviet Union: supports Spanish Republic against Franco, ref1; Czechoslovakia policy, ref1; British discussions (1939), ref1; Nazi–Soviet Pact (1939), ref1, ref2; war against Finland, ref1; German invasion (1941), ref1; Gulag, ref1; rise of Gorbachev, ref1; disintegration, ref1
Spain: military government, ref1; Franco’s attempted coup, ref1; civil war, ref1, ref2, ref3; International Brigades, ref1; Franco’s victory, ref1; British recognition of Franco’s government, ref1
Special Defence Initiative (‘Star Wars’), ref1
Spectator, ref1
Speight, Johnny, ref1
spies, ref1
spin doctors, ref1
Spitting Image (TV series), ref1, ref2, ref3
spivs, ref1
sport, ref1, ref2
Stalin, Joseph: reputation, ref1; Nazi–Soviet Pact (1939), ref1, ref2; cull of officers, ref1; purges, ref1
Stalingrad, Russian defence, ref1
Stamp, Terence, ref1
Starr, Ringo, ref1
Steele, David, ref1
sterling: gold standard, ref1, ref2; devaluation suggested, ref1; gold standard abandoned, ref1, ref2; stabilizing, ref1; ‘balancing the budget’, ref1; European monetary union questions, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; collapse, ref1; Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM), ref1, ref2; pegged to Deutschmark, ref1, ref2, ref3; fall of, ref1; suspension from ERM, ref1
Stevens, Cat, ref1
Stewart, Allan, ref1
stockbrokers, ref1
Stopes, Marie: Married Love, ref1
Stoppard, Tom, ref1
Strachey, Lytton: Eminent Victorians, ref1
Straw, Jack, ref1
Stresemann, Gustav, ref1
strikes: (1910–14), ref1, ref2; (1920–21), ref1; (1924), ref1; miners (1925–6), ref1; general strike (1926), ref1; seamen (1966), ref1; Ford (1969), ref1; miners (1972), ref1, ref2; dockers (1972), ref1; general strike (1972), ref1; ‘flying pickets’, ref1, ref2, ref3; miners (1974), ref1, ref2; miners (1984–5), ref1; underground train drivers, ref1
suburban life, ref1, ref2, ref3
Sudetenland: Hitler’s plan to annex, ref1; ceded to Germany, ref1; massacre of Jews, ref1
Suez crisis (1956), ref1
Suicide of a Nation (edited by Koestler), ref1
Sunday Times, ref1, ref2
Sunningdale Agreement (1973), ref1
Sutherland, ‘Bronco Bill’, ref1
Szálasi, Ferenc, ref1
Tariff Reform: suggestion, ref1; Joseph Chamberlain’s conversion to, ref1, ref2; opposition to, ref1; press support for, ref1; Conservatives divided over, ref1; Baldwin’s policy, ref1, ref2, ref3; ‘Empire Free Trade’, ref1, ref2; Mosley’s policy, ref1; Conservative policy, ref1; Neville Chamberlain’s introduction, ref1
taxation: death duties, ref1; land taxes in People’s Budget, ref1, ref2; wartime income tax, ref1; proposed VAT rise, ref1; income tax lowered, ref1, ref2; public attitudes to (1997), ref1
Taylor, George, ref1
Tebbit, Margaret, ref1, ref2
Tebbit, Norman: on Thatcher, ref1; Brighton bombing, ref1; leaves cabinet, ref1; on Heseltine, ref1
technology: innovation, ref1, ref2; election (1910), ref1; factory assembly lines, ref1; Benn’s view of Concorde, ref1
Teddy boys (Teds), ref1, ref2, ref3
television: satire, ref1; football, ref1; Mary Whitehouse’s views, ref1; Doctor Who, ref1, ref2; audiences, ref1; programmes, ref1, ref2; politicians on, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; colour, ref1; news, ref1; Spitting Image, ref1; comedy, ref1; revelations about royal family, ref1; Question Time, ref1
That Was the Week That Was (TV series), ref1
Thatcher, Denis, ref1, ref2
Thatcher, Margaret: education secretary, ref1, ref2; secret ballot suggestion, ref1; on Callaghan, ref1; election victory (1979), ref1, ref2; background, ref1; parliamentary career, ref1; monetarism, ref1, ref2; Conservative leadership election (1975), ref1; prime minister (1979), ref1; attitude to EEC, ref1, ref2; vision of Conservatism, ref1; appearance, ref1; economic policy, ref1; no U-turn, ref1; ‘right to buy’ for council tenants, ref1; union reform plans, ref1; taxation policy, ref1; Falklands war, ref1, ref2; character, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; election victory (1983), ref1; privatization, ref1, ref2; miners’ strike (1984–5), ref1; Brighton bombing (1984), ref1; Irish negotiations, ref1; relationship with Reagan, ref1, ref2; view of Gorbachev, ref1; attitude of artists to her, ref1, ref2; called a fascist, ref1; unpopularity, ref1, ref2, ref3; regime, ref1, ref2; Single European Act (1985), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; election victory (1987), ref1, ref2, ref3; relationship with Delors, ref1; Bruges speech (1988), ref1, ref2, ref3; ‘popular capitalism’, ref1; local council-rates reform (community charge), ref1; ERM debate, ref1; challenge to leadership, ref1; ERM entry, ref1, ref2; Howe’s resignation speech, ref1, ref2; Heseltine’s leadership challenge, ref1, ref2; community charge protests, ref1; resignation, ref1; response to Maastricht, ref1; on Black Wednesday, ref1; relationship with Major, ref1, ref2; on pit closures, ref1; effect of democratizing unions, ref1