Rollyson, Carl. Rebecca West: A Saga of the Century. Hodder and Stoughton, 1995.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| politics | Katharine Bruce Glasier | Meanwhile, KBG
returned to her socialist activism in 1924 after she had recovered from her breakdown. She began a lecture tour on 4 June that year, addressing socialist gatherings, and worked at selling her husband's... |
| politics | Amabel Williams-Ellis | AWE
and her brother John Strachey
, future politician and author, joined the Independent Labour Party
(which was founded by Keir Hardie
in 1893, gave birth to the Labour Party
, and disaffiliated from it... |
| politics | J. K. Rowling | She is not slow to take a public political stance. To her 11 million followers on Twitter
, she tweeted before the 2016 referendum on Britain's leaving or remaining within the European Union (Brexit) that... |
| politics | Katharine Bruce Glasier | KBG
was delighted to see the Labour Party
come to power in the general election of 26 July 1945. This first majority Labour government in history was to succeed in establishing the first welfare state... |
| politics | Rebecca West | RW
met Emma Goldman
in London, and joined her in her campaign against Bolshevism and its support in the Labour Party
in Britain. |
| politics | Ethel Mannin | EM
joined the Independent Labour Party
(which had disaffiliated from the decreasingly radical Labour Party
the previous summer); she soon began writing regularly for its paper, the New Leader. Croft, Andy. “Ethel Mannin: The Red Rose of Love and the Red Flower of Liberty”. Rediscovering Forgotten Radicals: British Women Writers 1889-1939, edited by Angela Ingram and Daphne Patai, University of North Carolina Press, 1993, pp. 205-25. 212 |
| politics | Michèle Roberts | Not long afterwards, she and her friends in London were pursuing street politics to the left of the Labour Party
, like mounting a carnival float at a CND
festival to represent and caricature Real... |
| politics | Isabella Ormston Ford | She used her position to advocate on behalf of women's suffrage, which she believed to be an integral part of socialism. She spoke to this effect on several occasions, including the annual conferences of the... |
| politics | Elizabeth Taylor | Just after her mother's death and before her wedding, ET
took the momentous step of joining the Communist Party
. At this date she envisaged economic freedom as connected with freedom of speech, and with... |
| politics | Naomi Mitchison | NM
attended the annual Labour Party
Conference as delegate of the Argyll Constituency Party. Mitchison, Naomi. You May Well Ask: A Memoir 1920-1940. Gollancz, 1979. 204 |
| politics | Phyllis Bentley | PB
grew increasingly conservative, socially if not in party politics, as she grew older. She identified herself as a Liberal, and was uncomfortable about the Welfare State system launched while the Labour Party
held power... |
| politics | Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda | The group's agenda was to obtain legislative improvements in child-assault laws, the position of unmarried mothers, equality of both parents in guardianship rights, equal pay for teachers, equal civic service opportunities for women and men... |
| politics | Isabella Ormston Ford | When she was invited to stand as a Labour Party
candidate in the 1918 general election, however, she declined, primarily on grounds of her advancing age. A Historical Dictionary of British Women. Europa, 2003. |
| politics | Eva Gore-Booth | The women formed this committee (a break-away group from the North of England Society for Women's Suffrage
) after backing Labour
candidate David Shackleton
in a by-election. In exchange for the support of EGB
... |
| politics | Elizabeth Taylor | Her politics remained steadily Labour
. She took a public stand against the military coup in Greece in 1967 and boycotted South African produce in protest against apartheid. “Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC. Liddell, Robert, and Francis King. Elizabeth and Ivy. Peter Owen, 1986. 108, 113 |
Timeline
November 1967: The pound sterling was devalued, something...
National or international item
November 1967
The pound sterling was devalued, something which Harold Wilson
's Labour
government had been trying in vain to prevent.
Davies, Peter, MPhil. “Sterling and Strings”. London Review of Books, Vol.
30
, No. 22, 20 Nov. 2008, pp. 17-18. 17
19 June 1970: The day after a surprise Conservative victory...
National or international item
19 June 1970
The day after a surprise Conservative
victory in the general election, Edward Heath
formed the government (succeeding to the Labour
administration of Harold Wilson
).
Butler, David E., and Jennie Freeman. British Political Facts, 1900-1960. Macmillan, 1963.
50
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
492, 430
Kidd, Colin. “Brown v. Salmond”. London Review of Books, 26 Apr. 2007, pp. 6-8.
6
1971: In a crucial parliamentary vote on Britain's...
National or international item
1971
In a crucial parliamentary vote on Britain's future entry into the European Community
or Common Market, Conservative
members plus 68 pro-European Labour
members voted in favour.
Marquand, David. “Roy Jenkins”. Guardian Weekly, 9–15 Jan. 2003, p. 19.
19
4 March 1974: Labour having come first past the post in...
National or international item
4 March 1974
Labour
having come first past the post in the general election of 28 February, Harold Wilson
formed his second government (a minority one), replacing ConservativeEdward Heath
as Prime Minister.
Young, Toby. “What U.S. needs is a Queen”. Edmonton Journal, 1 Dec. 2000, p. A17.
A17
Spufford, Francis. “Love that Bird”. London Review of Books, 6 June 2002, pp. 28-33.
28
10 April 1974: The Annan Committee began work on its enquiry...
Building item
10 April 1974
The Annan Committee
began work on its enquiry into the structure, funding, and future of British broadcasting.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Annan
10 October 1974: In the second general election of the year,...
National or international item
10 October 1974
In the second general election of the year, the Labour Party
under Harold Wilson
moved from being a minority government to holding a majority of three.
Schott, Ben. Schott’s Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury, 2002.
102
Kidd, Colin. “Brown v. Salmond”. London Review of Books, 26 Apr. 2007, pp. 6-8.
6
27 January 1979: A one-day strike by 1.5 million British public...
National or international item
27 January 1979
A one-day strike by 1.5 million British public sector workers ushered in a series of selective strikes which gave rise to the Shakespearean
phrase winter of discontent.
Gamble, Sarah. Angela Carter. A Literary Life. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
163
3 October 1980: The Housing Act passed by Margaret Thatcher's...
Building item
3 October 1980
The Housing Act passed by Margaret Thatcher
's recently-elected Conservative
government came into effect, giving five million council house tenants in England and Wales the right to buy their homes from local authorities
Childs, Peter, and Mike Storry, editors. Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture. Routledge, 1999.
261
March 1981: Breakaway Labour members of parliament—Roy...
National or international item
March 1981
Breakaway Labour
members of parliament—Roy Jenkins
, Shirley Williams
(daughter of Vera Brittain
), David Owen
, and William Rodgers
—left the party to found the Social Democratic Party, or SDP
.
Conradi, Peter J. Iris Murdoch. A Life. HarperCollins, 2002.
572n59
Marquand, David. “Roy Jenkins”. Guardian Weekly, 9–15 Jan. 2003, p. 19.
19
November 1981: Shirley Williams (daughter of Vera Brittain)...
Women writers item
November 1981
Shirley Williams
(daughter of Vera Brittain
) became the first member of the Gang of Four, leaders of the newly-founded Social Democratic Party
, to win a seat in Parliament
: for Crosby, Lancashire.
Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
363
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
“Baroness Williams of Crosby (Shirley Williams)”. Liberal Democrats: People.
9 June 1983: Michael Foot, leader of the Labour Party,...
National or international item
9 June 1983
Michael Foot
, leader of the Labour Party
, signally failed in the general election to shake the reign of Tory
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
. He was soon afterwards replaced as party leader by...
9 April 1992: The general election returned the Conservative...
National or international item
9 April 1992
The general election returned the Conservative Party
under its new leader, John Major
, to power, to the surprise of pollsters who had predicted a Labour
win.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
508
McKibbin, Ross. “The Luck of the Tories”. London Review of Books, 7 Mar. 2002, pp. 8-9.
8
Schott, Ben. Schott’s Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury, 2002.
102
6 February 1993: Emily's List (from the acronym Early Money...
National or international item
6 February 1993
Emily's List
(from the acronym Early Money is Like Yeast as a rising agent) was founded in the UK as campaign to fund Labour
women to run for parliament.
Emily’s List UK. http://www.emilyslist.org.uk/.
1 May 1997: In the general election Labour, under its...
National or international item
1 May 1997
In the general election Labour
, under its new leader, the young Scotsman Tony Blair
, at last dislodged the Conservative Party
from government.
Schott, Ben. Schott’s Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury, 2002.
102
Gilmour, Ian. “Vote for the Beast!”. London Review of Books, 20 Oct. 2005, pp. 13-14.
13
September 1997: Following an election pledge by the British...
National or international item
September 1997
Following an election pledge by the British Labour Party
, a referendum was held in Wales on the issue of Devolution for that country (a transfer of certain powers from central government to a Welsh...
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