History of England 1-6

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