Stanley Baldwin

Political reputations are forged by actions, but the long view of history can be hard to predict.

John Raymond offers a light-hearted survey of an important era in British social and political history, when the Prime Minister set an example of optimism that, despite setbacks at home and abroad, many of his most distinguished countrymen followed.

D.C. Somervell profiles the predominant figure in British politics during the interwar years.

Did the British government suppress evidence that might have prevented Wallis Simpson’s divorce? Edward VIII’s marriage prompted changes to the law, but did it also break it?