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British Conservatism: The Grand Tour

Anne McElvoy tells the stories of big challenges that have spurred leading British conservative thinkers into action, from the French Revolution to the Permissive Society

Radio 4,12 episodes

Episodes

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British Conservatism: The Grand Tour - Omnibus
Week 1 Omnibus
Anne McElvoy traces British conservatism from the French Revolution to 1867's Reform Act.
06 Sep 2013,58 mins
British Conservatism: The Grand Tour - Omnibus
Week 2 Omnibus
Anne McElvoy traces British conservatism from the Edwardian era to the permissive society.
13 Sep 2013,58 mins
13/09/2013
Anne McElvoy on Mrs Thatcher's father and the transformation of conservatism.
13 Sep 2013,15 mins
12/09/2013
Anne McElvoy explores how the 'permissive society' provoked a new, populist conservatism.
12 Sep 2013,15 mins
11/09/2013
Anne McElvoy explores conservative responses to postwar affluence and the welfare state.
11 Sep 2013,15 mins
10/09/2013
Anne McElvoy explores how mass democracy split conservatism into moderates and militants.
10 Sep 2013,15 mins
09/09/2013
Anne McElvoy goes to Tyneside to rediscover the 'conserving crowds' of the Edwardian era.
09 Sep 2013,15 mins
06/09/2013
In a Sheffield pub, Anne McElvoy learns how conservatism responded to urban mass democracy
06 Sep 2013,15 mins
05/09/2013
Anne McElvoy on Victorian critic John Ruskin's showdown with the merchants of Bradford.
05 Sep 2013,15 mins
04/09/2013
Anne McElvoy traces how the threat of Free Trade stung a placid aristocrat into action.
04 Sep 2013,15 mins
03/09/2013
Anne McElvoy explores how Thomas Carlyle reacted against the Industrial Revolution.
03 Sep 2013,15 mins
02/09/2013
How the French Revolution shocked Edmund Burke into defending British traditions.
02 Sep 2013,15 mins