Peter Hennessy is Attlee professor of contemporary British history at Queen Mary University of London. He is the author of several books including a postwar trilogy (Never Again: Britain 1945–51; Having It So Good: Britain in the Fifties; Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties). His most recent work is On the Back of an Envelope: A Life in Writing. He is a fellow of the British Academy and an honorary fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge. He sits in the House of Lords as an independent crossbench peer. Giles Edwards is an author and BBC journalist.

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Peter Hennessy is Attlee professor of contemporary British history at Queen Mary University of London. He is the author of several books including a postwar trilogy (Never Again: Britain 1945–51; Having It So Good: Britain in the Fifties; Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties). His most recent work is On the Back of an Envelope: A Life in Writing. He is a fellow of the British Academy and an honorary fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge. He sits in the House of Lords as an independent crossbench peer. Giles Edwards is an author and BBC journalist.

‘The thinking person’s commuting read’

Peter Hennessy is Attlee professor of contemporary British history at Queen Mary University of London. He is the author of several books including a postwar trilogy (Never Again: Britain 1945–51; Having It So Good: Britain in the Fifties; Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties). His most recent work is On the Back of an Envelope: A Life in Writing. He is a fellow of the British Academy and an honorary fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge. He sits in the House of Lords as an independent crossbench peer. Giles Edwards is an author and BBC journalist.

‘The thinking person’s commuting read’