Trevor Fisher
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When the England football team visited Germany in May 1938, diplomatic protocol resulted in the team giving a Nazi salute, writes Trevor Fisher.
Published June 9 2010
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The recent scandal over MPs’ expenses would not have raised an
eyebrow in the 18th century when bribery was rife and rigged
elections common. Trevor Fisher looks into that system and the slow path to reform.
Published December 11 2009
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Anna Isab’s study of Gladstone and his attitudes to women is reviewed by Trevor Fisher.
Published September 20 2006
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Trevor Fisher looks at a new biography of Lord Rosebery, the Victorian Liberal who succeeded to the Premiership on the retirement of Gladstone.
Published August 17 2005
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by Trevor Fisher
Published March 30 2004
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Published December 5 2000
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Roger Ellis
Published September 30 1998
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Trevor Fischer takes a second look at the Victorian prime minister's fascination with street-walkers. Published April 30 1998
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White slavery and under-age prostitution - two of the crusades associated with the social reformer Josephine Butler. Her contribution to the self-image of 19th-century women was, however, more complex than the lurid headlines might suggest, argues Trevor Fisher. Published May 31 1996
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Trevor Fisher chronicles the backlash against libertarianism in art and literature in the closing years of the Victorian era. Published July 31 1992
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Trevor Fisher takes a fresh look at 1066 and All That and finds it a text for the times.
Published June 30 1991
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Trevor Fisher assesses a book on the monarch who symbolised the 19th-century and its values.
Published August 31 1987
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edited by Liz Stanley
Published October 1 1984
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The battle for the Labour Party is not only a clash of ideologies. As Trevor Fisher argues here, it is also about control of the party – an issue that was dramatically highlighted in 1907 at the annual conference.
Published May 31 1983
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