Victor Bailey

Crime in 20th Century Britain

Victor Bailey looks at the alarming rise in British crime in the second half of the twentieth century.

Published April 30 1988

The Games Ethic and Imperialism

Victor Bailey reviews two titles on Empire and Culture.

Published July 31 1986

Churchill as Home Secretary: Prison Reform

Accounts of Winston Churchill's conduct of this office in 1910-11 generally underline those incidents of public disorder rioting coal miners in Tonypandy; besieged revolutionaries in Sidney Street. Victor Bailey asserts they reveal Churchill as an illiberal, sabre-rattler, eager for armed conflict between soldiers and workers.

Published March 1 1985

Sure & Steadfast - A History of the Boy's Brigade 1883-1983

by John Springhall, Brian Fraser and Michael Hoare

Published January 1 1984

Bibles and Dummy Rifles: The Boys' Brigade

Victor Bailey look at the movement that began on the evening of October 4th, 1883, when a young Glasgow Sunday School teacher, William Smith, opened the doors of his Free Church Mission Hall for the first meeting of a voluntary, uniformed youth organisation concerned with the Christian development of adolescent boys.

Published October 1 1983