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Teaching

I teach a range of courses in modern history and contemporary politics at City Lit in London.

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They are suitable both for newcomers to the subject and for those who have some background knowledge.

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For more information and course dates, please click the links below:

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The legacies of the Troubles in Ireland and Northern Ireland today

An exploration of the sectarian violence that engulfed Northern Ireland, and how the conflict still shapes politics, memory, community relations, and identity across both Ireland and Northern Ireland today.

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From Partition to Protocol: the history of Northern Ireland, 1921-2021

Explore Northern Ireland’s contested history from the partition of Ireland to UK withdrawal from the EU. Understand how conflict, politics, and peace shaped its society, and why it became a major sticking point in Britain's exit from the EU.

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Making Modern Britain: Politics, Society, and Identity, 1850–1914

Examine how Britain was reshaped between 1850 and the First World War. Explore politics, society, culture, and empire in an era of reform, industrial growth, urban change, and changing ideas about class, gender, and identity.

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Britain, Northern Ireland, and the EU

Why was Northern Ireland such a sticking point for the UK leaving the EU? Explore the evolving political, economic, and constitutional ties between Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the EU in the post‑Exit era.

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Britain Transformed: Society, Politics and Identity, 1919-1999

From two World Wars to a welfare state; consensus to Thatcherism; trace the upheavals that reshaped 20th-Century Britain. Explore politics, culture, and identity in a nation remade by conflict, decolonisation, affluence, and diversity.

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The Nineteenth Century through Gilbert & Sullivan

Explore the social and political history of Nineteenth Century Britain through the comic operas of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Discover the witty commentary on contemporary Victorian society woven into the libretti. Uncover the thinly veiled satire of some of the plots. Learn what motivated Gilbert to write the operas, and unmask the characters which were deliberate parodies of specific Victorian politicians and notables. 

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Britain’s traffic transition towards sustainability: the road to sustainable travel

Explore Britain’s transition to sustainable transport and what more needs to be done to decarbonise how we travel. What can we learn from approaches taken across the EU and internationally?

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