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Week 1 Omnibus

Anne McElvoy traces British conservatism from the French Revolution to 1867's Reform Act.

Week 2 Omnibus

Anne McElvoy traces British conservatism from the Edwardian era to the permissive society.

Anne McElvoy on Mrs Thatcher's father and the transformation of conservatism.

Anne McElvoy explores how the 'permissive society' provoked a new, populist conservatism.

Anne McElvoy explores conservative responses to postwar affluence and the welfare state.

Anne McElvoy explores how mass democracy split conservatism into moderates and militants.

Anne McElvoy goes to Tyneside to rediscover the 'conserving crowds' of the Edwardian era.

In a Sheffield pub, Anne McElvoy learns how conservatism responded to urban mass democracy

Anne McElvoy on Victorian critic John Ruskin's showdown with the merchants of Bradford.

Anne McElvoy traces how the threat of Free Trade stung a placid aristocrat into action.

Anne McElvoy explores how Thomas Carlyle reacted against the Industrial Revolution.

How the French Revolution shocked Edmund Burke into defending British traditions.