Chronology of Modern Britain

Introduction

This chronology takes the first year of the First World War as its start date. It gives a brief selection of significant political and cultural events and emphasises interesting books, magazines and special collections held by the Library and associated with the year in question. There are cover images and quotations from books published in particular years, and there are sound recordings of a selection of key events. Further suggestions are welcome and should be sent to Modern-British@bl.uk.

Chronology

1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s
1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s

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British Library Sound Archive Publications

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