Patricia Thane
Patricia Thane FBA is a emeritus professor of history at King's College, University of London.
Biography
Patricia Thane is the author of several books, including The Rise and Fall of the British Welfare State: From Poverty in 1900 to Poverty in 2023, Divided Kingdom: A History of Britain, 1900 to the Present and Women’s Liberation: Gender Inequality in Britain from Suffrage to Austerity. Her latest book, Women’s Liberation. Gender Inequality in Britain from Suffrage to Austerity, was published by Polity Press in 2026.
Articles by Patricia Thane
2026
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Politics
The Rise of Miserablism
Another look at the rise and fall of modern Britain from the postwar ‘golden age’ to the decay that set in following the ‘winter of…