From the October 2019 Issue Mrs Thatcher Meets Adrian Mole Who Dares Wins: Britain, 1979–1982 By Dominic Sandbrook
From the October 2015 Issue Culture Clubs The Great British Dream Factory: The Strange History of Our National Imagination By Dominic Sandbrook LR
From the May 2012 Issue Stayin’ Alive Seasons in the Sun: The Battle for Britain, 1974–1979 By Dominic Sandbrook LR
From the September 2010 Issue Era of Brown State of Emergency: The Way We Were – Britain, 1970–1974 By Dominic Sandbrook LR
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