Background
Hennessy, Peter John was born on March 28, 1947 in London. Son of William Gerald and Edith (Wood-Johnson) Hennessy.
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This text performs a "health check" on the state of the British Constitution in its five key areas - monarchy, premiership, Cabinet, Whitehall and Parliament - and assesses how each is responding to the stresses and strains of changing circumstances.
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An authoritative history of Great Britain in the crucial period following World War II describes Britain's move from empire to welfare state, the development of the National Health Service, and other key changes of the era.
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From the high politics of Court and Cabinet room to the everyday discussions in kitchen or queue, Peter Hennessy's Never Again: Britain 1945-51 recreates the mood and feel of life in early post-war Britain. At the end of the Second World War Britain was in flux. It was an age of rationing and rebuilding; when hope for a better future contrasted with the horror of war. Fresh ideals emerged during the common experience of the conflict and the new, widespread belief that everyone should be treated equally led to the creation of the 'welfare state' and the NHS, despite tough economic circumstances. Internationally, Britain was finding a place in a world increasingly overshadowed by Cold War with the Soviet Union. 'A joy to read' Sunday Times 'Hennessy is never for a moment dull' Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph 'Jumping like a tree frog from blue book to nostalgic reminiscence to brilliant one-liner, Hennessy conjures up the Attlee years more vividly than any previous historical writer' Ben Pimlott 'Hennessy is the antithesis of the dry-as-dust academic historian. He laughs a great deal, and punctuates his writing with cheery and illuminating anecdotes' Ian Aitken, Guardian 'A sympathetic, highly readable, meticulously researched account of the Cabinet room politics and popular habits of life and recreation during the high noon of Labourism' Roy Jenkins, Observer Peter Hennessy is Attlee Professor of History at Queen Mary College, London, and the Director of the Mile End Institute of Contemporary British Government, Intelligence and Society. He is the author of Never Again: Britain 1945-51 (winner of the NCR and Duff Cooper Prizes), Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties (winner of the Orwell Prize); the bestselling The Prime Minister and The Secret State.
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Hennessy, Peter John was born on March 28, 1947 in London. Son of William Gerald and Edith (Wood-Johnson) Hennessy.
Bachelor, Cambridge (England) University, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge (England) University, 1990; postgraduate, London School Economics, 1969-1971; postgraduate, Harvard University, 1971-1972; Doctor of Letters (honorary), University West England, 1995; Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Westminster, 1996.
Reporter, Times Higher Education Supplement, London, 1972-1974;
reporter, The Times, London, 1974-1976;
Whitehall correspondent, The Times, London, 1976-1982;
leader writer, The Times, London, 1982-1984;
political correspondent, Finance Times, London, 1976;
Britain specialist, The Economist, London, 1982;
senior fellow, Policy Studies Institute, London, 1984-1985;
visiting fellow, Policy Studies Institute, London, since 1984;
co-director, Institute Contemporary British History, London, 1986-1989;
columnist, New Statesman, London, 1986-1987;
columnist, The Independent, London, 1987-1991;
professor contemporary history, U. London Mary and Westfield College, since 1992. Presenter Analysis, British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1987. Visiting lecturer politics Strathclyde U., Glasgow, Scotland, 1983-1984, honorary research fellow, 1984-1989, visiting professor government, since 1989.
Visiting fellow politics Reading U., since 1988, NottinghamU., since 1989. Visiting fellow Royal Institute Public Administration, since 1989.
(This text performs a "health check" on the state of the B...)
(An authoritative history of Great Britain in the crucial ...)
(From the high politics of Court and Cabinet room to the e...)
Trustee Attlee Foundation, London, since 1986. Chairman Kennedy Memorial Trust, since 1995. Member Politics Association (Vice-President since 1986), Savile Club, Attlee Memorial Runners Club.
Married Enid Mary Candler, June 14, 1969. Children: Cecily Frances, Polly Louise.