Project team

Research team

Dr Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, UCL

Florence is a historian of twentieth-century Britain, focusing particularly on class and gender. Her first book was published in 2018 and is called Class, Politics and the Decline of Deference in England, 1968-2000. 

• Florence's faculty webpage

Dr Natalie Thomlinson, University of Reading

Natalie is a historian of modern Britain, specialising in the study of feminism, gender and race. Her first book was entitled Race, Ethnicity and the Women's Movement in England, 1968-1993 and was published in 2016. 

• Natalie's faculty webpage

Dr Victoria Dawson, UCL

Victoria is a historian of twentieth-century Britain, specialising in working-class and women's history. Her PhD thesis was called Women and Rugby League: Gender, Class and Community in the North of England, 1880-1970.

• Victoria's faculty webpage

Dr Jessica Hammett, UCL

Jess is a historian of twentieth-century Britain; her doctoral research examined civil defence in the Second World War. She has worked extensively on public history and public engagement and is Public Engagement Associate on the project.

Academic mentor

Our academic mentor at UCL is Professor Melvyn Stokes. 

Advisory Board

Our advisory board is made up of:

• Professor Matt Worley (University of Reading)
• Professor Margot Finn (UCL)
• Dr Lucy Delap (University of Cambridge)
• Professor Jon Lawrence (University of Exeter) 
• Professor Peter Mandler (University of Cambridge)