Victorian Britain: Portrait of an Age
The Victorian era saw Britain at the height of its power, as the first industrial nation with an empire spanning the globe. This lecture charts the course of an immense transformation from a mainly agricultural society of small towns run by landed aristocrats into an industrial society of large cities on the verge of democracy.
Event Information
Price: £17.00
Course Weeks: 1
Room: Brunt Room
Campaign: Summer 2026 Workshop Week
Your Tutor
Name: Michael Williams
Bio: Michael has an undergraduate degree in History and an MSc in Politics. For 21 years he worked as a ministerial adviser in Whitehall before leaving for academic life in 1995. He spent another 26 years teaching a great variety of courses in different universities until retiring in 2021. He’s been teaching courses on politics and history at the Settlement for ten years. He published a book on Britain since 1867 in 2000 and two personal memoirs since 2022.
Department: Humanities