Martin Pugh was Professor of British History at Newcastle University and Research Professor in History at Liverpool John Moores University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a member of the advisory panel of the "BBC History Magazine", and the author of over twelve books on nineteenth- and twentieth-century history. His previous publications include "Women and the Women's Movement in Britain 1914-1959", "A Companion to Modern European History 1871-1945", "The Pankhursts: The History of One Radical Family", "Speak for Britain: A New History of the Labour Party" and "We Danced All