Tutor information
Michael Redley
Michael's doctoral work at Cambridge University was in the colonial history of Africa. He has a Masters Degree from the London School of Economics, and has taught various topics in politics and twentieth century history.
Courses
Explore the massive changes in Britain in the 20th century through Winston Churchill's career as a political radical, chronicler, anti-totalitarianism and war leader from Victorian times to the Cold War.
In a long political career, Winston Churchill reinvented mid-Victorian Liberalism as an Edwardian welfare reformer, an anti-Fascist crusader, and as a Cold Warrior, preaching finally against Socialism and totalitarianism.
Propaganda shaped history throughout the world in the twentieth century. We will explore its roots in mass politics, literacy and media, its consequences for democratic and totalitarian politics and culture, and its challenge to the very idea of truth.