The Reign - Life in Elizabeth's Britain: Part I: The Way It Was

The first part of Matthew Engel's sweeping social history of modern Britain during the reign of Elizabeth II.\nShe came to the throne in 1952 when Britain had a far-flung empire, sweets were rationed, mums stayed home and kids played on bombsites.\nSeventy years on, everything has changed utterly - except the Queen herself, ageing far more gracefully than the fractious nation over which she so lightly presides.\nHow did we get from there to here in a single reign? To cancel culture, anti-vaxxers and Twitter feeds?\nMatthew Engel tells the story - starting with the years from Churchill to Thatcher - with his own light touch and a wealth of fascinating, forgotten, often funny detail.