Issues in Labour history; the rise of Labour and the decline of Liberalism, 1890-1918; the impact of war, 1914-1918; "Expectation born to death" - the Labour Party, 1918-29; "Lucifer of the left" - Ramsay Macdonald and the collapse of the second Labour government, 1929-31; the revival and triumph of Labour, 1931-45; Labour in office, 1945-51; the crisis in the Labour party, 1951-79.