{"id":1720,"date":"2024-09-26T09:57:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T09:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/?p=1720"},"modified":"2024-11-30T14:01:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T14:01:15","slug":"a-new-look-at-the-webbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/?p=1720","title":{"rendered":"A new look at the Webbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An on-line talk for the Socialist History Society by\u00a0 <strong>Michael Ward<\/strong>, author of <em>Unceasing War on Poverty : Beatrice &amp; Sidney Webb and their World\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>First broadcast on Wednesday 16 October 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YC98FHYXUlA?si=giC8LvmVVtmthY1o&amp;start=10\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This engaging biography of Sidney and Beatrice Webb, \u2018Unceasing War on Poverty\u2019, takes the reader into the world of the Webbs, the remarkable couple who changed Britain, inspiring a generation to fight for a better society.<\/p>\n<p>Born in the 1850s, they came from very different backgrounds. They married in 1892 &#8211; but only after Beatrice had previously experienced a long, unhappy relationship. Their fifty-year partnership produced books and reports rather than children. Many of the reforms the Webbs demanded were enacted after their deaths. The hated Poor Law was abolished, and a National Health Service was established, transforming millions of lives. Michael Ward\u2019s fascinating book details their methods: meticulous research, private persuasion and hospitality, barnstorming public campaigning, and hard political organisation. They created and shaped institutions &#8211; the Fabian Society, the London School of Economics, and the \u2018New Statesman\u2019 &#8211; which flourish to this day. Their work is central to understanding change in twentieth century British politics and society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An on-line talk for the Socialist History Society by\u00a0 Michael Ward, author of Unceasing War on Poverty : Beatrice &amp; Sidney Webb and their World\u00a0 First broadcast on Wednesday 16&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10,4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meetings","category-members-publications","category-past-shs-meetings","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1720"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1727,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720\/revisions\/1727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}