Dominic Sandbrook

Dominic Sandbrook

Dominic Sandbrook is a historian and author. His books include Never Had It So Good: A History of Britain from Suez to the Beatles and White Heat: A History of Britain in the Swinging Sixties. He writes the What If... column for the New Statesman.

Articles by Dominic Sandbrook

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What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

  • 19 November 2009

Labour supporters looked forward to a new era of reform and modernisation

What if... Britain had lost the Falklands war

  • 12 November 2009

What if... England had qualified in '74

  • 05 November 2009
  • 1 comment

What if... Britain had stayed out of the EEC

  • 29 October 2009

Trial by fury

  • 29 October 2009
  • 2 comments

We live in an age when everyone is encouraged to have their say on Twitter or blogs. But, in our anger over MPs’ expenses or Nick Griffin, we are nearer to the baying, blood-hungry mob of ancient Rome or 18th-century Tyburn than we would like to admit

What if... Ugly Rumours had made it

  • 22 October 2009

What if... Carter had killed the rabbit

  • 15 October 2009

What if... Gordon hadn’t lost an eye

  • 08 October 2009

What if... Thatcher had stayed in Grantham

  • 01 October 2009

What if... Neil Kinnock hadn't tripped

  • 24 September 2009

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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Will Baroness Ashton be an effective EU foreign minister?

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