Teaching

Britain Transformed: Economic and Social Change since 1800

Northern Soul: Constructing Regional Identities in the North of England, 1800 to the present

Dissertation

 Nicola Verdon

n.verdon@shu.ac.uk

I am an historian of modern Britain, and focus mainly on the social and economic history of rural areas between 1800 and 1950.

I’m particularly interested in women’s and children’s work, family life, poverty and standards of living. Although I’ve been doing more and more work on the 20th century, my heart is still where I began my research career, in the 19th, and my favourite decade is the 1830s.

I’ve published my research widely in academic books and journals but I also really enjoy disseminating it to the wider public, and have worked on some great projects with organisations outside academia, including theatre groups (advising the cast of Warhorse), radio (appearing on BBC’s Open Country) and TV (including filming for Who Do You Think You Are?, The Restoration Man, Victorian Farm, Wartime Farm, Emmerdale at War and Great British Railway Journeys).

Outside work I like being in the garden, walking in the countryside, knitting, reading novels, listening to the Archers and watching Coronation Street.