Richard Weight

Richard Weight is the author of Patriots: National Identity in Britain 1940-2000 and co-authored Modern British History: The Essential A-Z Guide. He studied history at Trinity College, Cambridge, and went on to do a PhD at University College, London. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Boston and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Richard also makes documentaries for radio and television on many aspects of British life.

Books by Richard Weight

MOD

Richard Weight

A rollicking ride through the jazz-fuelled, scooter-riding years of the quintessential British culture – and what it continues to mean for us today.

Modern British History

Mark Garnett, Richard Weight

An invaluable and opinionated guide to modern Britain, designed to inform both the general reader and the student about our culture and society, politics and economics.