David Olusoga is a British-Nigerian historian, author, presenter and BAFTA winning film-maker. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester, the author of several books and writes journalism and comment for The Observer, The Guardian, The New Statesman, The Voice and BBC History Magazine. He presents the long-running BBC history series A House Through Time and wrote and presented the multi-award-winning BBC series Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners. Black and British was long-listed for the Orwell Prize, shortlisted for the inaugural Jhalak Prize and won the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize. A children’s edition, Black and British: A Short, Essential History, was published in 2020 and won Book of the Year, Children's non-fiction at the 2021 British Book Awards. In 2019 he was awarded an OBE for services to history and community integration. David is also a recipient of the BAFTA Special Award, the British Academy's Presidents Medal and the Norton Medlicott Medal For Services to History. He starred as a "Faithful" in the first series of The Celebrity Traitors. Melanie Backe-Hansen is a historian, writer, and speaker, who specializes in researching the social history of houses throughout the United Kingdom. She is the author of two books, House Histories: The Secrets Behind Your Front Door (2011) and Historic Streets and Squares: The Secrets on Your Doorstep (2013), and she was a consultant on the television series of A House Through Time. She is a member of the Royal Historical Society and an honorary teaching fellow at the University of Dundee.

• Section - i: List of Illustrations Introduction - ii: Introduction: The Changing Idea of the Home Chapter - 1: Where to Start? Deeds, Documents, and Archives Chapter - 2: Britain’s Early Homes: Towns and Villages Before the Georgian Age Chapter - 3: The Georgian Home: The Birth of the Modern City Chapter - 4: The Victorian City: A Tale of Two Nations Chapter - 5: The Devil’s Acre: The Crisis of the Slums Chapter - 6: Life at ‘The Laurels’: The Victorian Suburbs Chapter - 7: A Home in Suburbia: The Expanding Middle Class Chapter - 8: Homes for Heroes: A Semi-Detached Britain Chapter - 9: The War is Over: The Age of Austerity to the Renovation Boom Section - iii: Conclusion Acknowledgements - iv: Acknowledgements Section - v: Resources and Bibliography Index - vi: Index

David Olusoga is a British-Nigerian historian, author, presenter and BAFTA winning film-maker. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester, the author of several books and writes journalism and comment for The Observer, The Guardian, The New Statesman, The Voice and BBC History Magazine. He presents the long-running BBC history series A House Through Time and wrote and presented the multi-award-winning BBC series Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners. Black and British was long-listed for the Orwell Prize, shortlisted for the inaugural Jhalak Prize and won the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize. A children’s edition, Black and British: A Short, Essential History, was published in 2020 and won Book of the Year, Children's non-fiction at the 2021 British Book Awards. In 2019 he was awarded an OBE for services to history and community integration. David is also a recipient of the BAFTA Special Award, the British Academy's Presidents Medal and the Norton Medlicott Medal For Services to History. He starred as a "Faithful" in the first series of The Celebrity Traitors. Melanie Backe-Hansen is a historian, writer, and speaker, who specializes in researching the social history of houses throughout the United Kingdom. She is the author of two books, House Histories: The Secrets Behind Your Front Door (2011) and Historic Streets and Squares: The Secrets on Your Doorstep (2013), and she was a consultant on the television series of A House Through Time. She is a member of the Royal Historical Society and an honorary teaching fellow at the University of Dundee.

• Section - i: List of Illustrations Introduction - ii: Introduction: The Changing Idea of the Home Chapter - 1: Where to Start? Deeds, Documents, and Archives Chapter - 2: Britain’s Early Homes: Towns and Villages Before the Georgian Age Chapter - 3: The Georgian Home: The Birth of the Modern City Chapter - 4: The Victorian City: A Tale of Two Nations Chapter - 5: The Devil’s Acre: The Crisis of the Slums Chapter - 6: Life at ‘The Laurels’: The Victorian Suburbs Chapter - 7: A Home in Suburbia: The Expanding Middle Class Chapter - 8: Homes for Heroes: A Semi-Detached Britain Chapter - 9: The War is Over: The Age of Austerity to the Renovation Boom Section - iii: Conclusion Acknowledgements - iv: Acknowledgements Section - v: Resources and Bibliography Index - vi: Index

David Olusoga is a British-Nigerian historian, author, presenter and BAFTA winning film-maker. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester, the author of several books and writes journalism and comment for The Observer, The Guardian, The New Statesman, The Voice and BBC History Magazine. He presents the long-running BBC history series A House Through Time and wrote and presented the multi-award-winning BBC series Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners. Black and British was long-listed for the Orwell Prize, shortlisted for the inaugural Jhalak Prize and won the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize. A children’s edition, Black and British: A Short, Essential History, was published in 2020 and won Book of the Year, Children's non-fiction at the 2021 British Book Awards. In 2019 he was awarded an OBE for services to history and community integration. David is also a recipient of the BAFTA Special Award, the British Academy's Presidents Medal and the Norton Medlicott Medal For Services to History. He starred as a "Faithful" in the first series of The Celebrity Traitors. Melanie Backe-Hansen is a historian, writer, and speaker, who specializes in researching the social history of houses throughout the United Kingdom. She is the author of two books, House Histories: The Secrets Behind Your Front Door (2011) and Historic Streets and Squares: The Secrets on Your Doorstep (2013), and she was a consultant on the television series of A House Through Time. She is a member of the Royal Historical Society and an honorary teaching fellow at the University of Dundee.

• Section - i: List of Illustrations Introduction - ii: Introduction: The Changing Idea of the Home Chapter - 1: Where to Start? Deeds, Documents, and Archives Chapter - 2: Britain’s Early Homes: Towns and Villages Before the Georgian Age Chapter - 3: The Georgian Home: The Birth of the Modern City Chapter - 4: The Victorian City: A Tale of Two Nations Chapter - 5: The Devil’s Acre: The Crisis of the Slums Chapter - 6: Life at ‘The Laurels’: The Victorian Suburbs Chapter - 7: A Home in Suburbia: The Expanding Middle Class Chapter - 8: Homes for Heroes: A Semi-Detached Britain Chapter - 9: The War is Over: The Age of Austerity to the Renovation Boom Section - iii: Conclusion Acknowledgements - iv: Acknowledgements Section - v: Resources and Bibliography Index - vi: Index