I am a historian of modern Britain. I write about politics, social history, and the history of medicine and the environment.

I trained both in the U.K. and the U.S., holding a Ph.D in Modern European History from New York University (NYU), an MA in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine from King’s College London, and a BA in History from the University of Oxford.

Currently, I am a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at University College London (UCL). Previously, I was the Plumer Junior Research Fellow in History at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford.

I recently published my first book, Our NHS: A History of Britain’s Best-Loved Institution with Yale University Press. The book is currently shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize, the leading award for historical writing in the U.K. Our NHS has also been awarded the American Historical Association’s 2024 Morris D. Forkosch Prize for best book in British history.

Committed to bringing my work to a public audience, I have featured in The Financial Times, Le Monde, The New York Times, The Guardian, The London Review of Books blog, and Salon. I have appeared on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Start the Week’ alongside podcasts such as History Extra and The Majority Report. My research has been awarded fellowships and grants from institutions that include the History & Political Economy Project, New York Academy of Medicine, and the American Philosophical Society. I am a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

You can email me at a.seaton@ucl.ac.uk