I am a historian of modern Britain and its relationship to the world. I write about politics, social history, health, environment, and welfare.

Currently, I am a Hallsworth Research Fellow at the University of Manchester. Previously, I was a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at University College London and, before that, the Plumer Junior Research Fellow in History at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford.

My first book Our NHS: A History of Britain’s Best-Loved Institution (Yale University Press) was awarded the American Historical Association’s Morris D. Forkosch Prize for the best book in British history. It was also shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize, the leading award for historical writing in the U.K. I have been shortlisted for an Orwell Prize for an article about my previous experiences of homelessness.

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. My research has been awarded fellowships and grants from organisations that include the Leverhulme Trust, History & Political Economy Project, New York Academy of Medicine, and the American Philosophical Society. I am a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

I am always open to inquiries from journalists and organisations interested in issues relevant to my expertise. I have featured in The Financial Times, The New York Times, The Guardian, The New Statesman, Le Monde, Literary Review, and The London Review of Books blog. I have appeared on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Start the Week’ and podcasts such as History Extra and The Majority Report. In addition, I have served as a historical consultant for television programmes, delivered talks to book shops, literary festivals, and schools, and undertaken engagement events with policymakers.

You can email me at andrew.seaton@manchester.ac.uk