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First and foremost, thanks to Kirsty. It wouldn’t make a great deal of sense without you, love.

Second, the vast majority of this book was written in the Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, and I would like to thank my colleagues in the department for their unwavering support during what was an incredibly difficult time in our lives. It is a remarkable place to work, and I am very happy to have come back to my interdisciplinary home at Loughborough. Thanks, in particular, for granting me a study leave to finish the book, and for covering my teaching during this period.

I would like to thank Britain’s librarians and archivists for the incredible work that they do in preserving our social, political and cultural past, however revolting parts of it may be. And, for their enormous assistance during my own research for this book, I would especially like to thank the British Library, The Searchlight Archive at Northampton University, the University of Sheffield Library, the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University, and The Working Class Movement Library (Salford). The final chapters of the book were written working in the confines of the Bromley House Library; you couldn’t find a more inspiring place to work, it is a true gem in the crown of Nottingham.

I have spoken at various conferences, symposia and meetings during the gestation and writing of this book. Colleagues were (for the most part!) very encouraging, reassuring me that the approach I was taking to British fascism held some kind of promise, even though that wasn’t particularly clear in the early days. I would particularly like to thank the Culture and Media Analysis Research Group and the Cultural Communities, Cosmopolitanism and Citizenship Research Group (both at Loughborough University), the Newcastle Critical Discourse Group (Newcastle University), Lancaster’s Language, Power, Ideology (LIP) research group, Liverpool University’s Communication & Media department and the Wiener Institute. Thanks too to everyone who supported the development of my ideas and arguments, with advice and information: Michael Billig, Garry Bushell, Daniel Chernilo, Monica Colombo, Susan Condor, Nigel Copsey, Dalia Gavriely, Phil Graham, Paul Jackson, Aristotle Kallis, Darren Kelsey, Michał Krzyżanowski, Majid KhosraviNik, Andrea Mammone, Cristina Marinho, Simon McKerrell, Sabina Mihelj, Ian Roderick, Dan Stone, Chris Szejnmann, Georgina Turner, Lyndon Way and Dominic Wring.

At points, colleagues and friends were kind enough to read drafts of material that eventually found its way into the book. First and foremost, I’d like to acknowledge Ruth Wodak’s ongoing support, encouragement and comments on several draft chapters—many thanks Ruth, I really appreciate it. In addition, I would like to give sincere thanks to Matthew Feldman (whose feedback really went above and beyond), Bernhard Forchtner, Craig Fowlie, Graham Macklin, David Renton and Daniel Tilles. Thanks to Anton Shekhovtsov for commissioning the book and for providing comments on the final manuscript, and a million thanks to Gavin Brookes whose extremely generous offer to proof-read the full manuscript got me over the finish line.

Finally, during the writing of this book, I experienced two life-changing events that, for different reasons, caused me significant delay: the death of my father, and the birth of my daughter. It makes me very sad that they never met. My Dad once told me the point (of life) is to be good to each other. I strive to live up to that ideal; and so I hope that, through me, Esther still gains a sense of her Grandfather. This book is dedicated to them both, with love.