Dominic Sandbrook author page

Dominic Sandbrook biography

Dominic Sandbrook is a British historian, broadcaster and writer. He studied at Balliol College, Oxford, completed an MLitt at the University of St Andrews, and earned a PhD at the University of Cambridge.

He has written modern history books including Never Had It So Good: A History of Britain from Suez to the Beatles (2005) and White Heat: A History of Britain in the Swinging Sixties 1964-1970 (2006). His later books include State of Emergency: The Way We Were – Britain 1970-1974 (2010) and Seasons in the Sun: The Battle for Britain 1974-1979 (2012).

In 2020, Sandbrook began co-hosting the history podcast The Rest Is History with Tom Holland.

For younger readers, he writes the children’s history series Adventures in Time, published by Penguin. Titles in the series include Adventures in Time: The First World War (7 September 2023, ISBN 9780141994314), Adventures in Time: The Second World War (7 September 2023, ISBN 9780141994338), Adventures in Time: Alexander the Great (2 November 2023, ISBN 9780141994307), Adventures in Time: Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile (2 November 2023, ISBN 9780141999197), Adventures in Time: The Fall of the Aztecs (31 October 2024, ISBN 9780141999210), and Adventures in Time: Nelson, Hero of the Seas (16 October 2025, ISBN 9780141999227).

Sandbrook received an honorary degree from the University of Oxford at a ceremony held on 24 February 2026.