Articles by Emma Peplow
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Recalling Parliament: the demands of foreign affairs
Today, MPs have been recalled from their summer break to discuss the ongoing crisis in Syria. Parliament’s direct involvement in…
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In search of an oral history project coordinator…
Last month, we heard the wonderful news that our new oral history project, ‘From the Grassroots: An Oral History of…
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HLF funding for a new History of Parliament oral history project!
The History of Parliament Trust is delighted to announce that we have been awarded Heritage Lottery Funding for a new…
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The History of Parliament lecture: Dr Amanda Foreman
The History of Parliament has held an annual lecture in Westminster for eight years, until last year Dr Amanda Foreman,…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Nigel Aston ‘Out of retirement: Lord Lansdowne and opposition politics in the 1790s’
At our last ‘parliaments, politics and people’ seminar, Dr Nigel Aston (University of Leicester) spoke on William Petty, Lord Lansdowne…
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Parliaments, Politics and People – Simon Healy ‘The Significance (and Insignificance) of Precedent in Early Stuart Parliaments’
Last week our Parliaments, Politics and People seminar returned for the summer term, with the HOP’s own Simon Healy. His…
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MPs memories: election campaigns
Today, local elections are taking place across England and Wales, and in South Shields a parliamentary by-election after David Milliband’s…
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Forcing Parliament…
360 years ago today, Oliver Cromwell dissolved the Rump Parliament, with a little help from a company of musketeers. Here’s…
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Oral History: Memories from MPs in their own words
Today we’re delighted to launch a new section of our website dedicated to our oral history project. In this section…
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Parliaments Politics and People seminar: Rhodri Morgan, ‘Wales and the United Kingdom Question’
Reporting back from our last ‘Parliaments, politics and people‘ seminar… A more modern focus at our last seminar of the…
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2013 History of Parliament Schools Competitions
On the anniversary of the death of the Oxford martyrs, a timely note about our schools competition this year and…