Articles by Emma Peplow
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New set of History of Parliament resources for schools at KS3: The Reformation
For a number of years now, here at the History of Parliament, we’ve been running competitions for school pupils at…
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The House of Commons and Foreign Policy: Lord North and Yorktown
During this afternoon’s Prime Minister’s Questions the fall-out from last Thursday’s dramatic Commons vote on Syria continued. David Cameron admitted…
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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…