Articles by Paul Seaward
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‘What a theatre is the House of Commons!’
In today’s blog we hear from the History of Parliament’s director Dr Paul Seaward, continuing our recent theme of Parliament…
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1951 and the Birth of the History of Parliament
This week the History of Parliament celebrates the 70th anniversary of one of many important dates in its history. To…
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Ancient Britain, the Mother of Parliaments?
St George’s Day seems an appropriate moment to invoke John Bright’s famous, and much misunderstood, statement of 1865 that ‘England…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: On Writing the History of Parliament
This evening Dr Henry Miller of Durham University will give this term’s final paper to the IHR seminar Parliaments, Politics…
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The Exclusion Parliaments
This blog from Paul Seaward, British Academy/Wolfson Research Professor at the History of Parliament Trust, is part of our Named…
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History of Parliament Trust’s Annual Lecture: A Brief History of Parliamentary Time
Earlier this summer the History of Parliament Trust enjoyed their public annual lecture in Portcullis House, Westminster. This year’s speaker…
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The Cavalier Parliament
Our ‘Named Parliaments’ series continues. Today Paul Seaward, British Academy/Wolfson Research Professor at the History of Parliament Trust explores the…
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The Origins of a Father of the House
This week as part of our Mothers and Fathers of the House series, Paul Seaward, British Academy/Wolfson research professor at…
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Black History Month: “Pompey, Colonel Hill’s black”, and the politics of footmen in Queen Anne’s London
October is Black History Month in the UK and today we hear from Dr Paul Seaward, our former Director and…
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Voice and Vote: Celebrating 100 Years of Votes for Women – a guidebook
Dr Paul Seaward is one of the editors of the “Voice & Vote guidebook” to accompany the UK Parliament Vote…
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Duchesses in the Gallery: women watching the eighteenth-century House of Commons
This month’s installment of our ‘Women and Parliament’ blog series comes from the HPT’s Dr Paul Seaward, who is currently…
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Clarendon’s impeachment
Impeachment is a procedure rarely used in the British Parliament these days, but it is a procedure of historic importance,…