Articles by Paul Seaward
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The Dismissal of Clarendon
350 years ago this month, the Lord Chancellor, Edward Hyde, earl of Clarendon, was dismissed following the disaster on the…
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Chatham and the failure of English Politics
350 years ago this week the British navy suffered a disaster after the Dutch Raid on the Medway. In this…
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The Prime Minister in the House of Lords: Gladstone and the Irish Church bill, 1869
For the past month the government’s Brexit bill has been back and forth both Houses of Parliament, re-awakening old debates…
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Edmund Burke and the Brexit debates
For the second week in a row, parliamentary business is dominated by the government’s ‘Brexit bill’. For many, this bill…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Paul Seaward, ‘Do our buildings shape us’?
Last month our Director, Dr Paul Seaward, spoke at our ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar on ‘Do our buildings shape…
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‘The Story of Parliament’: Pitt and Fox
Last year the History published ‘The Story of Parliament: Celebrating 750 years of parliament in Britain’ to mark the anniversary…
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Seats in the Commons
After today’s State Opening of Parliament, many MPs will also have to battle to find a seat to debate the…