19th Century history
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The Inquest into the death of John Lees
Our blog series to mark the bicentenary of the Peterloo Massacre continues today with Dr Katie Carpenter‘s third piece, which considers the inquest…
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Women and the municipal franchise
Continuing our series on ‘Women and Parliament’, Dr. Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the House of Commons, 1832-1945 project, looks…
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The Man in the Moon: Peterloo and Satire continued
Our blog series to mark the bicentenary of the Peterloo Massacre continues today with Dr Katie Carpenter‘s second piece about…
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Remembering Peterloo: protest, satire and reform
On 11 July 2019 the History of Parliament Trust, the Parliamentary Archives and the Citizens Project hosted Professor Robert Poole,…
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Who Killed Cock Robin? Peterloo and Satire
Our blog series to mark the bicentenary of the Peterloo Massacre continues today with the first of several pieces from…
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Political protest in the age of Peterloo
Today’s blog from the editor of our House of Commons 1832-68 section, Dr Philip Salmon, is the first of many…
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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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Hansard at Huddersfield: Making democracy more searchable
Today’s post is a guest blog from Lesley Jeffries of the University of Huddersfield. Lesley explains the Hansard at Huddersfield…
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The Speaker and the same question: a view from the Victorian Commons
In today’s blog Dr Philip Salmon, editor of the 1832-1945 House of Commons project, explores some of the historical background…
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Towards a sonic history of Chartism: Music, sound and politics in mid-nineteenth-century Britain
Ahead of tonight’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, we hear from Dr David Kennerley, a Leverhulme…
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From celebrity to outcast: William Bankes MP (1786-1855)
Today’s blog is the second of three posts to celebrate LGBT+ History Month. In this blog we hear from Dr…