19th Century history
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The State Opening of Parliament: When dissident acts become established acts
Today, the new Parliament will be officially opened. In his guest blog Steven Franklin (Royal Holloway, University of London) discusses…
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MPs in World War I: William Hoey Kearney Redmond (1861-1917)
In the latest of our blogs on MPs killed in the First World War, Dr Kathryn Rix marks the centenary…
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‘Not another one!’: going to the polls in historical perspective
With UK electors heading off to the national polls for the third time in as many years and as part…
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Interrupting by-elections
On the day that the Manchester Gorton by-election was due to take place, Dr Kathryn Rix of our Victorian Commons…
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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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Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: ‘A distant and Whiggish country’: The Conservative Party and Scottish elections, 1832–1847
At our last ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar, Gary Hutchison (University of Edinburgh – and former winner of the HPT’s…
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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…