20th century history
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A tribute to Joe Ashton, MP for Bassetlaw 1968-2001
This is our third blogpost paying tribute to former MPs and interviewees of our Oral History Project who have sadly…
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A politician of conscience: Thomas Edmund Harvey (1875-1955) and conscientious objection
Ahead of Tuesday’s Virtual IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Mark Frankel, a PhD candidate at the University of…
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A tribute to James Ramsden MP
Sadly we’re marking the deaths of more of our Oral History Project interviewees than normal during the current pandemic. Today…
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A tribute to Ted Graham, MP and Labour peer
In today’s blog, our Oral History Project lead, Dr Emma Peplow, pays tribute to Lord Graham of Edmonton, who was…
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Schoolgirls’ visits to the Houses of Parliament, 1880-1918
Ahead of Tuesday’s Virtual IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Helen Sunderland, a PhD candidate at Corpus Christi,…
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‘You’d better accept you’ll have to concentrate on domestic politics for now’ – gender bias in the post-war House of Commons
As Women’s History Month reaches a close, Dr Emma Peplow, lead coordinator of our Oral History Project, looks back through…
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Lesbians and the law: the Wolfenden Report and same-sex desire between women
Our final blog for LGBTQ+ History Month comes from Dr Caroline Derry, who has recently published a book on lesbianism…
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Maureen Colquhoun: “an open lesbian-feminist woman” in the House of Commons
In our second blog for LGBTQ+ History Month our Public Engagement Manager, Sammy Sturgess, explores the parliamentary career of Maureen…
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Voices from the Oral History Project – Chris Smith
Unusually for a profile of one of our Oral History Project interviewees, Chris Smith has not recently passed away! Yet…
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Oral History at the History of Parliament Trust: new volunteers needed!
Dr Emma Peplow is the new lead coordinator for our Oral History Project. Today she is announcing a new round…
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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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Parliaments, Politics, and People: The Referendum issue & the constitutional crisis before the First World War
Ahead of this evening’s IHR Parliaments, Politics, and People seminar, we hear from Dr. Roland Quinault, a Senior Research Fellow…