Contemporary History
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Post-war politics in the Welsh valleys: ‘socialists by birth and background’
Today, Emma Peplow, co-ordinator of the History of Parliament’s oral history project and co-editor of the new collection of extracts…
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The Political Lives of Postwar British MPs: Selection Troubles
Out this month, The Political Lives of Postwar British MPs explores the fascinating interviews with former MPs hidden in our…
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Out this month: ‘The Political Lives of Postwar British MPs: An Oral History of Parliament’
Later this month the very first book based on our Oral History Project Archive is published by Bloomsbury Academic. Today,…
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A tribute to John M. H. Lee
In the fifth blog of this sombre series that pays tribute to interviewees from our Oral History Project, Emma Peplow…
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A tribute to David Mudd MP
In the fourth in our series of tributes to our Oral History Project interviewees who have sadly passed away during…
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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 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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‘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…