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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…
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The Parliamentary Delegation to Buchenwald Concentration Camp – 70 Years On
On this day in 1945, a group of MPs arrived at Buchenwald concentration camp to report first hand on the…
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MPs in World War I: Dr. John Esmonde (1862-1915)
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the third MP who died fighting in the First World War, and the second…
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MPs in World War I: William Glynne Charles Gladstone (1885-1915)
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the second MP who died fighting in the First World War. Continuing our series…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Alexander Lock, ‘Magna Carta: law, liberty and myth’
Our last ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar of term took place on 24 March. Dr Alexander Lock, one of the…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Priscila Pivatto & Emma Peplow, ‘MPs in their own words: the History of Parliament’s oral history project’
Our last ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar was an internal affair, as Priscila Pivatto and Emma Peplow spoke on the…
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Exeter elections in the 1990s: Witness Seminar
On 27 October we held our first ‘witness seminar’ at the Devon Heritage Centre as part of From the Grassroots:…