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‘Jane’ and the last days of Bellamy’s Refreshment Rooms
This month sees the publication of Necessary Women: the Untold Story of Parliament’s Working Women, by Mari Takayanagi and Elizabeth…
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Roundtable on Henry J. Miller, A Nation of Petitioners: Petitions and Petitioning in the United Kingdom, 1780-1918 (Cambridge, 2023)
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Parliaments, Politics and People roundtable seminar, we hear from Dr Henry Miller of the University of Durham. On…
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A ‘noble’ and ‘magnificent’ occasion: MPs and Queen Victoria’s coronation
Recent reports indicate that the coronation of King Charles III will have a reduced audience; less than 100 MPs and…
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History of Parliament and Excavating Early Queer History
To mark LGBTQ+ History Month 2023, guest blogger Charles Upchurch, Professor of British history at Florida State University, explains how…
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Organise! Organise! Organise! Collective Action, Associational Culture and the Politics of Organisation in the British Isles, c.1790-1914
Durham University, in collaboration with the History of Parliament, and supported by the Leverhulme Trust, are hosting a conference in…
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The Presence of Black Voters in the 18th and 19th Centuries
October is Black History Month in the UK, as institutions like the History of Parliament attempt to re-insert and highlight…
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The Secret Ballot: The Secret to Reducing Electoral Violence?
In July 1872, 150 years ago this month, the Ballot Act introduced the secret ballot to all UK parliamentary and…
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Ballot boxes, bills and unions: Harriet Grote (1792-1878) and the public campaign for the ballot, 1832-9
In part six of his article series on Harriet Grote, Dr Martin Spychal, research fellow in our House of Commons…
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Queen Victoria and parliamentary ceremony
During her record-breaking 70 years of service, Queen Elizabeth II has become no stranger to parliamentary traditions like the State…
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Local polls and national politics: a 19th century perspective
As much of the UK prepares to vote in local elections this week, in this blog (adapted from our Victorian…
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From ‘People’s Champions’ to ‘Tribunes of the People’: popular politicians in Parliament, c. 1810 to 1867
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Virtual IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Dr Simon Morgan of Leeds Beckett…
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Gladstone and Ireland: A Financial Approach
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Virtual IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Dr Douglas Kanter of Florida Atlantic…