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  • House of Lords reform: a Victorian perspective

    House of Lords reform: a Victorian perspective

    Philip Salmon

    Unlike the House of Commons, which underwent major ‘democratic’ reform in the 19th century, the Lords remained virtually unchanged during the entire Victorian period. With a new hereditary peers bill now entering its final stages, Dr Philip Salmon explores how…

  • Prime Ministers’ Funerals

    Emma Peplow

    A look back at the different Prime Ministers who received public funerals… Tomorrow former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s funeral will take place at St Paul’s Cathedral. Public funerals for Prime Ministers have been fairly rare in recent years, but Baroness…