Contemporary History
This collection of articles highlights the ongoing research of the Contemporary History section, drawing upon interviews from our Oral History Project to explore various events, themes and issues in British political history since the Second World War.
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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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‘Peace for our time’: opposing the Munich Agreement
Tomorrow is the 80th anniversary of the Munich Agreement, the now infamous meeting where Britain and France agreed to hand…
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Women MPs in the 1990s
This month’s blog for the Women and Parliament series as part of our activities in celebration of the centenary of…
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Now available online: full interviews with former MPs from our oral history project
Since 2011, in partnership with the British Library, we have been interviewing as many former MPs as we can about…
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Voices from our oral history project: Sir Teddy Taylor
Last month we were sad to hear the news of campaigning backbencher Sir Teddy Taylor’s death. In this blog we…
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When every vote counted: what minority government in the 1970s meant for MPs
With Parliament back and Theresa May’s government trying to pass controversial legislation, Emmeline Ledgerwood, one of our oral history project…
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First steps in the chamber: making a maiden speech
For the one hundred or so new MPs who were elected in June, many have already achieved one of the…
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Voices from our Oral History Project: Tam Dalyell
Following the sad news last month of the death of the fondly remembered maverick MP Tam Dalyell, today we begin…