Electoral Reform
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Manchester and the Lancashire peerage: the background to Peterloo
In the latest blog from the Georgian Lords, Dr Charles Littleton considers the influence of some of the local grandees…
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The Inquest into the death of John Lees
Our blog series to mark the bicentenary of the Peterloo Massacre continues today with Dr Katie Carpenter‘s third piece, which considers the inquest…
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Women and the municipal franchise
Continuing our series on ‘Women and Parliament’, Dr. Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the House of Commons, 1832-1945 project, looks…
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The Man in the Moon: Peterloo and Satire continued
Our blog series to mark the bicentenary of the Peterloo Massacre continues today with Dr Katie Carpenter‘s second piece about…
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Remembering Peterloo: protest, satire and reform
On 11 July 2019 the History of Parliament Trust, the Parliamentary Archives and the Citizens Project hosted Professor Robert Poole,…
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Who Killed Cock Robin? Peterloo and Satire
Our blog series to mark the bicentenary of the Peterloo Massacre continues today with the first of several pieces from…
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Political protest in the age of Peterloo
Today’s blog from the editor of our House of Commons 1832-68 section, Dr Philip Salmon, is the first of many…
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‘She is an Outsider in Public Life’: women parliamentary candidates, 1918-1923
Ahead of tonight’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, we hear from Lisa Berry-Waite, a…
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Nancy Astor: A Mother in the House
Last week we heard about the Father or ‘Grand Old Man’ of the Long Parliament, so this week we have…
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Electoral Firsts in the 1918 Election: Event Review
Today we hear from our undergraduate intern from the History department at Goldsmiths College, University of London, Matthew Anderson. For…
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From Parliamentary Politics to Authoritarianism: A Reflection on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Ahead of this evening’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, Evan Fowler, associate fellow of…
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A night in Parliament: Militant Suffragettes and Parliament
We are delighted to post this guest blog in our Women and Parliament series from one of the public historians…