Oral history
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Life as an MP: a recipe for marital bliss?
In today’s blog Dr Emma Peplow, coordinator of the History of Parliament’s Oral History Project, picks up our recent theme…
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‘Decided on by men’: International Women’s Day lecture
On 17 March Dr Emma Peplow and Dr Priscila Pivatto gave the Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art’s 8th…
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Collaborative Doctoral Award with Keele University and the University of Manchester: ‘A manly place? The experiences of female MPs at Westminster, 1970-2010’
We’re delighted to announce that the History of Parliament Trust will be collaborating with Keele University and the University of…
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First impressions of Westminster in the words of former MPs: back to school, into ‘Dracula’s castle’ or safe at home?
Ahead of Tuesday’s Virtual IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Emma Peplow & Priscila Pivatto, responsible for…
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Post-war politics in the Welsh valleys: ‘socialists by birth and background’
Today, Emma Peplow, co-ordinator of the History of Parliament’s oral history project and co-editor of the new collection of extracts…
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The Political Lives of Postwar British MPs: Selection Troubles
Out this month, The Political Lives of Postwar British MPs explores the fascinating interviews with former MPs hidden in our…
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Out this month: ‘The Political Lives of Postwar British MPs: An Oral History of Parliament’
Later this month the very first book based on our Oral History Project Archive is published by Bloomsbury Academic. Today,…
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A tribute to John M. H. Lee
In the fifth blog of this sombre series that pays tribute to interviewees from our Oral History Project, Emma Peplow…
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A tribute to David Mudd MP
In the fourth in our series of tributes to our Oral History Project interviewees who have sadly passed away during…
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Exploring parliamentary history through art
Today’s blog contains details of the Art UK online exhibitions that our researchers have curated during lockdown… The History of…
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A tribute to Joe Ashton, MP for Bassetlaw 1968-2001
This is our third blogpost paying tribute to former MPs and interviewees of our Oral History Project who have sadly…
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A tribute to James Ramsden MP
Sadly we’re marking the deaths of more of our Oral History Project interviewees than normal during the current pandemic. Today…