Social history
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Lesbians and the law: the Wolfenden Report and same-sex desire between women
Our final blog for LGBTQ+ History Month comes from Dr Caroline Derry, who has recently published a book on lesbianism…
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Maureen Colquhoun: “an open lesbian-feminist woman” in the House of Commons
In our second blog for LGBTQ+ History Month our Public Engagement Manager, Sammy Sturgess, explores the parliamentary career of Maureen…
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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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Stand and deliver: sex, scandal and the Beaufort divorce case
In the middle of the 18th century polite society was both shocked and entertained by the lurid details following on…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Petitioning, Parliament and Representation, 1780-1918
This evening the IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar series returns with a paper about Edmund Burke, Whiggism and party,…
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Sitting at Christmas: getting business done, 1643
In a previous blog our director, Dr Stephen Roberts, explored legislation by which parliamentarians of the 1640s tried to promote…
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‘Duely sensible of their obligation’: the role of women in Georgian election balls
With general elections back in the news, the Georgian Lords welcomes back Hillary Burlock for the second part of her…
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Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar: The Political and Religious Origins of the 1563 Witchcraft Act
Ahead of this evening’s session of the IHR’s Parliaments, Politics, and People seminar, Lewis Brennen, PhD candidate at the University…
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Parliament versus the People: the Newport rising of 1839
Today marks the 180th anniversary of the Newport rising when government forces and Welsh Chartists clashed in the town of…
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Disregarding the Past: The Problems of Pardoning Homosexual Offences
Ahead of this evening’s IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, the speaker from the previous session in collaboration with the…
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The House of Lords Outside Parliament Time, 1604-1629
Continuing our theme of alternative functions once served by the palace of Westminster, Dr Andrew Thrush of the Lords 1604-29…
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Dancing into the Houses of Parliament: the role of balls in Georgian electoral campaigns
The latest blog from the Georgian Lords investigates the importance of dance in the eighteenth-century political process. Our guest author,…