Social history
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Votes for Women and the Speaker’s Conference on Electoral Reform 1916-17
January 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Speaker’s Conference on Electoral Reform 1916-17, which first sat in October 1916…
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The election of debtors to the early Stuart House of Commons
Facing up to the consequences of Christmas spending is a common problem in January, but for some in serious financial…
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‘A good preparation for Christmas’: Revolution and Augustan Yuletides
Christmas cheer at times came a distant second to political intrigue for those featured in our recently published volumes, The House…
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The ‘marriage’ of Aubrey de Vere, 20th earl of Oxford
Today, our post is another inspired by our recently-published volumes on the House of Lords. In this blog the editor,…
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Unlikely Parliamentarians 4: a view from the Victorian Commons
This week is Parliament Week, a programme of events and activities that connects people across the UK with Parliament and…
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Unlikely Parliamentarians 3: Catholics in Parliament, 1604-1629
This week is Parliament Week, a programme of events and activities that connects people across the UK with Parliament and…
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Unlikely Parliamentarians 2: William Veysy, medieval brickmaker
This week is Parliament Week, a programme of events and activities that connects people across the UK with Parliament and…
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Unlikely Parliamentarians 1: Modern MPs
This week is Parliament Week, a programme of events and activities that connects people across the UK with Parliament and…
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Sir Edward Coke and the Bill of Rights: the royal prerogative and parliament in the seventeenth century
Last week the high court ruled on the process the government needs to follow in order to trigger article 50…
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Parliaments, Politics & People seminar: Miles Taylor, ‘Ritualism from below: St Stephen’s crypt, Westminster and its uses, c.1865-1955’
Our ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar returned last week for a new academic year! Here’s our first report of the…
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The Duke of Albemarle’s will
Today, another post inspired by our recently-published volumes on the House of Lords. In this blog the editor, Dr Ruth…
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Parliamentary timetabling
Back to Westminster for MPs this week! Our Director, Dr Paul Seaward, discusses the history of the parliamentary timetable… It…