Social history
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Memories of the 1974 snap elections
Last week Theresa May shocked the political establishment by calling a snap election. In the first in our 2017 election…
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Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: Edward Hicks, ‘The importance of character: Spencer Perceval and the early nineteenth century House of Commons’
At our last ‘Parliaments, Politics & People‘ seminar of lent term, Edward Hicks (University of Oxford) spoke on: ‘“The best…
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‘Time, that great discoverer of truth and falsehood’: the calendar change of 1752 and the dating of Easter
As Easter weekend – late this year – approaches, Dr Robin Eagles, Senior Research Fellow in the House of Lords…
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Voices from our Oral History Project: Sir Clive Bossom, Bt.
Sadly last month another of our oral history project interviewees passed away: former Conservative MP Sir Clive Bossom. Here we…
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Mutton addressed as Stamp (or, the precursors of the electronic signature)
In recent years electronic signatures have been given the same recognition as a hand-written version. This change has an early…
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Parliament and the 1965 Race Relations Act
Passing legislation with a small majority is an ongoing problem for our current government, but this not an unusual parliamentary…
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Lords and Commons in Late Medieval England
As the government’s bill to trigger article 50 and leave the European Union progresses through the House of Lords, the…
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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…