Social history
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From the Grassroots exhibition launched
We were delighted to formally open our ‘From the Grassroots’ exhibition last week at the Forum, University of Exeter. ‘From…
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Christmas Day in the Commons, 1656
For those of you still working in Christmas week, Dr Stephen Roberts, editor of the Commons 1640-60 section, discusses the…
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George Thomson ‘with the wooden leg’
It’s Disability History Month, and in honour of this year’s theme, ‘War and Impairment: The Social Consequences of Disablement’, Dr…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Alice Ferron, ‘The widow’s peak: early Stuart female voices of authority in Parliament.’
Alice Ferron, a final year PhD student at University College, London reports back on her paper at the last ‘Parliaments,…
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Seventeenth-century calls for English devolution
With the publication today of the Smith Commission recommending further powers for the Scottish Parliament, Philip Baker, Research Fellow on…
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‘You have behaved like a man of honour’: the duel between John Wilkes and Samuel Martin
Last night the London Record Society held a launch event for ‘The Diaries of John Wilkes, 1770-1797‘ edited by our…
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The History of Parliament’s Annual Lecture 2014: Professor Sir Diarmaid MacCulloch
On 5th November our annual lecture was delivered in Portcullis House by Professor Sir Diarmaid MacCulloch. Professor MacCulloch has published…
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Bonfire night: Making ‘night like day’
As Bonfire Night approaches, Dr Robin Eagles, Senior Research Fellow in the House of Lords 1660-1832 section takes a look…
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Parliaments Politics and People seminar: Harm Kaal, ‘Popular politics: the friendly match between sport and politics in the Netherlands’
Dr Kathryn Rix, of the Victorian Commons, reports back on our last ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar… Harm Kaal of…
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Time and the Commons
Our Director, Dr Paul Seaward, explores the development of the late night culture at the House of Commons… The above…
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Putting aside party controversy: party organisers and the First World War
One hundred years ago this month, the main British political parties decided to prioritise war in Europe over electoral battles. Dr Kathryn…
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Back to the future: Scottish parliaments in context
In the last of our series of blogposts on Anglo-Scottish relations, Dr Alastair Mann, Senior Lecturer at the University of…