Social history
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‘From the Grassroots’ launch event: you’re invited!
As you will all know, we are very excited here about our new oral history project ‘From the Grassroots: An…
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Parliament and Christmas during the Civil War
One of the worst insults today thrown at Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans in the mid-17th Century House of Commons…
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‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar – ‘Cobbett at 250: a failed MP?’
The Victorian Commons’ Dr Kathryn Rix reports back from our last ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar of the term… This…
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Class and Parliament
MPs’ social background has been making the news recently, after a study conducted by the Conservative think tank Policy Exchange…
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MPs pay: the never ending controversy
Today’s blogpost is from a guest blogger, Edward Hicks, PhD candidate at St Anne’s College, Oxford who joined us over…
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The History of Parliament Annual Lecture 2013 – Baroness Patricia Hollis ‘The Hopes of the Suffragettes: were they realised?’
Today marks the start of Parliament week, the annual programme of events to inspire, engage and connect people with parliamentary…
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Apprehending Guy Fawkes, with the help of his garters
As the country prepares for Bonfire Night, we take a look at the two men, both MPs, who caught Guy…
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Protesting MPs: Peterloo and its aftermath
The Green Party MP Caroline Lucas is due to appear in court tomorrow after her involvement in anti-fracking protests during…
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Poetry in Parliament
Today is National Poetry Day, a chance to celebrate poetry across the country (for more, visit www.forwardartsfoundation.org/national-poetry-day/). You may not…
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Autumn events from the History of Parliament
Here at the History of Parliament we have number of events to tell you about ready for the start of…
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Marriage in the English Revolution
As same-sex marriage legislation receives royal consent today, Dr Stephen Roberts, the editor of our Commons 1640-1660 section, looks back…
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Tennis fever at the Restoration Court
As normal during Wimbledon, the country has been tennis mad for the past ten days, and with Murray in today’s…