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Catholic peers and the Gunpowder Plot
Remember, remember the fifth of November… Today we hear from Dr Ben Coates of the House of Lords 1604-29 Section…
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Round-table session: Digital humanities and political history: in memoriam Valerie Cromwell
At our first ‘Parliaments, Politics & People’ seminar of the new academic year, Dr Hannes Kleineke, Dr Ruth Ahnert, Professor…
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Black History Month: “Pompey, Colonel Hill’s black”, and the politics of footmen in Queen Anne’s London
October is Black History Month in the UK and today we hear from Dr Paul Seaward, our former Director and…
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MPs in World War I: the Hon. Charles Henry Lyell (1875-1918)
Last month we marked the centenary of the last serving MP to be killed in action during the First World…
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The Kidney Stone of Alderman Adams
Continuing the theme of health, medicine and Parliament, Dr Patrick Little of the House of Commons 1640-1660 section looks at…
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‘His Presence contributed greatly to the success of the Day’: George II, king and soldier
Today marks the anniversary of the coronation of George II, the British monarch known for being the last to ride…
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Medieval MP of the Month: Sir Christopher Talbot
Here’s the next installment in our series ‘Medieval MP of the Month’. Today we here from Senior Research Fellow, Dr…
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A night in Parliament: Militant Suffragettes and Parliament
We are delighted to post this guest blog in our Women and Parliament series from one of the public historians…
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‘Peace for our time’: opposing the Munich Agreement
Tomorrow is the 80th anniversary of the Munich Agreement, the now infamous meeting where Britain and France agreed to hand…
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Life before Parliament: the formative years of Josiah C. Wedgwood, 1872-1904
Last night at the new Newcastle-under-Lyme Library the History of Parliament’s Sammy Sturgess and Emma Peplow, along with British Academy / Wolfson…
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Women behind the polls: the electoral patronage of Anne St John, countess of Rochester
Earlier this month the History of Parliament Trust with partners UK Parliament’s Vote 100 project and the Schools of Humanities…
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‘He chose the forefront of the battle’: Lord Alexander George Thynne (1873-1918)
Here’s the next instalment from Dr Kathryn Rix (Assistant Editor of the House of Commons 1832-1868 project) in her series commemorating…
