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‘The Story of Parliament’: Thomas Cromwell
Earlier this year the History published ‘The Story of Parliament: Celebrating 750 years of parliament in Britain’ to mark the…
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Speaking in Parliament: History, Politics, Rhetoric – Conference 2016, Call for Papers released
In 2016 the History of Parliament will hold, in partnership with Queen Mary, University of London, a conference focussing on…
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‘The hero legislator of Uxbridge’: the Hon. Charles Thomas Mills (1887-1915)
100 years ago the Battle of Loos proved deadly for a third MP, as today marks the anniversary of the…
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‘One of the best’: Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart (1883-1915)
Sadly the anniversaries of MPs’ deaths in the First World War are coming at very regular intervals currently – today…
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Labour leadership elections through the years
The Labour party’s leadership contest comes to a close this week, with the winner announced at a special conference on…
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Parliament in a portacabin: the routine maintenance of Westminster Hall in the Middle Ages
During the summer recess staff at Parliament take the opportunity to undertake repair work on the Palace. This is a…
