Victorian
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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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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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‘Parliaments and Minorities’ conference in May 2014
Here at the History of Parliament, we have two exciting conferences coming up in 2014 and 2015. Here’s news of…
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Burning the House down: The Fire of 1834
Today in 1834 a huge fire swept through the old Palace of Westminster, destroying most of the medieval buildings. Caroline…
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High Speed 2: The Victorian Perspective
After yesterday’s speech from Ed Balls at the Labour party conference, the High Speed 2 rail link is in the…
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‘Watched with considerable curiosity’: The first secret ballot in Britain, 15 August 1872
Dr Kathryn Rix, of the Victorian Commons, tells us about the very first election by secret ballot in Britain… Today…
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The History of Parliament lecture: Dr Amanda Foreman
The History of Parliament has held an annual lecture in Westminster for eight years, until last year Dr Amanda Foreman,…
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Thanks for our bank holidays, “Saint” John…
Dr Kathryn Rix of the Victorian Commons tells us about the extraordinary life of the MP responsible for our day…
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Parliament and same-sex marriage
As parliament again debates the same-sex marriage bill, Dr Ruth Paley, editor of the House of Lords 1660-1832 section takes…
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Prime Ministers’ Funerals
A look back at the different Prime Ministers who received public funerals… Tomorrow former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s funeral will…
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The honourable member for Lambeth North, I presume? Henry Morton Stanley’s parliamentary career
On the anniversary of his birth on 28 January 1841, Dr. Kathryn Rix examines the lesser-known parliamentary career of the…
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On this Day in 1830 – the formation of Earl Grey’s government
Today’s Parliament Week ‘on this day’ article, written by the Victorian Commons’ Dr Philip Salmon, focuses on reform in the…