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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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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Philip Loft, ‘Litigation, agency and oligarchy: the transformation and role of the Lords as High Court, 1689-1720’
Dr Paul Hunneyball, Senior Research Fellow on the Lords 1603-1660 section, reports back on our last ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’…
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A perpetual disturbance? The history of the previous question
After ‘chaos’ in the House of Commons on Monday night, our Director, Dr Paul Seaward, discusses the ‘previous question’ motion……
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A tribute to Gerald L. Harriss, FBA
Dr Simon Payling, Senior Fellow of the Commons 1422-1504 section, pays tribute to the influential medieval historian and his own…
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‘The first M.P. to fall’: the Hon. Arthur Edward Bruce O’Neill (1876-1914)
Over the next four years, we’ll be blogging short biographies of the MPs who died fighting in the First World…
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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…
