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In his last post for the Georgian Lords, From bills to bullets: Spring 1775 and the approach to war in America, on the advent of the American War of Independence, href="http://www.histparl.ac.uk/about/staff/dr-charles-litt...

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At a special joint session of the IHR’s Parliaments, Politics and People and British History in the Long 1...

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On 25 November 1696 the House of Commons, after a bitter series of debates, finally passed a bill that would result in the execution of the Northumbrian baronet Sir John Fenwick, for treason in January 1697. As Dr Paul Seaward explores, this was a ...

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With the 2025 Ashes between England and Australia getting underway this week, we have a cricketing themed post from our House of Commons, 1832-1945 project.

Historically, cricketing terminology, with its allusions to ‘fair play...

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At the IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar on Tuesday 25 November, Dr Natalee Garrett of The Open University, will be discussing href="https://www.history.ac.uk/news-events/events/tartan-belle-jane-duchess-gordon-romanticisation-scottis...

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