Emma Peplow
@EmmaPeplow
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All things #oralhistory for @HistParl. That and politics, hiking, cricket, raising 2 little ones. 'Political Lives of Postwar MPs' out now in paperback
Derbyshire, England
Joined July 2012
I'm terrified & excited that our #oralhistory podcast, Tales From the Green Benches, is out Monday. Hosted by me & the wonderful @bl_magnacarta, written with the amazing @priscilamp, with archive highlights and lots of wittering! Get it wherever you get your podcasts, etc, etc...
We're so excited to announce #HistParl's new podcast, Tales from the Green Benches: an Oral History of Parliament! Episodes drop every Monday, starting next week- you can listen to the trailer and subscribe early where ever you get your podcasts! https://t.co/kMp2GJWCVS
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For the past few months our Head of Contemporary History @EmmaPeplow has been on @MattChorley’s Radio 5live show every Thursday discussing the figures commemorated in Parliament Square. Here she shares some of what she has learned: https://t.co/euVyRIlckG
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For the past few months our Head of Contemporary History, Dr Emma Peplow, has been on Matt Chorley’s Radio 5live show every Thursday afternoon discussing the
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It was a brilliant day, fantastic papers and really well organised
Fab day @uniofwarwick for the ‘Lived Experiences of the Westminster Parliament in History’ conference organised @ChloeChallender & @BrendanJTam Great to talk about women MPs & parliamentary space (e.g. Lady Members’ Rooms), and be on a panel with @satisfactory20 & @EmmaPeplow
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I think it might soon be time for an update of this piece, lots more interviews with interesting memories of the strike since I wrote this
#OTD 1985, the year-long miners strike, one of the most bitter industrial disputes in British history, ended. The strike is an event frequently mentioned in our #OralHistory interviews. Read @EmmaPeplow's #HistParl article from 2014 for more.
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This was really fun to do, although bloody cold!
STATUE OF THE WEEK Kicking off a new series with @EmmaPeplow taking us through each statue in Parliament Square, starting with GEORGE CANNING On your @bbc5live
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#OTD 1957 Anthony Eden resigned as Prime Minister, citing ill health, just two months after being forced to withdraw British troops from Suez. Find out how the Suez Crisis was viewed in the House of Commons in this blog from @EmmaPeplow:
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Sixty years ago this week the Suez Crisis was in full swing and parliament was in uproar. Here we discuss the crisis through the eyes of the Commons…The Suez
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This week's final (sob!) episode in Tales from the Green Benches looks at the impact the role of an MP has on their families and wider lives. I think it's the episode where we really put into perspective how hard it can be!
The final episode of our podcast, Tales from the Green Benches, is out today! In this episode Emma and Alex take a closer look at the impact that being an MP could have on Members' personal lives, particularly in the late 20th c. Find the series wherever you get your podcasts!
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In our episode of Tales from the Green Benches this week we're looking at historically under-represented MPs: those who weren't male, white and middle-class. You get a really different perspective on what parliament was like from these interviews.
In this week's episode of Tales from the Green Benches, #HistParl's podcast, we're looking at those who didn't fall into the stereotypical image of an MP- or who weren't necessarily in 'the club'. Listen to the episode, featuring this clip, wherever you get your podcasts!
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In this week's episode of Tales from the Green Benches, #HistParl's podcast, we're looking at those who didn't fall into the stereotypical image of an MP- or who weren't necessarily in 'the club'. Listen to the episode, featuring this clip, wherever you get your podcasts!
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A few more years and it'll be time to update this post, a moment to remember from everyone who was there
#OTD 1990 Margaret Thatcher resigned as Prime Minister. Her fall from power was one of the most dramatic moments in modern British history, and has been mentioned frequently in our #OralHistoryProject, as @EmmaPeplow explored for #HistParl in 2015. https://t.co/PqmTXYP0Vn
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Our Tales from the Green Benches podcast subject this week is the whips office. This one was great fun to put together, looking at what goes on behind the scenes and during some important votes, e.g. Maastricht and the Iraq War
In the latest episode of our podcast 'Tales from the Green Benches', Emma and Alex discuss Party management and the crucial role that Whips play when it comes to keeping the 'family' together. Find this, and all previous episodes, where ever you get your podcasts!
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There's so many fond memories of John Prescott in our #oralhistory archive. This is one of my favourites from Peter Snape, who worked in Prescott's shadow transport team for 10 years. He starts, inevitably, by talking about the infamous punch:
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History of Parliament Trust has mined their archive of interviews to make this podcast on MPs' experiences of selection processes:
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Another episode of Tales from the Green Benches out today! In this episode we talk selection - how parties chose who got onto the ballot paper
Episode 3 of our podcast Tales from the Green Benches is out today! In this episode Emma and Alex discuss how individuals were selected to be candidates for certain seats- and how spouses were often viewed as an extension of the MP... Find it wherever you get your podcasts!
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In our latest episode of our #podcast Tales from the Green Benches, Emma and Alex ask what makes MPs go that extra mile and pursue a career in politics. Often family and upbringing has a lot of influence! Find episode 2, 'Joining the Party', wherever you get your podcasts.
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Really excited to be talking about Tales from the Green Benches with Alex and @MattChorley on 5live later!
Tune in to @MattChorley's Radio 5 Live show at 3pm TODAY to hear @EmmaPeplow and Alex Lock talk about our brand new #OralHistory podcast Tales from the Green Benches, featuring a few of the amazing clips from our archive!
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This week we're talking about how MPs first got involved in politics - more often than not their interest starts very young indeed...
The second episode of our podcast 'Tales from the Green Benches' is out today! In this episode Alex and Emma look into the motivations behind pursuing a political life and the impact that home life and childhood can have. Listen to the full episode here: https://t.co/bqMy9oLZtZ
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This #RemembranceDay we are resharing @KathrynRix's #HistParl article summarising her efforts from 2014 to 2018 to commemorate the centenary of the deaths of those MPs and former MPs that died in the First World War.
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Since 2014 Dr. Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of our House of Commons, 1832-1868 project, has been writing blogs to mark the centenary of the death of each of
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Great article from @AlfieSteer on Dafis's really interesting career
While Caroline Lucas is widely considered Britain’s first Green Member of Parliament, Cynog Dafis, the Plaid Cymru MP for Ceredigion from 1992 to 2000, could also plausibly claim this title. In a new article for #HistParl @AlfieSteer explores how:
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While Caroline Lucas is widely considered Britain’s first Green Member of Parliament, Cynog Dafis, the Plaid Cymru MP for Ceredigion from 1992 to 2000, could also plausibly claim this title. In a new article for #HistParl @AlfieSteer explores how:
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While Caroline Lucas is commonly referred to as Britain's first Green Member of Parliament, Cynog Dafis, who entered parliament as the Plaid Cymru MP for
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