There’s still plenty of time to enter a submission for the Parliamentary History Essay Prize!

And there are a number of articles on medieval parliaments and taxation: https://t.co/qfBkA4z8vz https://t.co/X20FCGzP2g https://t.co/MfpYPPtSwg

In 2021, an essay by the late Professor Norman Gash on Robert Peel’s economic achievement was published posthumously: https://t.co/XESw513kKR

Jon Kukla has reconsidered George Grenville’s postponement of the Stamp Act and its impact on debate about empire: https://t.co/KLVIsTCDRV

And, as it’s Budget week, we have a whole host of articles on all things budgets, tax, and government finance:

And Peter Laugharne has delved into the creation, membership, and work of the Treasury and Civil Service select committees from 1979-90: https://t.co/gqf5oXz7BC

Stephen Evans has analysed the experience of One Nation Conservatives in the Thatcher period, including Francis Pym’s short-lived ‘Conservative Centre Forward’: https://t.co/rKPnepbnqH https://t.co/PY0H3aCLvX

In 2022, @MarcCollinson critically reassessed the Conservative victory in the 1978 Ilford North by-election: https://t.co/VQYn2mOPs2

#OTD in 1990, Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister. Naturally, we’ve published many articles on this period, here are just a few:

#OTD 6 Nov. 1707 Queen Anne delivered the speech from the throne to the first Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. D. W. Hayton of @HAPPatQUB explores Scottish representation in the first British House of Commons here:

We're going to be raising a glass to John Wilkes on his 300th birthday at 17:57. Do join us, and share a toast to Wilkes and Liberty! #HistParl

See James E. Bradley's 2008 article for a broader approach on the print culture and petitioning during the period:

Perri Gauci discusses the role of the West Indies in these election campaigns:

Today is the 300th birthday of the 18th century radical John Wilkes. We are making 3 articles from our journal about Wilkes #OpenAcess for the next two months. Peter D.G. Thomas explores the aftermath of Wilkes's election as the MP for Middlesex in 1768:

#OTD 1665 Parliament met outside of Westminster at Oxford University due to the Great Plague of London. This was one of four times in the 17th c. when the University played host to Parliament, as Dr Robin Eagles has explored for the #HistParl website: https://t.co/wJmlqjBxEG

You’ll have plenty of articles to tuck into, with fascinating and original subjects including educational reform during the Long Parliament, ‘Constitutional Alienation’ during the 1911-14 Ulster Crisis, and the 1945 Motherwell by-election.

Next month’s edition of Parliamentary History will be the first mostly composed of articles by doctoral and early career scholars, with four drawn from winning entries to our annual essay prize. There’s still time to enter this year’s competition:

2/ to mark the bicentenary of Catholic emancipation, edited by Ashley Walsh of @cardiffuni and Peter Walker of the University of Wyoming of @UWArtsSciences

1/ Our editor Richard Gaunt has written a chapter on the 1828 County Clare by-election for @IainDale's new book. Daniel O'Connell, a Catholic, was elected to the House of Commons in a major development in the Catholic emancipation campaign. We will have a special issue in 2029

A good opportunity to reflect on all the informative and interesting subjects covered by In Our Time over the years, especially on Parliamentary history! The Great Reform Act episode is one of our favourites, what are yours? https://t.co/Sjx4ORIRhE