Emma Peplow
@emmapeplow.bsky.social
Head of Contemporary History, History of Parliament Trust. Oral History, Politics, Parliament and some cricket
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How was the #GunpowderPlot foiled back in 1605?
In this #HistParl article, Dr Ben Coates explores the warning letter sent to a Catholic peer that led to the plot's undoing... #BonfireNight
In this #HistParl article, Dr Ben Coates explores the warning letter sent to a Catholic peer that led to the plot's undoing... #BonfireNight
Catholic peers and the Gunpowder Plot - The History of Parliament
Today we hear from Dr Ben Coates of the House of Lords 1604-29 Section about the warning of Catholic Peers before the Gunpowder Plot...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
How was the #GunpowderPlot foiled back in 1605?
In this #HistParl article, Dr Ben Coates explores the warning letter sent to a Catholic peer that led to the plot's undoing... #BonfireNight
In this #HistParl article, Dr Ben Coates explores the warning letter sent to a Catholic peer that led to the plot's undoing... #BonfireNight
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And to round off my short and sweet stint on Radio5 with @emmapeplow.bsky.social, this week we discussed the 1978 statue of Clement Attlee by Ivor Roberts-Jones alongside questions regarding ‘the empty plinth’ in Members Lobby @ukparliament.parliament.uk
🎧 1:46 in www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
🎧 1:46 in www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
October 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
And to round off my short and sweet stint on Radio5 with @emmapeplow.bsky.social, this week we discussed the 1978 statue of Clement Attlee by Ivor Roberts-Jones alongside questions regarding ‘the empty plinth’ in Members Lobby @ukparliament.parliament.uk
🎧 1:46 in www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
🎧 1:46 in www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Looking forward to the IHR Parliaments, Politics & People seminar on 28 October. Dr Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social will be sharing new research, inc. a recently discovered ‘suffragette chain’. FREE in-person in London & online. More info here: historyofparliament.com/2025/10/21/t...
The Speakers and the Suffragettes - The History of Parliament
At the IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar on Tuesday 28 October, Dr Mari Takayanagi will be discussing ‘The Speakers and the Suffragettes’.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Looking forward to the IHR Parliaments, Politics & People seminar on 28 October. Dr Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social will be sharing new research, inc. a recently discovered ‘suffragette chain’. FREE in-person in London & online. More info here: historyofparliament.com/2025/10/21/t...
This was fun to do, although you won't know it was me from listening 🤣 @kathrynrix.bsky.social is brilliant as ever and an interesting look back on the programme
Our assistant editor @kathrynrix.bsky.social and our @histparl.bsky.social colleague @emmapeplow.bsky.social appeared this morning on a special Radio 4 programme marking the 80th anniversary of 'Today in Parliament'. If you missed it at 5 a.m.(!), catch up here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Yesterday in Parliament - 20/10/2025 - BBC Sounds
Susan Hulme looks back on 80 years of Today in Parliament.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This was fun to do, although you won't know it was me from listening 🤣 @kathrynrix.bsky.social is brilliant as ever and an interesting look back on the programme
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Looking for some ‘high quality statue content’?
Listen back to Matt Chorley’s Radio 5 show to hear myself and @emmapeplow.bsky.social discuss the statue of Herbert Henry Asquith as it stands in Members’ Lobby @ukparliament.parliament.uk
Tune it from 1:48 onwards: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen back to Matt Chorley’s Radio 5 show to hear myself and @emmapeplow.bsky.social discuss the statue of Herbert Henry Asquith as it stands in Members’ Lobby @ukparliament.parliament.uk
Tune it from 1:48 onwards: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
October 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Looking for some ‘high quality statue content’?
Listen back to Matt Chorley’s Radio 5 show to hear myself and @emmapeplow.bsky.social discuss the statue of Herbert Henry Asquith as it stands in Members’ Lobby @ukparliament.parliament.uk
Tune it from 1:48 onwards: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen back to Matt Chorley’s Radio 5 show to hear myself and @emmapeplow.bsky.social discuss the statue of Herbert Henry Asquith as it stands in Members’ Lobby @ukparliament.parliament.uk
Tune it from 1:48 onwards: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Today we visited The National Archives for a workshop organised by @joecozens.bsky.social and our own @martinspychal.bsky.social on Peter McLagan, Scotland's first Black MP. We looked at original documents relating to McLagan's life & had some great discussions about future directions for research.
October 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Today we visited The National Archives for a workshop organised by @joecozens.bsky.social and our own @martinspychal.bsky.social on Peter McLagan, Scotland's first Black MP. We looked at original documents relating to McLagan's life & had some great discussions about future directions for research.
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Parliament’s champion of the people or scandalous, self-serving politician? #Georgian radical John Wilkes kept a foot in both camps.
🔓 Robin Eagles’ History Matters is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...
🔓 Robin Eagles’ History Matters is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...
The Radical John Wilkes
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October 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Parliament’s champion of the people or scandalous, self-serving politician? #Georgian radical John Wilkes kept a foot in both camps.
🔓 Robin Eagles’ History Matters is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...
🔓 Robin Eagles’ History Matters is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...
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Born #OTD 1927, Jim Prior, Conservative MP for Lowestoft, later Waveney, from 1959 to 1987. In the 1980s he was one of a group of Conservative MPs, nicknamed 'wets', who disagreed with many of Margaret Thatcher's economic and social policies:
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October 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Born #OTD 1927, Jim Prior, Conservative MP for Lowestoft, later Waveney, from 1959 to 1987. In the 1980s he was one of a group of Conservative MPs, nicknamed 'wets', who disagreed with many of Margaret Thatcher's economic and social policies:
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Private Eye nails it
October 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Private Eye nails it
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Died #OTD 1967, Clement Attlee, Labour Party leader and Prime Minister 1945-1951. Attlee led his party to a landslide victory in July 1945: an event that many late 20th c. MPs describe in their #OralHistory interviews as their 'political awakening'. historyofparliament.com/2015/07/27/1...
1945 Election: A political awakening - The History of Parliament
Seventy years ago yesterday the results of the 1945 General Election were declared. Although the poll had been held on 5 July, the results were only announced
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October 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Died #OTD 1967, Clement Attlee, Labour Party leader and Prime Minister 1945-1951. Attlee led his party to a landslide victory in July 1945: an event that many late 20th c. MPs describe in their #OralHistory interviews as their 'political awakening'. historyofparliament.com/2015/07/27/1...
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Still, a good opportunity to advertise our next event at the @mileendinstitute.bsky.social on 20 October:
"Still Thatcher's Britain? The Thatcher Legacy, 1925-2025".
Featuring Gillian Shephard, Simone Finn, @philipjcowley.bsky.social and me.
www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/events/m...
"Still Thatcher's Britain? The Thatcher Legacy, 1925-2025".
Featuring Gillian Shephard, Simone Finn, @philipjcowley.bsky.social and me.
www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/events/m...
Still “Thatcher’s Britain”? The Thatcher Legacy, 1925-2025
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October 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Still, a good opportunity to advertise our next event at the @mileendinstitute.bsky.social on 20 October:
"Still Thatcher's Britain? The Thatcher Legacy, 1925-2025".
Featuring Gillian Shephard, Simone Finn, @philipjcowley.bsky.social and me.
www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/events/m...
"Still Thatcher's Britain? The Thatcher Legacy, 1925-2025".
Featuring Gillian Shephard, Simone Finn, @philipjcowley.bsky.social and me.
www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/events/m...
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#OTD 110 years ago, the Hon. Charles Thomas Mills MP died at the Battle of Loos.
Dr Kathryn Rix explored the parliamentary and military service of the youngest MP killed during the First World War on the #HistParl site:
Dr Kathryn Rix explored the parliamentary and military service of the youngest MP killed during the First World War on the #HistParl site:
‘The hero legislator of Uxbridge’: the Hon. Charles Thomas Mills (1887-1915) - The History of Parliament
100 years ago the Battle of Loos proved deadly for a third MP, as today marks the anniversary of the seventh MP who died in fighting in the First World War.
historyofparliament.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Born #OTD 1946 Ann Widdecombe, MP 1987-2010.
As part of our #OralHistory project, Widdecombe described the feeling of sitting in the House of Commons for the first time. Listen to this clip and reflections from other former MPs in this article: historyofparliament.com/2022/09/29/y...
As part of our #OralHistory project, Widdecombe described the feeling of sitting in the House of Commons for the first time. Listen to this clip and reflections from other former MPs in this article: historyofparliament.com/2022/09/29/y...
‘You just become a tiny little speck of history’: First Impressions of the Palace of Westminster - The History of Parliament
When newly elected MPs first enter the Palace of Westminster, it is hard to ignore the hundreds of years of history that surrounds them. And as Dr Emma
historyofparliament.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Born #OTD 1946 Ann Widdecombe, MP 1987-2010.
As part of our #OralHistory project, Widdecombe described the feeling of sitting in the House of Commons for the first time. Listen to this clip and reflections from other former MPs in this article: historyofparliament.com/2022/09/29/y...
As part of our #OralHistory project, Widdecombe described the feeling of sitting in the House of Commons for the first time. Listen to this clip and reflections from other former MPs in this article: historyofparliament.com/2022/09/29/y...
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Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
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📣Fellowship and grant opportunity!
@chuarchives.bsky.social has multiple by-fellowships & research grants currently open for applications✨
🕰️Different deadlines on 31 October, 31 December & 31 May.
👉More info: archives.chu.cam.ac.uk/about/resear...
@chuarchives.bsky.social has multiple by-fellowships & research grants currently open for applications✨
🕰️Different deadlines on 31 October, 31 December & 31 May.
👉More info: archives.chu.cam.ac.uk/about/resear...
September 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
📣Fellowship and grant opportunity!
@chuarchives.bsky.social has multiple by-fellowships & research grants currently open for applications✨
🕰️Different deadlines on 31 October, 31 December & 31 May.
👉More info: archives.chu.cam.ac.uk/about/resear...
@chuarchives.bsky.social has multiple by-fellowships & research grants currently open for applications✨
🕰️Different deadlines on 31 October, 31 December & 31 May.
👉More info: archives.chu.cam.ac.uk/about/resear...
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We're pleased to share this call for papers for our upcoming conference!
📍Online via Zoom
🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026
⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025
See our website for full details 👇
voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/news-and-resources/updates-from-the-project
📍Online via Zoom
🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026
⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025
See our website for full details 👇
voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/news-and-resources/updates-from-the-project
September 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
We're pleased to share this call for papers for our upcoming conference!
📍Online via Zoom
🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026
⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025
See our website for full details 👇
voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/news-and-resources/updates-from-the-project
📍Online via Zoom
🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026
⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025
See our website for full details 👇
voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/news-and-resources/updates-from-the-project
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Robin Eagles of @histparl.bsky.social has a piece in the latest edition of @historytoday.com on John Wilkes, whose 300th birthday is coming up in October.
#WilkesandLiberty #HistParl
#WilkesandLiberty #HistParl
September 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Robin Eagles of @histparl.bsky.social has a piece in the latest edition of @historytoday.com on John Wilkes, whose 300th birthday is coming up in October.
#WilkesandLiberty #HistParl
#WilkesandLiberty #HistParl
I enjoyed writing this post, there is an awful lot of respect for Mowlam in our archive.
Born #OTD 1949, Mo Mowlam, Labour MP for Redcar, 1987-2001 and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, playing a decisive role in the Good Friday Agreement.
@emmapeplow.bsky.social reflects on her career and legacy, and how it has been discussed in our #OralHistory project. buff.ly/3ZGn5Z9
@emmapeplow.bsky.social reflects on her career and legacy, and how it has been discussed in our #OralHistory project. buff.ly/3ZGn5Z9
Mo Mowlam and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - The History of Parliament
25 years ago this month the basis for peace in Northern Ireland – the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement – was signed after years of painstaking negotiations.
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September 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I enjoyed writing this post, there is an awful lot of respect for Mowlam in our archive.
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Currently researching Duncan McLaren, Liberal MP for Edinburgh from 1865. On holiday in 1868 the men of the family went to a Liberal meeting at Oban, but the women did not. McLaren's wife Priscilla Bright McLaren wrote: 'As we have the misfortune to wear petticoats we are not to go’.
September 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Currently researching Duncan McLaren, Liberal MP for Edinburgh from 1865. On holiday in 1868 the men of the family went to a Liberal meeting at Oban, but the women did not. McLaren's wife Priscilla Bright McLaren wrote: 'As we have the misfortune to wear petticoats we are not to go’.
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#ICYMI, yesterday Dr Kathryn Rix wrote about the impact of the Corrupt Practices Act, 1883.
#OTD 1883 the Corrupt Practices Act received royal assent.
Concluding a series of articles for #HistParl, Dr Kathryn Rix explores the long-term consequences of this major reform designed to tackle the prominent corruption in 19th c. parliamentary contests: historyofparliament.com/2025/08/25/1...
Concluding a series of articles for #HistParl, Dr Kathryn Rix explores the long-term consequences of this major reform designed to tackle the prominent corruption in 19th c. parliamentary contests: historyofparliament.com/2025/08/25/1...
A 'revolution' in electioneering? The impact of the 1883 Corrupt Practices Act - The History of Parliament
Concluding her series on the 1883 Corrupt Practices Act, Dr Kathryn Rix of our House of Commons, 1832-1945 project looks at the long-term consequences of this
historyofparliament.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
#ICYMI, yesterday Dr Kathryn Rix wrote about the impact of the Corrupt Practices Act, 1883.
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The new House of Lords Bill is entering its final stages, which if passed will remove remaining hereditary peers from the Lords.
Dr Philip Salmon has explored how the Lords was able to survive during a period of reform in the Victorian era. historyofparliament.com/2025/08/14/l...
Dr Philip Salmon has explored how the Lords was able to survive during a period of reform in the Victorian era. historyofparliament.com/2025/08/14/l...
House of Lords reform: a Victorian perspective - The History of Parliament
More substantive proposals for Lords reform eventually emerged in the last two decades of the 19th century, against the backdrop of Salisbury’s increasingly
historyofparliament.com
August 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The new House of Lords Bill is entering its final stages, which if passed will remove remaining hereditary peers from the Lords.
Dr Philip Salmon has explored how the Lords was able to survive during a period of reform in the Victorian era. historyofparliament.com/2025/08/14/l...
Dr Philip Salmon has explored how the Lords was able to survive during a period of reform in the Victorian era. historyofparliament.com/2025/08/14/l...
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James Barlow Hoy, formerly Conservative MP for Southampton, died #OnThisDay 1843 after falling into a ravine in the Pyrenees. But was this an accident or murder? Find out more in our blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2016/09/28/m...
MP of the month: James Barlow Hoy (1794-1843)
As biographies of long-forgotten politicians go, this month’s MP ticks all the boxes, offering an extraordinary rags-to-riches tale, the beginnings of a brilliant political career accompanied by fr…
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August 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
James Barlow Hoy, formerly Conservative MP for Southampton, died #OnThisDay 1843 after falling into a ravine in the Pyrenees. But was this an accident or murder? Find out more in our blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2016/09/28/m...
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Shameless self promotion but I was part of a research project on Michael and Ann Dummett’s anti racism which you can read in this book.
www.new.ox.ac.uk/righteous-an...
www.new.ox.ac.uk/righteous-an...
August 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Shameless self promotion but I was part of a research project on Michael and Ann Dummett’s anti racism which you can read in this book.
www.new.ox.ac.uk/righteous-an...
www.new.ox.ac.uk/righteous-an...
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I'm very happy to answer questions by email or chat to anyone who's interested in this job, in our brilliant, friendly @chppc.bsky.social team at @ihr.bsky.social. Send me a direct message or drop me an email via my IHR address. And please share!
#job #history #Skystorians #HistoricEnvironment
#job #history #Skystorians #HistoricEnvironment
#JobAlert! Come and join us for 12 months in our lovely
@chppc.bsky.social team @ihr.bsky.social.
We're seeking a fixed-term #Lecturer in Historic Environment, who'll work on our projects, including research, publishing and digitisation.
Closing date 29 August. Please share! #Skystorians
@chppc.bsky.social team @ihr.bsky.social.
We're seeking a fixed-term #Lecturer in Historic Environment, who'll work on our projects, including research, publishing and digitisation.
Closing date 29 August. Please share! #Skystorians
Lecturer in Historic Environment:London Senate House
www.jobs.london.ac.uk
August 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I'm very happy to answer questions by email or chat to anyone who's interested in this job, in our brilliant, friendly @chppc.bsky.social team at @ihr.bsky.social. Send me a direct message or drop me an email via my IHR address. And please share!
#job #history #Skystorians #HistoricEnvironment
#job #history #Skystorians #HistoricEnvironment
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Parliament is currently on summer recess- but how did Parliamentarians from the past spend their time away from Parliament?
In this previous article, Dr Robin Eagles took a look at those who holidayed at the newly popular spa and seaside resort destinations of the 18th c.:
In this previous article, Dr Robin Eagles took a look at those who holidayed at the newly popular spa and seaside resort destinations of the 18th c.:
“Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water”: holidays by the sea in the 18th century - The History of Parliament
In the course of the 18th century a variety of spas and seaside resorts became popular destinations for busy Georgians seeking cures for a variety of chronic
historyofparliament.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Parliament is currently on summer recess- but how did Parliamentarians from the past spend their time away from Parliament?
In this previous article, Dr Robin Eagles took a look at those who holidayed at the newly popular spa and seaside resort destinations of the 18th c.:
In this previous article, Dr Robin Eagles took a look at those who holidayed at the newly popular spa and seaside resort destinations of the 18th c.: