Does the name Spencer Perceval ring a bell? Perhaps you remember it from Horrible Histories or an episode of Eggheads. Perceval was shot dead in the House of Commons lobby, the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated. This …
The writer F Scott Fitzgerald memorably once said that ‘There are no second acts in American life’. Thankfully Christopher Chataway was British and didn’t adhere one iota to that maxim. Mirroring the standard structure of a theatrical play his biopic …
Guest post by Dr Amy Galvin It feels like an awfully long time ago since I wrote a blog post detailing the experiences of my first year as a collaborative PhD student with the Parliamentary Archives and I am not …
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