The House of Commons Steeplechase

Although it has passed the world of racing by, so far as I’m aware, this month is the 130th anniversary of what was apparently the first House of Commons Steeplechase, and possibly also the first occasion on which a formal sporting competition had been organised among Members of Parliament.

Reformation to Referendum: a new history of Parliament

I'm lucky enough to be one of the four new British Academy / Wolfson Foundation Research Professors chosen in 2017. The arrangement provides us with funding for three years' worth of uninterrupted research, a huge luxury and enormous privilege. I'm very proud and very grateful to the Academy and the Foundation for the opportunity, and…