Congratulations to my excellent colleague @martinspychal.bsky.social on his brilliant new book (and the acquisition of a new box for his cat)!

MSmartinspychal.bsky.socialOct 3, 2024 8:42am

Thrilled to receive copies of my new book 🍾 🎉 One of the feline co-authors is also very excited about their new box! 🐈‍⬛ Thank you @uolpress.bsky.social. @victoriancommons.bsky.social @histparl.bsky.social #19thC #skystorians #parlysky

We are advertising for an Assistant Professorship in Modern British History at the University of Cambridge. This is a permanent post, starting October 2025. Please share widely! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48371/

Congratulations - very well deserved!

Many congratulations to @martinspychal.bsky.social!

VCvictoriancommons.bsky.socialSep 19, 2024 8:49am

It's an exciting day for the Victorian Commons team, as it's publication day for our senior research fellow @martinspychal.bsky.social's first book! Mapping the State: English Boundaries and the 1832 Reform Act is available on open access: uolpress.co.uk/book/mapping... #19thC #parlisky #skystorians

Mapping the State - University of London Press

The 1832 Reform Act was a landmark moment in the development of modern British politics. By overhauling the country’s ancient representative system, the legislation reshaped constitutional arrangement...

Our new blog from @kathrynrix.bsky.socialvictoriancommons.wordpress.com/2024/09/18/t...#19thC

The Walking Beer Barrel: John Hodson Kearsley and parliamentary debates in the 1830s

Our latest blog from our Assistant Editor Dr Kathryn Rix uses our biography of the Wigan MP John Hodson Kearsley – a forgotten figure today but a well-known Commons character in his time – to explore ...

We’re at G in our #1832AtoZvictoriancommons.wordpress.com/category/wom...#19thC

It’s been a long time in the making, so very pleased to find this waiting for me on my return from holiday! I contributed a chapter on Suffrage Centenaries.

Our new blog from @martinspychal.bsky.socialvictoriancommons.wordpress.com/2024/08/27/s...#19thC#skystorians#parlysky

Scottish county politics between the 1832 and 1868 Scottish Reform Acts

Last month Durham University, supported by the History of Parliament, hosted the Histories of Scottish Politics in the Age of Union, c.1700-1945 conference. At the conference, Dr Martin Spychal, a Sen...

New post on the @histparl.bsky.social@kathrynrix.bsky.socialthehistoryofparliament.wordpress.com/2024/08/25/t...#19thC

Tackling the problem of electoral corruption: the 1883 Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act

Marking the anniversary of the passage of the 1883 Corrupt Practices Act, Dr Kathryn Rix, assistant editor of the House of Commons, 1832-1945, begins a series of blog posts on this landmark reform by ...

HISTORICAL FIND! A mock election address published during the 1857 election advertising a Perthshire barbershop. From the Perthshire Advertiser, 26 Mar. 1857 @victoriancommons.bsky.social@georgianlords.bsky.social