Tag Archives: Eleanor Rathbone
Have paper, will travel…
My teaching and parliamentary work has been complemented in recent weeks by giving papers on different topics and in different venues. At the end of last month, I gave the inaugural lecture, on the subject of ‘The Classics and Parliament’, … Continue reading
Eleanor Rathbone lecture
In an earlier post, I reported details of the Speaker’s Lecture I gave last November on Eleanor Rathbone, the remarkable Independent MP who sat in the Commons from 1929 until her death in January 1946. During her service in the … Continue reading
Founder’s Day and Magna Carta lectures
As regular readers will know, I gave a number of public lectures last year. One was the University of Hull’s Founder’s Day Lecture, on 23 April, which I gave on the subject of Speaking for Hull: Thomas Ferens as Parliamentarian, … Continue reading
The Rathbone Lecture
I much appreciate the comments I have received on the Speaker’s Lecture I gave on Tuesday on the subject of Eleanor Rathbone (pictured) and which was broadcast last night on BBC Parliament. I tend not to like watching myself on television – … Continue reading
Speaker’s Lecture on Eleanor Rathbone
On Tuesday, I delivered the Speaker’s Lecture on Eleanor Rathbone. The picture shows the Speaker, John Bercow, about to invite questions following the lecture. This year’s lecture series looks at distinguished parliamentarians over history, including Pitt the Younger, Edmund Burke, … Continue reading
