by JB Seatrobe / 17 May 2012
JB Seatrobe examines the political life of a major figure of Henry VIII’s court, whose convictions led him to oppose two kings
by JB Seatrobe / 15 Mar 2012
JB Seatrobe follows the reluctant parliamentary career of a man who was far happier on his beloved railways
by JB Seatrobe / 12 Jan 2012
The pamphleteer, journalist and farmer believed that reformation was vital to the countryside economy. JB Seatrobe looks back at his life
by JB Seatrobe / 17 Nov 2011
JB Seatrobe follows the career of the social theorist who upheld the rights of the individual in the face of draconian state control
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by JB Seatrobe / 20 Aug 2011
JB Seatrobe follows the dubious career of the ‘pocket’ parliamentarian and reckless military commander
by JB Seatrobe / 21 Jun 2011
JB Seatrobe looks at the life of the eminent judge, whose Commentaries became the basis for university legal education in England and North America
by JB Seatrobe / 15 Apr 2011
JB Seatrobe looks back at the life of a poet, historian and Whig politician who was a reluctant cabinet minister and a fierce opponent of slavery
by JB Seatrobe / 25 Jan 2011
The Yorkshireman and the German who came to the fore in Irish politics
by JB Seatrobe / 22 Nov 2010
A famous cricketer and jockey who fought just as hard to get into Parliament as he did to win the Grand National
by JB Seatrobe / 29 Oct 2010
The less than illustrious political career of one of the late Industrial Age's most important figures
by JB Seatrobe / 12 Apr 2012
JB Seatrobe remembers the parliamentary career of Lord George Gordon, the Scottish Protestant who opposed Catholic emancipation
by JB Seatrobe / 16 Feb 2012
JB Seatrobe tracks the career of a staunch anti-colonist who made a mediocre soldier and an unremarkable politician
by JB Seatrobe / 14 Dec 2011
JB Seatrobe remembers the impecunious politician who found enduring fame as a satirist, poet and priest
by JB Seatrobe / 25 Aug 2011
In the shadow of the current Lords reform debate, JB Seatrobe remembers the Upper House’s last great ‘siege’
by JB Seatrobe / 19 Jul 2011
JB Seatrobe tracks the political trajectory of the great industrialist, who started out as a Liberal MP and ended up a Tory peer
by JB Seatrobe / 17 May 2011
JB Seatrobe looks at the early political promise and late sadness that shadowed the life of the captain of the famous HMS Beagle
by JB Seatrobe / 18 Mar 2011
A look at the fleeting and somewhat accidental political career of poet Robert Southey
by JB Seatrobe / 17 Dec 2010
The parts played by this famed thespian in some of the 18th century's biggest political dramas
by JB Seatrobe / 29 Oct 2010
In the concluding part of the series on the bombing of Parliament, JB Seatrobe looks at its restoration in the post-war years
by JB Seatrobe / 17 Sep 2010
A look back at Parliament's longest night when the Luftwaffe came close to destroying the Palace of Westminster
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