Posts by Chris Day VideoHenry Hunt’s invitation to the people of ManchesterTuesday 19 November 2019Henry Hunt’s invitation to the people of Manchester in the week leading up to...VideoHobhouse to magistrate: Prelude to PeterlooTuesday 19 November 2019Henry Hobhouse, Permanent Undersecretary to the Home Office, writes to James Norris, Lancashire magistrate,...VideoAccounts of Loyalist oaths prior to PeterlooTuesday 12 November 2019Accounts of Loyalist oaths in the prelude to Peterloo – from Bell’s Weekly Messenger,...VideoIllegal meetings and military drills in the lead up to PeterlooTuesday 12 November 2019Reports of illegal meetings and military drills by radicals in the lead up to...Video‘The Bitter Cup of Oppression’: The Female Reformers of ManchesterThursday 7 November 2019An address from the Female Reformers of Manchester, printed in the Manchester Observer on...Video‘A Malignant Spirit’: Lord Sidmouth on reform societiesThursday 7 November 2019Lord Sidmouth on the suspension of Habeas Corpus in the lead up to the...AudioA tormented Tudor queen’s treasonous ‘love letter’Tuesday 1 August 2017In this episode, Neil Johnston and Christopher Day discuss a letter written by Catherine...AudioBureau-cats: A short history of Whitehall’s official felinesWednesday 29 March 2017Public interest in the cats of Whitehall began long before Larry, Palmerston and Gladstone graced...AudioCatalogue Day 2014: Seditions to petitions – Disturbance Papers and Criminal Petitions, 1816-1838Friday 6 March 2015Briony Paxman and Chris Day outline the cataloguing project around HO 40, Home Office... « 1 2