Peter Hennessy

The Blair Government in Historical Perspective

In his recent Colin Matthew Memorial Lecture to the Royal Historical Society, Peter Hennessy analyses the power relationships within New Labour

Published December 18 2001

The Pleasures and Pains of Contemporary History

Paul Hennessy talks of his two unsound heroes in history in the inaugural lecture of the Longman-History Today awards

Published March 1 1994

Bob Boothby; & David Astor And The Observer

Peter Hennessy reviews

Published December 1 1992

Contemporary History - Now or Never

Peter Hennessy and Anthony Seldon raise questions about systematic interviewing and lack of preservation of historical evidence.

Published March 31 1986

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Lords of the Northern Forest

The Hudson's Bay Company was one of the central forces moulding the development of the vast tracts of land that today are Canada - but as Barry Gough explains here, the circumstances of its launch in 1670 also reveal much about the commercial forces, personalities and rivalries of Restoration England.