re how to curb MPs' behaviour: in 1727 'The Craftsman', (only half-jokingly) proposed that any MP who 'prostitute[d] their Voices' should be 'obliged to wear a Knot of Ribands under their Left Ears that all People might know them as they walk along the Street'!

Article on Politico's website politico.eu/article/great-… investigates how far Britain is corrupt - and quotes my History and Policy paper historyandpolicy.org/policy-papers/…

Still a few tickets left for a rehearsed reading (20 Nov. 4pm, Warwick town) of a new play, written by one of Warwick's postgraduates, David Fletcher, about the South Sea Bubble of 1720. Originally planned for 300 years on, but, because of covid, now 301! warwickwords.co.uk/index.php/even…

A triumph of a performance of David Fletcher and the Loft Theatre's 'Bubble Fever'! The resonances with contemporary discussions about corruption made it seem written especially for 2021! Many thanks to David and the cast, and to Warwick Words History Festival.

An interesting article, quoting me, by #AndyBeckett in the The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/… examines how far Britain is sliding towards eighteenth century corruption. Readers might like my fuller analysis historyandpolicy.org/policy-papers/… (which includes an image of the PM's posterior!).

Really appropriate to have my book delivered on 'International Anti-Corruption Day'! transparency.org/en/news/intern… global.oup.com/academic/produ… Transparency International UK

Britain's long struggle with corruption | OUPblog shar.es/aWEGxo Standards Committee Ethics and Integrity Commission Public Accounts Committee WarwickHistory @OUPHistory

"Knights’s achievement is to set the attack on ‘Old Corruption’ in a much longer timeframe and a more interesting framework than the conventional view" global.oup.com/academic/produ… @OUPHistory WarwickHistory

Contemporary resonances covered in the final short chapter of the book 'Trust and Distrust' global.oup.com/academic/produ… and here's my policy piece about corruption past and present historyandpolicy.org/policy-papers/… Jon Parry

This timely OUPblog post by Mark Knights explores the long history of corruption and anti-corruption in Britain, and explains how this has some lessons for today. Find out more: bit.ly/3AaEb7z

Thanks to London Review of Books for such a speedy review of my book about corruption in its latest issue - it's striking how many parallels there are between current and past scandals global.oup.com/academic/produ… blogs.warwick.ac.uk/historyofcorru… Jon Parry @OUPHistory

the-tls.co.uk/articles/trust… TLS review in which Ian Cawood dares present and future members of government to read my book

Listen to Prof. Mark Knights on BBC Radio 4 In Our Time WarwickHistory discuss John Arbuthnot's satirical figure, created in 1712 as an anthropomorphised bull, and its role as a representation of an English or British everyman. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

WarwickHistory Here's a BBC History Extra podcast play.acast.com/s/historyextra… about my book 'Trust and Distrust: Corruption in Office in Birtain and its Empire 1600-1850' (OUP)

Here's a new blog about the mass creation of peers as a corruption of the political sytem blogs.warwick.ac.uk/historyofcorru…

I've started a new blog series, 'Corrupt Lives', using historical case studies to raise ethical questions about governance. The first is about Valentine Jones, raising questions about 'fair' profits, political protection and cultures of corruption. blogs.warwick.ac.uk/historyofcorru…

The second in my series of 'Corrupt Lives?' is about Elihu Yale, who gave his name and a bequest to a New Haven college in the early C18th. His case raises issues about the sources of such funding, and the tension between private and company interests. blogs.warwick.ac.uk/historyofcorru…

OUP have told me that 'Trust and Distrust' is one of their most read books in 2022. They have 'freed the chapter Conceptualising Corruption in Office for more people to read and enjoy'. So I hope you do! academic.oup.com/book/39061/cha… @OupHistory

In my latest blog blogs.warwick.ac.uk/historyofcorru… I explore architect John Poulson, convicted in 1974 for corruption (‘an incalculably evil man’) but whose autobiography denied his guilt, claimed his only crime was excessive generosity and argued that he pursued the public good.