Academic Publications
History, Heritage and Tradition in Contemporary British Politics: Past Politics and Present Histories (Manchester & New York: Manchester University Press, forthcoming 2012)
‘New Times, New Politics: History and Memory during the final years of the CPGB’, British Politics, 6:4 (October 2011), 453-478
‘Touching the Void: Affective History and the Impossible’, Rethinking History, 14:4 (November 2010), 503-520
‘Authenticity in the Archive: Historical Encounters with “Pastness”’, in Rune Graulund (ed.), Desperately Seeking Authenticity: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Copenhagen: University of Copenhagen, 2010), 13-28
Book reviews and meeting reports
‘The Revival of British Liberalism, from Grimond to Clegg’, Twentieth Century British History (first published online, 23 January 2012)
‘British Conservatism: The politics and philosophy of inequality’, Twentieth Century British History (first published online, 24 August 2011)
‘Whatever happened to “Orpington Man”?’, Journal of Liberal History (forthcoming)
‘Thomas Paine and the Radical Liberal Tradition’, Journal of Liberal History, 68 (Autumn 2010), 40-42
Comment Pieces
‘Making it political: the challenge to the Monarchy’, e-IR (July 2011)
‘What’s new about Clegg’s ‘new progressivism’?’, History and Policy (December 2010)
Selected think-tank publications
British Citizens and the EU: Findings from a Deliberative Process (London: Unlock Democracy, 2008)
(with Patrick Casey) My Election: a voters’ eye view of the 2007 Scottish Elections (London: Unlock Democracy,2007)
(ed.) The Future of Political Parties (London: Unlock Democracy,2007)
(with Justin Fisher) General Election 2005: What the Voters Saw (London: New Politics Network, 2005)
Living with Regions: Making Multi-level Governance Work (London: NLGN, 2004)
‘New Localism and Tackling Anti-social Behaviour Policy’ in New Localism in Action, eds Dan Corry et al (London: NLGN, 2005), 35-6
Councillors’ Websites: An Analysis (London: NLGN/Local E-democracy National Project, 2004)
(with Ben Rogers) The Benefits of Community Engagement: a review of the evidence (London: ippr / Home Office Active Citizenship Centre, 2004)
(with Warren Hatter) Local Leadership for Better Public Places (London: CABE, 2003)
(with Peter Facey) ‘An Analysis of the Health of Local Political Parties in 2003’ in Alexandra Runswick (ed.) Life Support for Local Parties (London: New Politics Network, 2004), 13-22
‘Broadening Participation’ in Broadening Participation: Thinking Beyond Party Membership (London: New Politics Network, 2003), 9-14
