All articles written by Rosamund Urwin on PoliticsHome.com

09 Nov Parliament

Pastimes: Lord West's military paraphernalia

In her occasional series, Rosamund Urwin meets up with parliamentarians to discuss how they unwind away from Westminster. Here, Lord West shows off his collection of military paraphernalia

03 Oct Culture

Pastimes: Tracey Crouch's love of football

In her occasional series, Rosamund Urwin meets up with parliamentarians to discuss how they unwind away from Westminster. Here, Tracey Crouch explains her love of football.

28 Sep Culture

Pastimes: Chi Onwurah extols the delights of wild swimming

In her occasional series, Rosamund Urwin meets up with parliamentarians to discuss how they unwind away from Westminster. Here, Chi Onwurah extols the delights of wild swimming.

22 Jul Culture

Pastimes: Stella Creasy watches Love Island

In her occasional series, Rosamund Urwin meets up with parliamentarians to discuss how they unwind away from Westminster. Here, Stella Creasy settles down in front of her favourite TV show

11 Jul Political parties

And God Created Women: Bishop of Gloucester Rachel Treweek on Christianity and feminism

As the first female bishop in the House of Lords, Bishop of Gloucester Rachel Treweek explains that there is no tension between Christianity and feminism.

25 Jun Parliament

Pastimes – Bill Wiggin

Bill Wiggin was once thrown into the dirt by one of his cows.

27 May Communities

Pastimes: Woodturning with Church of England bishop Martin Seeley

In her occasional series, Rosamund Urwin meets up with parliamentarians to discuss how they unwind away from Westminster. Here, Martin Seeley, the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, introduces her to woodturning

22 Apr Parliament

Pastimes: Man's Best Friend with Lord Palumbo

In her occasional series, Rosamund Urwin meets up with parliamentarians to discuss how they unwind away from Westminster. Here, Lord Palumbo goes to the dogs.

15 Mar Parliament

Pastimes: Reformer Pilates with Tulip Siddiq

In her occasional series, Rosamund Urwin meets up with parliamentarians to discuss how they unwind away from Westminster. Here, Tulip Siddiq introduces Ros to Pilates

03 Mar Parliament

Mothers of Parliament: the challenges of combining parenthood and politics

Mothers have been elected to Parliament since women first became MPs. But combining the two roles remains a challenge. Rosamund Urwin reports.

09 Feb Parliament

Pastimes: Baroness Miller's French vineyard

In her occasional series, Rosamund Urwin meets up with parliamentarians to discuss how they unwind away from Westminster. Here, Baroness Miller tells of life on her French vineyard

01 Feb Parliament

Pastimes: Lord Bishop of Peterborough on science fiction

In her occasional series, Rosamund Urwin meets up with parliamentarians to discuss how they unwind away from Westminster. Here, the Lord Bishop of Peterborough, tells of his love of science fiction

28 Dec 2021 Books & culture

Pastimes: Jamie Stone the pantomime dame

In her occasional series, Rosamund Urwin meets up with parliamentarians to discuss how they unwind away from Westminster. Here, Jamie Stone becomes a pantomime dame – oh no he doesn’t!

19 Nov 2021 Parliament

Pastimes - David Linden

In her occasional series, Rosamund Urwin meets up with parliamentarians to discuss how they unwind away from Westminster. Here, David Linden extols the joys of Lego.

05 Oct 2021 Political parties

Pastimes: Saqib Bhatti on being a new father

Saqib Bhatti has purple crescents under his eyes. For the past 14 weeks, the Conservative MP for Meriden in the West Midlands has slept for only four or five hours a night.

10 Jul 2021 Environment

Not Zero: Inside the Tory Party Split on Decarbonisation

Boris Johnson’s enthusiasm for attaining net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 is not shared by all in his party. So can this relatively recent convert to the green agenda persuade Conservatives the price tag is worth it? Rosamund Urwin report

01 Jul 2021 Culture

Pastimes: Julian Knight

In her occasional series, Rosamund Urwin meets up with parliamentarians to discuss how they unwind away from Westminster. Here, Julian Knight shows Ros the joy of video gaming

04 Jun 2021 Coronavirus

Pastimes: kick boxing with Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

In the first in a new series, Rosamund Urwin meets up with a Parliamentarian to discuss how they unwind away from Westminster. First up, kickboxer Dr Rosena Allin-Khan