Paul Williamson
Biographic Data
| ID | 79884 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Williamson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Williamson |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMSON P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5243-4324 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 77 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 123 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 77 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Freedom of Worship and the Armed Forces in Early Twentieth-Century England
During 1930, the British government ordered that special intercessory prayers appointed by leaders of the English Protestant churches were not to be said by naval, army and air force chaplains. This order provoked widespread ecclesiastical and political protests. Ironically, since the intercessions were concerned with religious persecution in Soviet Russia, the government order infringed the principle of freedom of worship. This article considers…
Britain and the Soviet War on Religion
During the winter of 1929–30, Russian persecution of religious believers aroused considerable public indignation in Britain. This article considers why the Labour government refused to make formal complaints to the Soviet government, and why protests against the persecution soon subsided. A Christian Protest Movement failed to gain support from many church leaders, because of its right-wing political associations. English church leaders arranged …
Efficacy of Induced After Death Communication Therapy for Grief
Induced After-Death Communication (IADC) therapy, which uses bilateral stimulation derived from EMDR, is an emerging approach to reducing grief symptoms in bereaved individuals. The present study evaluated the IADC protocol, consisting of two 90-min sessions, in 43 bereaved adults with assessments at four time points including a one-month waitlist period to provide control data. Large reductions in grief symptoms were observed from baseline to fo…
The Creation of State Anniversaries
Religious anniversaries ordered by the state—by the monarch, royal council or parliament—were observed in England and Ireland from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. These have been studied chiefly as occasions for special sermons and popular festivities, the expression of English or Irish Protestant national identity, or the pursuit of party controversies. But examination of both the original establishment of state anniversaries by Jam…
Open-minded and reflective thinking predicts reasoning and meta-reasoning
Dispositional measures of actively open-minded thinking and cognitive reflection both predict reasoning accuracy on conflict problems. Here we investigated their relative impact on meta-reasoning. To this end, we measured reasoning accuracy and two indices of meta-reasoning performance – conflict detection sensitivity and meta-reasoning discrimination – using a ratio-bias task. Our key predictors were actively open-minded thinking and cognitive r…
The role of decision-making and impulsivity in beverage consumption
Mind the Information-Gap
Instagram’s sensitive-content screens seek to minimize engagement with negative content by blurring sensitive images and providing a warning. However, the very design of sensitive-content screens may elicit uncertainty/curiosity and prompt information-seeking behaviors: congruent with the information-gap hypothesis. To test this idea experimentally, we presented participants with screened negative images accompanied by a brief, detailed, or no co…
Expanding models of music composition
Collaborative composition is an established method within music education, but it is a relatively rare phenomenon between composers of large-scale musical works. This research explores collaborative composition in a professional context and highlights the potential and value of its inclusion in specialist composition training at a tertiary level. The paper explores approaches, processes and outcomes arising from collaborative composition through …
Baldwin and a United Nation
Stanley Baldwin, the Conservative Party leader from 1923 to 1937, has been credited with the first use of the term “one nation” as a tenet of Conservative politics. But it is unlikely that he intended to invent a new phrase, and he was not a source for the modern conception of “One Nation Conservatism”. Nevertheless, during the severe difficulties of inter-war Britain and fears for the Conservative Party’s future, Baldwin did create a distinctive…
Hensley Henson and the Appointment of Bishops
The nomination of Hensley Henson as bishop of Hereford in 1917 provoked a famous ecclesiastical controversy, the ‘Hereford scandal’, which threatened a split within the Church of England and a crisis between the Church and the State. The point of contention has always been understood to have been doctrinal, but this article argues that this was largely a proxy for disputes over Church policies, and that the outcome had significant consequences fo…
The Church of England and Constitutional Reform
In 1919, a parliamentary act reconstructed the relations between the British state and the Church of England. The passage of this act had considerable constitutional, political, ecclesiastical, and religious significance, and it is best understood by considering all of these aspects together. The church obtained a new statutory status, a large degree of self-government, and a special legislative procedure that augmented the privileges of its eccl…
British Christians and the Third Reich
Journal Article British Christians and the Third Reich: Church, State and the Judgement of Nations, by Andrew Chandler Get access British Christians and the Third Reich: Church, State and the Judgement of Nations, by Andrew Chandler (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022; pp. x + 422. £90). Philip Williamson Philip Williamson Durham University, UK [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5243-4324 Search for other works by this …
The effect of leave policies on increasing fertility
Low fertility is set to worsen economic problems in many developed countries, and maternity, paternity, and parental leave have emerged as key pro-natal policies. Gender inequity in the balance of domestic and formal work has been identified as a key driver of low fertility, and leave can potentially equalise this balance and thereby promote fertility. However, the literature contends that evidence for the effect of leave on fertility is mixed. W…
Diathesis-stress or differential susceptibility? Comparing the theories when determining the outcomes for children born before 33 weeks' gestation
Infants born preterm (less than 37 weeks completed gestation) have a higher risk of suboptimal cognitive and behavioral outcomes when compared with their term-born counterparts. The risk and severity of poor outcome increases as gestational age at birth decreases; however, not all children born preterm will develop deficits, and environmental influences post birth may have a role in shaping developmental outcomes. Whilst early preterm birth is no…
Social media, body image, and the question of causation
The Family Firm
The continued popularity of the monarchy in twentieth-century Britain is commonly attributed to the character and prominence of its presentation in the mass media. Numerous studies have commented on aspects of the extensive and intensive coverage of royal events and the royal family by the popular and illustrated press, in newsreels and in documentary and feature films, and on radio and television. Edward Owens has now undertaken the first system…
The ‘Holy Days’ of Queen Elizabeth I
The annual celebrations of the accession day and birthday of Queen Elizabeth I are a familiar subject in studies of her reign, yet their beginnings, status and purpose have remained uncertain. By examining revisions of the calendar of the Church of England published in the Book of Common Prayer from early in the reign, this article establishes the dates of the first recognition of these public anniversaries. It questions the weight that has been …
James I and Gunpowder Treason Day
The assumed source of the annual early modern English commemoration of Gunpowder treason day on 5 November – and its modern legacy, ‘Guy Fawkes day’ or ‘Bonfire night’ – has been an act of parliament in 1606. This article reveals the existence of earlier orders, explains how these orders alter understandings of the origin and initial purposes of the anniversary, and provides edited transcriptions of their texts. The first order revises the accept…
The ableism elephant in the academy
The academy should be a welcoming environment for people with disability. Across Australia, however, there is a current shortage of programmes supporting people with disability to develop their careers as researchers. This article critically investigates current practice and experiences concerning universities and the employment and career development of people with disability as advised by the literature, and how this practice aligns with the li…
Perfectionism and selective attention predict dysmorphic concern in an Australian university population
ObjectiveThere is a paucity of research investigating the underlying aetiological mechanisms contributing to dysmorphic concern. In the present study, we used a multidimensional measure of perfectionism and a dot‐probe task, borrowed from the dysmorphic concern and body dysmorphic disorder literature, to assess associations between subtypes of perfectionism (i.e., concerns and strivings), selective attention towards target word stimuli (i.e., DC‐…
The Art and Science of the Church Screen in Medieval Europe
The genesis of this publication was a conference held in Cambridge in April 2012, prompted by the extensive analytical work on East Anglian rood screens carried out by Spike Bucklow and Lucy Wrapson of the University’s Hamilton Kerr Institute. This explains the (intentionally) hybrid nature of the volume, which combines chapters ranging from the technical (which are limited to England) to more wide-ranging surveys taking in the contributions of G…
Gendered mortality differentials over the rural-urban continuum
Special Worship in the British Empire
Across the British empire, public worship was important for sustaining a sense of community and connectedness. This was most evident in special acts of worship, when the peoples of imperial territories, and sometimes of the whole empire, were asked at times of crisis and celebration to join together in special days or prayers of petition or thanksgiving to God. These occasions, ordered by a variety of civil and ecclesiastical authorities, were an…
Psychics, aliens, or experience? Using the Anomalistic Belief Scale to examine the relationship between type of belief and probabilistic reasoning
Unravelling urban–rural health disparities in England
Previous research shows significant health and mortality variations by residential context. Numerous studies report better health and lower mortality among rural populations in comparison to urban residents, whereas other research shows the opposite, with poor health and high mortality in rural areas. This study investigates health variations in England by residential contexts and the causes of such differences. Further, it examines the sensitivi…
The Scale of Dissimilarity
The paper considers the scale – the measure, extent, and dimension – of uneven distributions in space for a wide range of census variables. While the traditional ‘index of dissimilarity’ is affected by random as well as social factors, a solution presented here allows the index to be calculated even for very small populations. Small areas across England and Wales tend to be fairly similar demographically but quite diverse on ethnic and socio‐econ…
The ableism elephant in the academy
The academy should be a welcoming environment for people with disability. Across Australia, however, there is a current shortage of programmes supporting people with disability to develop their careers as researchers. This article critically investigates current practice and experiences concerning universities and the employment and career development of people with disability as advised by the literature, and how this practice aligns with the li…
A ‘Bankers’ Ramp'? Financiers and the British political crisis of August 1931
Journal Article A 'Bankers' Ramp'? Financiers and the British political crisis of August 1931 Get access PHILIP WILLIAMSON PHILIP WILLIAMSON University of Durham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCIX, Issue CCCXCIII, October 1984, Pages 770–806, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCIX.CCCXCIII.770 Published: 01 October 1984
National Days of Prayer
A terrible war had been followed by a harsh winter: trade was poor, money was scarce, and food, fuel and other essentials were in short supply. Extraordinary measures seemed necessary, so the king on the advice of his archbishop and chief minister summoned his people to observe a day of prayer to Almighty God. In every community in the kingdom large congregations attended special religious services, and in London the king and queen joined other l…
The diversity of diversity
We report on an examination of two geodemographic classification systems based on an analysis of 1991 census variables, for districts, wards and census enumeration districts in England and Wales. We also review the associations among the variables examined, the extent to which certain underlying components might account for the overall variation and the types of areas that are least typical. The results show that small areas are different in many…
Christian conservatives and the totalitarian challenge, 1933-40
Journal Article Christian conservatives and the totalitarian challenge, 1933-40 Get access P Williamson P Williamson University of Durham, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 115, Issue 462, June 2000, Pages 607–642, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/115.462.607 Published: 01 June 2000
Europe's Population
Gendered mortality differentials over the rural-urban continuum
Safety First’
The Conservative party's preparations for the 1929 general election have been harshly treated by historians. Because the election was lost, they have understandably concentrated on explaining the defeat and so looked for weaknesses in Conservative leadership, policies and organization. It is also understandable that in the light of subsequent economic analysis, the Conservative election platform of ‘Safety First’ has suffered badly from compariso…
Spatial ability in secondary school students
Past research has demonstrated consistent sex differences with men typically outperforming women on tests of spatial ability. However, less is known about intra-sex effects. In the present study, two groups of female students (physical education and non-physical education secondary students) and two corresponding groups of male students explored a large-scale virtual shopping centre. In a battery of tasks, spatial knowledge of the shopping centre…
The Impact of Cell Adjustment on the Analysis of Aggregate Census Data
Cell adjustment involves the random perturbation of tabular counts by statistical agencies, prior to publication, in order to minimise the risks of disclosing confidential information about individual survey respondents. A variety of cell adjustment regimes have been applied to past and present census outputs. For each a method of estimating the confidence interval associated with the aggregation of potentially perturbed counts is presented. In t…
The ‘Holy Days’ of Queen Elizabeth I
The annual celebrations of the accession day and birthday of Queen Elizabeth I are a familiar subject in studies of her reign, yet their beginnings, status and purpose have remained uncertain. By examining revisions of the calendar of the Church of England published in the Book of Common Prayer from early in the reign, this article establishes the dates of the first recognition of these public anniversaries. It questions the weight that has been …
Baldwin's Reputation
In one fundamental sense, a British post-war consensus certainly existed: repudiation and denigration of interwar governments and their leaders. Stanley Baldwin was the chief victim, as it became widely believed during the 1940s that he had ‘failed to rearm’ the nation in the 1930s. Examination of the history of Baldwin's reputation after his retirement – precisely why and how it collapsed – reveals a striking case of the contingent construction …
The role of decision-making and impulsivity in beverage consumption
Unravelling urban–rural health disparities in England
Previous research shows significant health and mortality variations by residential context. Numerous studies report better health and lower mortality among rural populations in comparison to urban residents, whereas other research shows the opposite, with poor health and high mortality in rural areas. This study investigates health variations in England by residential contexts and the causes of such differences. Further, it examines the sensitivi…
A multinomial model for comorbidity in England of long-standing cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity
Comorbidity has been found to be significantly related to increased levels of mortality, decreased functional status and quality of life, increasing dependence on health services and an increased risk of mental and social problems. Previous research into comorbidity has mainly focused on identifying the most common groupings of illnesses found among elderly healthcare users. In contrast, this paper pools data from the Health Survey for England fr…
Census Data
Special Worship in the British Empire
Across the British empire, public worship was important for sustaining a sense of community and connectedness. This was most evident in special acts of worship, when the peoples of imperial territories, and sometimes of the whole empire, were asked at times of crisis and celebration to join together in special days or prayers of petition or thanksgiving to God. These occasions, ordered by a variety of civil and ecclesiastical authorities, were an…
Munji
Munji (aka Munjani or Munjiwar; ISO 639-3: [mnj]) is spoken in the Kuran wa Munjan district of Badakhshan province in Afghanistan. Munji is classified as an Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Eastern, Southeastern, Pamir language (Lewis 2009). There are about 5,300 Munji speakers (Beyer & Beck 2011). There are two main dialects, which divide into the northern and southern halves of the valley (see Figure 1). These dialects exhibit some regular…
Britain's Second Labour Government, 1929–32
For around two decades after the opening in the late 1960s of the government, records and many private papers for the inter-war period, numerous weighty studies appeared on various aspects of the p
Decision Strategies and the Confidence–Accuracy Relationship in Face Recognition
The decision strategy used to select a choice set from an array of alternative options is known to affect the composition of the final choice set. Specifically, individuals incorporate more answers into their choice set when it is created by eliminating implausible items than when the set is created through the inclusion of plausible options. This difference is accounted for in a decision framework that posits a general reluctance to change the s…
State Prayers, Fasts and Thanksgivings
Among the more remarkable activities of the mid nineteenth-century British state was its practice of ordering special acts of national worship — either new prayers to be read in all churches for particular dates or periods, or whole days set aside for religious duties, with complete church services composed for the occasion. These ‘prayers’ and ‘holy days’ were appointed at momentous occasions in national life, either to implore God's forgiveness…
Mass Conservatism
1University of Durham Mass Conservatism: The Conservatives and the Public since the 1880s Stuart Ball Ian Holliday London Frank Cass 2002 xvi + 248 Hardback£45 Paperback£17.50
Party first and India second
Journal Article ‘Party first and India second’: the Appointment of the Viceroy of India in 1930 Get access Philip Williamson Philip Williamson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, Volume 56, Issue 133, May 1983, Pages 86–101, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.1983.tb01761.x Published: 12 October 2007
Safety First’
The Conservative party's preparations for the 1929 general election have been harshly treated by historians. Because the election was lost, they have understandably concentrated on explaining the defeat and so looked for weaknesses in Conservative leadership, policies and organization. It is also understandable that in the light of subsequent economic analysis, the Conservative election platform of ‘Safety First’ has suffered badly from compariso…
Party first and India second
Journal Article ‘Party first and India second’: the Appointment of the Viceroy of India in 1930 Get access Philip Williamson Philip Williamson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, Volume 56, Issue 133, May 1983, Pages 86–101, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.1983.tb01761.x Published: 12 October 2007
A ‘Bankers’ Ramp'? Financiers and the British political crisis of August 1931
Journal Article A 'Bankers' Ramp'? Financiers and the British political crisis of August 1931 Get access PHILIP WILLIAMSON PHILIP WILLIAMSON University of Durham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCIX, Issue CCCXCIII, October 1984, Pages 770–806, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCIX.CCCXCIII.770 Published: 01 October 1984
Notes on the Wall-Paintings in Sant'urbano alla Caffarella, Rome
NOTE SUGLI AFFRESCHI MURALI DI SANT'URBANO ALLA CAFFARELLA A ROMA Nella prima parte di questo articolo, viene presa in esame una copia ad acquerello della scena della Crocefissione nella chiesa di Sant'Urbano alia Caffarella, conservata nella Biblioteca Vaticana, cod. Barb. lat. 4402. A seguito di questo studio viene proposto di mettere in discussione la data tradizionalmente accettata per quel dipinto (1011). Viene suggerito che una data più pro…
English Gothic Choir-Stalls, 1200-1400 . Charles Tracy
Shorter Notices
Journal Article Shorter Notices Get access PHILIP WILLIAMSON PHILIP WILLIAMSON University of Durham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CVI, Issue CCCCXXI, October 1991, Pages 1072–1073, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CVI.CCCCXXI.1072 Published: 01 October 1991
Revisited
Journal Article 1931 Revisited: The Political Realities Get access PHILIP WILLIAMSON PHILIP WILLIAMSON University of Durham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Twentieth Century British History, Volume 2, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 328–338, https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/2.3.328 Published: 01 January 1991
The Labour Party and the House of Lords, 1918–1931
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Journal Article Shorter Notices Get access PHILIP WILLIAMSON PHILIP WILLIAMSON University of Durham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CVII, Issue CCCCXXV, October 1992, Pages 1065–1066, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CVII.CCCCXXV.1065 Published: 01 October 1992
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Journal Article SHORTER NOTICES Get access PHILIP WILLIAMSON PHILIP WILLIAMSON University of Durham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CVIII, Issue 428, July 1993, Pages 761–762, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CVIII.428.761 Published: 01 July 1993
National Crisis and National Government
Goodbye, Great Britain
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Shorter Notices Get access PHILIP WILLIAMSON PHILIP WILLIAMSON University of Durham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXI, Issue 433, September 1994, Pages 1029–1030, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CXI.433.1029 Published: 01 September 1994
Labour Governments and Private Industry
Part 1 policies: The Reichstag method of governing? - Atlee governments and permanent economic controls, Neil Rollings productivity policy, Jim Tomlinson anti-monopoly policy, Helen Mercer private industrial movements, Martin Chick whatever happened to the British warfare state? - the Ministry of Supply 1945-1951, David Edgerton taxation policy, Richard Whiting. Part 2 the sectors: the cotton industry - a middle way between nationalism and self-g…
Indexing the Census
Amongst the new output formats adopted for the 1991 Census were the Small Area and Local Base Statistics tables and the Samples of Anonymised Records. During an attempt to combine these data sources to estimate whole populations, a need was recognised for a computer algorithm to aggregate SAR data flexibly into LBS and SAS table look-alikes. This paper is a report on progress in the development of such an algorithm, including the concomitant deve…
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SHORTER NOTICES PHILIP WILLIAMSON PHILIP WILLIAMSON University of Durham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CX, Issue 439, November 1995, Page 1329, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CX.439.1329 Published: 01 November 1995
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Journal Article SHORTER NOTICES Get access PHILIP WILLIAMSON PHILIP WILLIAMSON University of Durham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CX, Issue 437, July 1995, Pages 802–803, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CX.437.802 Published: 01 July 1995
Readings in Population Research Methodology
Quantitative Geographical Methods
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Journal Article SHORTER NOTICES Get access PHILIP WILLIAMSON PHILIP WILLIAMSON University of Durham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXI, Issue 441, April 1996, Pages 544–545, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CXI.441.544 Published: 01 April 1996
Europe's Population
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SHORTER NOTICES Get access PHILIP WILLIAMSON PHILIP WILLIAMSON University of Durham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXII, Issue 446, April 1997, Pages 528–529, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CXII.446.528 Published: 01 April 1997
On Reynolds's Use of de Piles, Locke, and Hume in His Essays on Rubens and Gainsborough
Gainsborough's Wit
Gainsborough’s Wit Amal Asfour and Paul Williamson Beginning with their earliest recipients, readers of Gainsborough’s letters have been struck by the vivacity with which he handles the language. William Jackson of Exeter, one of Gainsborough’s closest correspondents, compares his writing style with Sterne’s: “He detested reading; but was so like Sterne in his Letters, that, if it were not for an originality that could be copied from no one, it m…
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SHORTER NOTICES PHILIP WILLIAMSON PHILIP WILLIAMSON University of Durham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXIII, Issue 453, September 1998, Pages 1023–1024, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CXIII.453.1023 Published: 01 September 1998
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