November | 2020 | Parliamentary Archives: Inside the Act Room

IF HE THINKS FIT

Richard Ward, 24 November 2020 - Art, History, Politics

A Censorship Caper in Committee STARRING Harley Granville Barker, Lena Ashwell, George Bernard Shaw, Herbert Samuel, Speaker Lowther, George Redford & the mysterious Lord Chamberlain!!! At the turn of the 20th century British theatre was suffering from a censoring …

BROADCASTING BIG BEN

Nicole Hartland, 16 November 2020 - History

This blog article was written by Nicole Hartland, Archive Assistant (Graduate Trainee). The sound of Big Ben is iconic. Big Ben (rings the note of E) and the four quarter bells (ring G sharp, F sharp, E, and B) sound …

Surprising Faces in the Archives – Theatre

Katherine Emery, 13 November 2020 - History

For part two of our surprising faces blog, we look at some of the people you wouldn’t expect to find within the collections of the Parliamentary Archives from the world of theatre. This includes a variety of playwrights and actors, …

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IF HE THINKS FIT

BROADCASTING BIG BEN

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