What is… Longer than the length of three football fields? 200 years old? And made of animal skin? It's the Longest Act! To give it its proper title, it's the Land Tax Commissioners' Act 1821, which at 348 metres is …
An influx of rookie MPs entered the House of Commons after the post-war 1945 General Election. One of the new intakes was the celebrated playwright, Benn Levy who’d won the Eton & Slough seat for the victorious Labour Party. …
This blog article was written by Ann Moghaddami to mark UK Disability History Month (UKDM). The blog looks at how the records held in the Parliamentary Archives reflect changing legislative and societal attitudes to disability, family life and sex, one …
This year marks the centenary of the Royal British Legion. This blog written by Katherine Emery, Assistant Archives Officer, will be looking at the early years of the Legion, especially the support towards disabled ex-servicemen. The Legion was originally founded …
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