This blog was written by Richard Ward, Assistant Archives Officer. For many years’ Dr David Pitt was one of the most recognisable Civil Rights Campaigners in Britain. A trusted figure who commanded a universal love and respect from the many …
This blog post is the fifth in a series on the Queen Caroline Affair to mark its bicentenary. For an outline of the full story of the Affair, see this introductory blog post and this video. In this blog post, Dr Katie Carpenter …
This blog post is the fourth in a series on the Queen Caroline Affair to mark its bicentenary. For an outline of the full story of the Affair, see this introductory blog post and this video. In this blog post, Dr Katie Carpenter …
This blog was written by Ugbana Oyet, Serjeant at Arms in the House of Commons. Mr Oyet was appointed in October 2019. Prior to this he was Parliament’s Principal Electrical Engineer and Programme Director for the Engineering Infrastructure and Resilience …
This blog was written by Catherine Ross. Catherine Ross is the Founder and Director of the Museumand, National Caribbean Heritage Museum – the first museum in the UK to celebrate Caribbean heritage, culture and social history. She emigrated to the …
This blog was written by Richard Ward, Assistant Archives Officer. On the afternoon of 25th February 2008 an air of sadness permeated around the House of Lords Chamber after the death of Baroness Darcy de Knayth was announced. Fittingly prior …
This blog was written by Katie Widdowson, Cataloguer. The arrangement of archives is not always immediately obvious, and this can make it difficult for users to search archive catalogues efficiently to find the records they need. This blog will aim …
This blog post is the third in a series on the Queen Caroline Affair to mark its bicentenary. For an outline of the full story of the Affair, see this introductory blog post and this video. In this blog post, Dr Katie Carpenter …
This blog was written by Katherine Emery, Assistant Archives Officer. The Parliamentary Archives holds many varied collections. This includes all Acts of Parliament since 1497, the journals for both the House of Lords and House of Commons as well as …
This blog post is the second in a series on The Queen Caroline Affair to mark its bicentenary. In this post, Dr Katie Carpenter explains what a Bill of Pains and Penalties is, and why it was a last resort …
