The archive collections of Parliament mainly consist of paper and parchment records from Acts of Parliament and deposited plans to journals and letters. But you can also find an interesting variety of physical objects within the collection, so here is …
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the poet Lord Byron’s death. His eventful life and times are well chronicled with hundreds of books and articles written about him. However, relatively little has been recorded regarding his political beliefs and …
Since 2022 the Parliamentary Archives' social media platforms have inducted historical figures from our collections into a richly diverse Hall of Fame. In this article, I’ll be celebrating a selection of inductees divided into six categories as they are rewarded …
Some former Prime Ministers got themselves to 10 Downing Street driven by a tunnel vision bordering on the obsessed. Others seemed to make it happen by accident rather than design. Lord Alec Douglas-Home falls into the latter category and this …
As members of the Parliamentary Archives Collection Care team, we are entrusted with the preservation of over three million records, a vast collection housed within the historic Palace of Westminster’s Victoria Tower. Our journey has taken a significant turn as …
The Clerk of the Parliaments is the chief clerk of the House of Lords. The title has been around in some form since the Middle Ages. It wasn’t until the Clerk of the Parliaments Act 1824 that the role was …
It can be argued that the purpose of an archive is to hold documents for the continued access of the public, sharing historical information of the past to present and future researchers. However, not all documents within the archives can …
The Field Detectives are a group of historians who have been investigating historic landscapes since 1999. We have a saying that ‘Every Field Tells a Story’, but the field surveys are just the beginning of those stories. Field-walking, metal detecting …
We continue our latest series of blog posts on ‘Inside the Act Room’ exploring those significant years in modern British history that were like no other. In this instalment, we travel back just over a century to 1922 as domestically …
Our social media followers will know that since 2021 we’ve dedicated one Friday a month to showcase random items held in the Parliamentary Archives collections. It is only right to compile eight of the best entries. Here’s an insider look …
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