This blog was written by Verity Jones, Archives Assistant (Graduate Trainee). For our second jargon busting blog, we’re looking at one of the most unhelpfully named collections in the Parliamentary Archives – the Main Papers. While their name gives little …
This blog was written by Katherine Emery and Alicia de la Serna Saenz. Katherine explores the history and imagery of wax seals and Alicia describes the current conservation work being carried out to preserve the wax seals for future generations. …
Guest post by Portia Dadley, House of Commons Hansard Writing Team. Hansard is a no-fail operation: come rain or shine, reports of debates in the Chamber and Committees are always published. In the second world war, that commitment was tested to …
This blog was written by Katherine Emery, Assistant Archives Officer. The English Civil War dates from 1642 to 1651, which ultimately led to the execution of Charles I and England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland being run as a Commonwealth with …
This blog was written by Verity Jones, Archives Assistant Graduate Trainee. I am currently the Archives Assistant Graduate Trainee in the Parliamentary Archives, having started in September 2019. Over the last 8 months, I have got to grips with many …
This blog was written by Richard Ward, Assistant Archives Officer. In the early hours of the 1st April 1966, BBC cameras covering the General Election captured the moment Jack Ashley was confirmed as the new Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent …
This blog post was written by Verity Jones, Assistant Archivist (Graduate Trainee). On the 29th March, the clocks will go forward one hour, meaning the end of Greenwich Mean Time and the official start of British Summer Time. At this …
A guest post by Bruce Ryder, an independent researcher working on a biography of Bishop Thomas Ken. J. C. Sainty, in his paper The Parliament Office in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (1977), identifies Thomas Ken as one of the …
As the New Year approaches, we will once again hear the bongs of Big Ben ring out across London as midnight strikes. While renovations are taking place, the Great Bell is currently only rung on special occasions such as Remembrance …
This blog was written by Verity Jones, Archive Assistant (Graduate Trainee). Today, 7th October 2019, marks the first day of the removal of the scaffolding currently covering the Elizabeth Tower. It has obscured the tower since 2017, with only one …
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