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 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 …
This blog was written by Richard Ward, Assistant Archives Officer. Continuing our series of blogs on disability history, this is the life and times of Britain’s first blind MP. An inspiring story of determination, love and liberalism. It was a …
This blog article was written by Dr Katie Carpenter from the University of the Highlands and Islands. The summer of 2020 marks 200 years since ‘The Queen Caroline Affair’. This unprecedented episode in British history saw Queen Caroline, the estranged …
This blog was written by Verity Jones, Assistant Archivist (Trainee). The Palace of Westminster is full of quirks, and its secrets are still being discovered – did you hear about the secret doorway recently found near Westminster Hall? It is …
This blog post was written by Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the House of Commons, 1832-1945 project at the History of Parliament Trust. One of the more unusual items in the Parliamentary Archives is a silver trowel, used to lay …
This blog was written by Katherine Emery, Assistant Archives Officer. The two towers of the Houses of Parliament make up the well-known silhouette of the building. The more famous Elizabeth Tower, the clocktower that the holds Big Ben and the …
