...represented for fourteen years. Stone started collecting photographs as a record of everyday life in this country and abroad - he was a world-wide traveller - but, finding he could...
...purpose. The Second World War delayed the implementation of the recommendations, so it was not until February 1946 that the House of Lords Record Office, as we were known until...
...here. STH/FS/2/5 - Death Sentences (1953-1965) If you look carefully at the image you will see the name of Ruth Ellis (9 October 1926 – 13 July 1955). She was...
...Winston Churchill’s maiden speech given the day before. Tariff reform and Irish Home Rule would remain a constant passion for Bonar Law throughout his political career. In 1902 Bonar Law...
...to a nationwide research project to explore the DNA of historic parchments. The project is being run by the University of York and Trinity College Dublin, and involves a collaboration...
...the Elizabeth Tower is the most ambitious to date. In the 1950s, the tower was repaired following the Second World War where it was bombed. These repairs were limited due...
...together on many issues in Parliament, including pensions for widows and orphans, equal franchise, and women police. Women police had been recruited to some police forces during the First World...
