...who worked under the title, Lord Chamberlain, who would enforce a moralistic grip on the world of plays, players & playhouses. The restoration was a period where the shackles of...
...is currently only rung on special occasions such as Remembrance Sunday and New Year’s Eve (along with several test runs in the lead up to the big events!). In total,...
...rower Georgia Grant called the dress code ‘draconian’. [1] The news item did not generate a great deal of interest and it quickly disappeared down the news feeds. Comments, where...
...union powers. A higher profile meant greater media exposure and the Times Newspaper disclosed that Lestor was turned away from the Connaught Hotel Restaurant for daring to wear a trouser...
...Strachey, 6th July 1926, Parliamentary Archives, STR/33/5/63 Rudyard Kipling This newspaper clipping from the ‘Manchester Dispatch’ in 1912 also from the Beaverbrook Collection, it features Rudyard Kipling, author of ‘The...
...social improvement in Africa”. Hansard - American Intercourse Bill debate, 17th June 1806, Parliamentary Archives, HAN/1/7 You can read the entire debate on the Hansard Website, American Intercourse Bill: Hansard...
...connection came to light Profumo had to come clean. Delivering a statement from the benches in the spring Profumo denied ‘any impropriety’. Still, the Labour Party backed by several newspapers...
...amongst others. As the fifties concluded Silverman aligned himself with the CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) movement. Pathe News footage of the time saw him at his mischievous best leading...
...blog, Pasting the Proclamation: Helen Fox and Barbara Duval. Barbara Duval and Helen Fox pasting ‘Proclamation’ posters on the wall of Scotland Yard, 12 October 1908, Parliamentary Archives, HL/PO/RO/1/229 Day...
...increasingly inevitable conflict with Nazi Germany. As Chamberlain declared war in September 1939 Reith was on board the Queen Mary returning home from attending New York ‘s World Fair. Ideally,...
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