...were still forced into back-breaking, life-threatening work in exchange for derisory payments. The terms “slave labour” and “slave wages” remain in our vocabulary today, reflecting the fact that some people...
...for politics fuelled by a desire to help decolonialise the West Indies from imperial rule. He soon became a spokesperson for the cause of Trinidadian nationalism and in 1943 founded...
...by the winds of change that was gathering momentum across the developing world. The winners were Egypt whose President Abdel Nasser was the prominent anti-colonial nationalist in the continent highlighted...
...organised to Aldermaston. Bertrand Russell Article ‘Only World Government Can Prevent the War’, 20th century, Parliamentary Archives, ST/118/2 Philosopher Bertrand Russell tended to avoid the rigours of marching but was...
...Clock Tower (Detail), The Illustrated London News, by Illustrated London News, © Parliamentary Art Collection, WOA 6141 Acton Smee Ayrton was a Liberal Party politician, MP for Tower Hamlets (1853-1874)...
...taken. The Second World War In the Second World War, women were mobilised for work and again, did jobs traditionally done by men but for less money. Examples of this...
...is championed equally. There is also work to be done at national and international levels; I have been impressed by young people who have spoken eloquently against racism, engaged with...
...of the Norman Porch, take a moment to have a look at our latest display that celebrates the genius of nineteenth century cartoonist Harry Furniss. Satire; the use of humour,...
...TNA’s secure cloud storage and tested and launched the access portal webarchive.parliament.uk. Benefits of the Move Moving some aspects of running the Web Archive across to The National Archives means...
...Newsletter for the latest updates on visiting and Big Ben, https://parliament.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3ad7e4c57a864f07e4db008c4&id=e227b1ada0 References: Angelova, L., (2019) Adhesives and consolidants for wax and wax-like materials: a review. Wax Modelling Congress 2017...
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