...family, she was responsible for security and access in the House of Lords during all non-sitting times, signified by her control of the keys to the chamber. She also had...
This blog was written by Katie Widdowson, Assistant Archives Officer. This Autumn, the Parliamentary Archives are showcasing a display commemorating the Armistice of World War One. This display is located...
...the charity in the world’. Unfortunately, the Bill hit the buffers which meant a new course of action was required as the NLB took the decision to march to London....
...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)...
...Guiana (now Guyana) in 1922. When Pathe News profiled a superb individual performance by Learie against England at Lords in 1928 they dubbed him ‘The Coloured Catapult’. On the same...
...the world any more than those who cared nothing about politics. It did not prevent them from performing all those social and domestic duties which it was their peculiar right...
...Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa and the UK), the Association grew in its first 30 years to encompass over 20 parliaments and legislatures. Today more than 165 legislatures are connected...
...In terms of sales, Russell was the outright winner. An internal Literature Report from 1959 noted that Russell’s apocalyptic themed If Man is to Survive sold 9,735 copies over a...
...leaving education he become a journalist then soon after joined the Independent Labour Party. By the outbreak of the First World War he was editing party publication Labour Leader. Influenced...
...one of British politics most esteemed figures accepted the invitation. For once the legendary presenter Roy Plomley couldn’t get a word in edgeways as Shinwell with his trademark chutzpah regaled...
