...English church. But it was only really the revolution of 1688-89 and the resulting transformation in the role of the Westminster parliament that enabled public petitioning to assume a regular...
...conflict came through debates and statements to the House rather than through media and newspapers, like it would be today. Resources House of Commons Saturday sitting debate https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1982/apr/03/falkland-islands House of...
The personal papers of William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate were placed with the House of Lords Record Office (today’s Parliamentary Archives) in May 1973 by his widow Viscountess Stansgate...
...Archives search room: This morning I work in the archives – it’s full today and we all sit silently side by side working away at our own projects. I seem...
...the fire. The printed versions of the Journals can be found in the corridor next to the search room in the Parliamentary Archives, so visitors can access them without having...
...House of Lords, chose to keep hold of sixteen enacted Bills (or Original Acts). Since then, our collections have grown to more than three million records. Today, the Parliamentary Archives...
...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,...
...of the Lord Chancellor and the transition through the Constitutional Reform Act, to the role of the Lord Speaker today. The House of Lords Speaker's role is similar to the...
...and control the practices of witchcraft, magic and divination from 1541 to today. The history of magic and witchcraft is an ancient, complex and emotive one and, unfortunately, the Witchcraft...
...and societal attitudes to disability, family life and sex, one of the UKDHM themes for 2021. UKDM runs from November to December and aims to celebrate the achievements, challenge disablism...
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