This year marks the centenary of the Royal British Legion. This blog written by Katherine Emery, Assistant Archives Officer, will be looking at the early years of the Legion, especially the support towards disabled ex-servicemen. The Legion was originally founded …
This article was written by Miriam Gibson, Archives Assistant (Graduate Trainee). Content warning: This article uses contemporary quotes which contain offensive language and details of the transatlantic slave trade, which some readers may find upsetting. “The storm is fast gathering; every instant …
Continuing our series on the history of Jewish MPs we turn our attention to Sydney Silverman. A politician unafraid to tackle the most serious subjects that others refused to be drawn upon. This blog was written by Richard Ward, Assistant …
By Mari Takayanagi, Senior Archivist On 22 September 1921, Margaret Wintringham (1879-1955) was elected MP for Louth in Lincolnshire in a by-election, becoming the first ever Liberal woman MP. She was the third woman MP ever elected, following Constance Markievicz in 1918 and …
In August 2021 Henley Royal Regatta changed its dress code to allow women to wear trousers in the Steward's Enclosure after a petition the previous year by University of Oxford rower Georgia Grant called the dress code ‘draconian’. [1] The …
Over the past year of Elizabeth Tower blog posts from the Parliamentary Archives, we’ve taken a deeper look at the Ayrton Light, Big Ben and the quarter bells and the decorative shields which adorn the Tower’s façade. As restoration of …
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the passing of the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act. So, here’s ten things you need to know about this seminal piece of legislation. This blog was written by Richard Ward, Assistant Archives Officer. …
In this period, Poplar was one of the poorest areas of London, with high levels of unemployment, poverty and hunger. Under the Poor Law, initiatives to alleviate these issues by the Poplar Poor Law Union had to be funded by …
Since the medieval period, permission for building roads and other public works has been granted by acts of Parliament. Permission to build canals and railways has been granted this way since the eighteenth century, and since 1794 promoters of these …
This blog article was written by Sandip Samra. Sandip is a Customer Marketing and Communications Manager in the Research and Information department. She manages the House of Commons Library and POST's marketing and Communications to Parliamentarians. Sandip is currently co-Secretary …
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