From the late 18th century, some people advocated rights for women as citizens equal to that of men. Women played a part alongside men in general agitation for political reform in the early 19th ...

St Mary Undercroft, which was rebuilt in the nineteenth century, is still a working chapel within the Houses of Parliament. It was decorated in the nineteenth century by Edward Barry. During its long ...

On 6 August 1348 Edward III founded two new colleges at his two favourite palaces, St George's at Windsor Castle and St Stephen's within the Palace of Westminster. Staffed by priests and singers, both ...

Until the early years of the 20th century, the House of Lords had the power to veto (stop) legislation. However, this arrangement was put under pressure when the House of Lords refused to pass David ...

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'An Act to make provision in connection with the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games that are to take place in London in the year 2012; to amend the Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995; and ...

This envelope, sent by former Parliamentary Clerk Basil St George Drennan, displays the 1948 London Olympic Games stamp. Drennan began his Parliamentary career in 1926, where he remained until his ...

Henry VIII's Reformation Parliament, which sat from 1529 to 1536, fundamentally changed the nature of Parliament and of English government. The King summoned it in order to settle what was called his ...

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For English Catholics the plot was a disaster, tainting all with the treason of a handful of men; and when Parliament met in January 1606, there were calls for action against Catholics from strongly ...