Buildings and Architecture
-
Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Paul Seaward, ‘Do our buildings shape us’?
Last month our Director, Dr Paul Seaward, spoke at our ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar on ‘Do our buildings shape…
-
Restored, Renewed, Relocated: Parliament and its buildings
Before Christmas Rebekah Moore, holder of an AHRC collaborative doctoral award with the History of Parliament and Institute of Historical…
-
Parliament in a portacabin: the routine maintenance of Westminster Hall in the Middle Ages
During the summer recess staff at Parliament take the opportunity to undertake repair work on the Palace. This is a…
-
Seats in the Commons
After today’s State Opening of Parliament, many MPs will also have to battle to find a seat to debate the…
-
Burning the House down: The Fire of 1834
Today in 1834 a huge fire swept through the old Palace of Westminster, destroying most of the medieval buildings. Caroline…
-
Parliament, Politics and People Seminar: Caroline Shenton
Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the History’s Commons, 1832-68 project and one of the Victorian Commons bloggers, reports back…