IT is announced that H.M. Stationery Office will publishat an early date a volume, the first to be issued, of the “History of Parliament”, which has been in course of preparation for some time under ...

Professor Robert Bartlett: Henry III was nine years old when he became the fourth Plantagenet king of England. The French dynasty had ruled England and much of France for 50 years. But Henry's father, ...

Oh, for a book of the kind this one might have been. There are plenty of narrow studies of episodes in Westminster's history. I wrote one myself. JR Maddicott's fine study The Origins of the English ...

Both Houses of Parliament meet in Westminster Hall to present an Address to His Majesty King Charles III following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II - Dan Kitwood/Getty As a child, I read ...

IF A week is said to be a long time in politics, then 17 years feels closer to an eternity. The political scene as it was on May 6, 1999 - the date of the first Scottish Parliament elections - is ...

In 1812 prime minister Spencer Perceval, standing in the lobby of the Commons, was approached by a trader with a grievance called John Bellingham, who produced a gun and shot the premier at point ...

Choosing the best parliamentary speeches out of the thousands made during the past 750 years is a virtually impossible task - but, on BBC Democracy Day, here are some picked by experts. Simon de ...

NEW DELHI: The magnificent Parliament House, which may soon hand over its position as the country's hallowed legislature to a new complex coming up in its vicinity, was inaugurated on this very day 96 ...

Raging fires, sieges and Brexit – it's safe to say our dear Palace of Westminster has been through a lot over the years. Covering an astonishing eight acres,1,100 rooms organised symmetrically over ...

Independent member for the Victorian seat of Indi Helen Haines has taken to Twitter to criticise the Coalition government's use of so-called "gag motions" to stifle debate in federal parliament. Ms ...

A visual history of Parliament Street is a post that probably could have been compiled a long time ago given the stature and visual interest of the subject in question. Named after the provincial ...