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George Poulett Scrope, a geologist and political economist, wrote this pamphlet in 1832 - the year the Great Reform Act...
In 1797 the tomb of King John at Worcester Cathedral was opened at the prompting of the engraver Valentine Green (1739–1...
Henry ‘Orator’ Hunt was a prominent campaigner for parliamentary reform, whose reputation for passionate public speaking...
This is a secret paper that was written by Colonel Sir Bruce Seton to address the question of the degree of prevalence, ...
What was the Royal Humane Society? The Royal Humane Society was a charity founded in 1774 by two doctors concerned at th...
In 1939, and again in 1940, Lincoln Cathedral’s Magna Carta was exhibited at the New York World’s Fair. This first overs...
This is a report on the work of a charity providing overnight lodgings for Liverpool’s homeless population. It summarise...
The European Convention on Human Rights is a pan-European treaty, drafted by a committee of the Council of Europe in whi...
This is a file from the Political & Secret Department of the India Office. It contains a confidential note compiled by t...
What is this? This photograph provides physical evidence of the use of explosive bullets in combat. It shows several ex...
What is this? Published 20 years after the end of the First World War this is an account of one of the four main hospita...
This edition of the Report from the Committee of the honourable the House of Commons on the Employment of Boys in Sweepi...
The Human Rights Act received royal assent on 9 November 1998 and came into force on 2 October 2000. The purpose of this...
In 1773 the British government established the Supreme Court of Judicature for Bengal. Controversially, the court limite...
In wartime it is common for Governments to try to control the flow of information being released to the general public....
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