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News A Magna Carta for the common(s) people: Cornelia Parker's Wikipedia Embroidery unveiled at British LibraryCornelia Parker’s major embroidery installation of Magna Carta is about to go on display at the British Library - here's a sneak preview.14 May 2015 -
News Art And Activism By Urban Aboriginal Artist At The October GalleryFiona Foley's art show is a departure from the Aboriginal art usually seen in the UK. Her highly politicised modern work looks at the treatment of Aborigines both in the past and during very recent history.17 November 2006 -
News Artists respond to 800th Anniversary of the Magna CartaAs the Queen spends the morning at Runnymede the historic anniversary of the Magna Carta is being marked by a number of innovative art projects across the country this week.15 June 2015 -
Archive: Association or society County: Hertfordshire Bernie Grant Archives at the University of Middlesex Barnet
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News Best-preserved Magna Carta goes on show at Salisbury Cathedral for Magna Carta 800Salisbury Cathedral’s copy of Magna Carta is re-housed in a dramatic new display for their Magna Carta: Spirit of Justice, Power of Words exhibition opening for Magna Carta 800.27 February 2015 -
Digital and online resources: Film, video or vodcast, Resource County: South Yorkshire Breaking Chains - Sheffield Civil RightsMuseums Sheffield: Weston ParkMuseums Sheffield: Weston Park
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News British Library opens ballot to view four original Magna CartasThe British Library ballot to view the last four original Magna Cartas together for the first time in history has opened.07 October 2014 -
News Cornelia Parker to create huge Wikipedia-inspired replication of Magna Carta at British LibraryThe Royal Academician says her 13-metre long replication of Magna Carta's Wikipedia page, stitched by hundreds of people the charter has affected, is "a snapshot of the debate right now".02 December 2014 -
Curator's Choice Curator's Choice: Federica Chiocchetti on nudity, Fiats, Martin Parr's scrapbooks and 1970s ItalyThe co-curator on Amore e Piombo: The Photography of Extremes in 1970s Italy, which is part of the current Brighton Photo Biennial at the city's Museum and Art Gallery.31 October 2014 -
Interview Curator's Choice: The Magna Carta at the British LibraryIn her own Words...Dr Claire Breay Lead Curator of Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts at the British Library tells us why the Magna Carta is such a powerful piece of British history.15 October 2011 -
Review Daumier (1808-1879): Visions of Paris at London's Royal Academy of ArtsHonoré Daumier portrays Jesus, Napoleonic authorities, the beginnings of photography and Don Quixote in a show full of compelling works at the Royal Academy.22 October 2013 -
Preview Democracy for Scotland: the Museum of Edinburgh examines the referendum experienceAs referendum fever rages in Scotland and hits the UK national news, the Museum of Edinburgh presents a retrospective of the two previous referendums in 1979 and 1997 with a selection of materials from its own collections and the Scottish Political Archive in Stirling.07 March 2012 -
Website: Virtual exhibition or images County: West Yorkshire Feminist Activism - Education & Job OpportunitiesSpecial Collections, Leeds University LibrarySpecial Collections University Library | Leeds
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Event: Course or class, Lecture, talk or reading County: Greater London Five Ways to Find Pauper AncestorsFound a pauper on your family tree? Or an elderly relative who died in the workhouse? Or an orphaned child who was sent to an orphanage? If you want to know more about how you can find out about these people and their...Society of Genealogists | London | 5 September 2018 -
Trail From Peterloo to the Pankhursts: A Radical Politics TrailFrom the Peterloo Massacre, through the Anti-Corn Law League to the connections with Marx and Engels, Manchester has a strong tradition of political radicalism. Discover the people, the locations, museums and collections in this trail developed with the help of the People's History Museum. -
Website: Resource or activity pack, Virtual exhibition or images County: West Yorkshire From Suffering to SuffrageHuddersfield Local Studies LibraryHuddersfield Local Studies Library
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C24 Feature Happy birthday Winston Churchill: Five rooms and objects telling Churchill's wartime storyOn Winston Churchill's 141st birthday, Phil Reed, the Director of London's Churchill War Rooms, takes a look at the rooms and objects which tell the tale of his leadership.30 November 2015 -
Website: Resource or activity pack, Virtual exhibition or images County: West Yorkshire History of Leeds - poverty and richesMy Learning, LeedsMy Learning | Leeds
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News House of Lords records to be made available to public by National Library of ScotlandAround 3,000 "fragile" volumes from the 19th century house are to be digitised - reflecting a period when more British Prime Ministers served in the Lords than in the House of Commons.28 July 2015
