The restoration work to Big Ben and the Clock Tower of the Houses of Parliament, which began last Monday will take for four years to complete and has provoked a flurry of media interest because of the pearl-clutching response of some MPs to the news. Here’s a piece I wrote for the Guardian about it. […]
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Petitions against the new Houses of Parliament
Did you know that the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster led to a rash of complaints in 1837 by the neighbours? If not, read on…
A Westminster Boy Made Good
One of the most fascinating things about Charles Barry, architect of the new Palace of Westminster, is that he was born and brought up in the shadow of the old one. Find out more in my blogpost for the Victorian House of Commons project at the History of Parliament…
Rebuilding Parliament: Victorian Lessons Learned
With the proposed Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster in the news, take a look at my blog for publication day, where I imagine what might have been on Charles Barry’s ‘lessons learned’ list. More…
Publication Day!
Here it is! Three years in the making…
New Light on Barry and Pugin
Find out about a recent acquisition of letters from AWN Pugin to Charles Barry relating to the building of the new Palace of Westminster in my blogpost for the Parliamentary Archives. More…
