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New Year, New Book

15 January 2019 By Caroline Shenton

I’m thrilled to announce that I signed a contract for my third book just before Christmas. It will be published by John Murray in June 2021. Here is a taster of what I will be working on over the next 18 months: “This is the gripping and sometimes hilarious story of how a band of […]

Filed Under: The 1834 Fire

Interview with the Author

23 August 2018 By Caroline Shenton

Interview with the Author

To mark the paperback publication today of Mr Barry’s War. Rebuilding the Houses of Parliament after the great fire of 1834, I interview myself on how it came about. Q. Hello readers.  Today we’re with Caroline Shenton to talk about her new book, Mr Barry’s War.  Welcome, Caroline! A. Thanks, Caroline, it’s a pleasure to be here [sips a […]

Filed Under: Book Blog Tour, New Palace of Westminster, Parliamentary History, Publicising the Book, Publishing the Book, Writing and Researching

Moonlighting

18 August 2018 By Caroline Shenton

Moonlighting

Lots of people have been asking me about the striking cover of Mr Barry’s War (out in paperback next week) so here’s a little more about it. The painting belongs to the Government Art Collection (ref GAC 12453). I’d no idea where it hung when I suggested it as an image for the dust jacket but romantically liked […]

Filed Under: Book Blog Tour, New Palace of Westminster, Publicising the Book, Publishing the Book

Parliament Buildings of the World: No 10 – Iceland

4 August 2018 By Caroline Shenton

Parliament Buildings of the World: No 10 – Iceland

Although I left Westminster last year, I still can’t resist exploring Parliamentary sites when I’m on holiday. This summer I’m in Iceland for a few days and that brings me to the great-grandmother of all legislative locations: Thingvellir. The ancient Icelandic Parliament, the Althingi, arose here in 930CE and met every summer until the thirteenth […]

Filed Under: Parliaments of the World

The Silence of the Bells

23 August 2017 By Caroline Shenton

The Silence of the Bells

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. […]

Filed Under: New Palace of Westminster

Petitions against the new Houses of Parliament

1 October 2016 By Caroline Shenton

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…

Filed Under: Book Blog Tour, Historic Westminster, New Palace of Westminster

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Dr Caroline Shenton is an archivist and historian. Her book The Day Parliament Burned Down won the Political Book of the Year Award in 2013. Read More…

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