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…
New Palace of Westminster
Parliament Buildings of the World: No 9 – Hungary
Along with the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, the Hungarian legislature (Országgyűlés) in Budapest has a building which has more than one point of comparison with Westminster. A recent summer holiday on the Danube Bend has provided the opportunity to look at those in more detail. The Budapest Parliament’s riverside location and Gothic Revival profile immediately call to […]
A New Dawn for the Houses of Parliament
Find out more about how Parliament’s new abstract art installation fits with Charles Barry’s original vision at Westminster in my recent blog for the Virtual St Stephen’s project. More…
The Other Houses of Charles Barry
Charles Barry (1795-1860) is best-known as the architect of the new Houses of Parliament. With the designer AWN Pugin (1812-1852) he created the most iconic building in London, familiar to millions the world over as a symbol of Britain and representative democracy. It was a labour of love. Barry was a Londoner through-and-through: he was […]
The Joy of Editing
After months of lying dormant, this blog is about to spring back into life. That’s because I’ve just completed my second book, a sequel to The Day Parliament Burned Down. It’s taken about two years to complete: six months of research, about 15 months of writing (roughly one chapter per month with time off at Christmas 2014) […]
Parliament Buildings of the World: No 8 – Canada
Of all the legislatures in the world which follow the Westminster model, the Parliament of Canada in Ottawa seems most familiar to British observers. It has a House of Commons, members of Parliament and a Gothic-revival Parliament building, a Hansard, an impartial Speaker (unlike the USA, for example) and procedural manuals and processes which parallel those in […]
