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New Palace of Westminster

The Regency Chino

16 March 2014 By Caroline Shenton

When the young Charles Barry visited Paris on the first leg of his Grand Tour in 1817, he  had yet to acquire the necessary social polish of a gentleman.  On his arrival the future architect of the new Palace of Westminster made a few blunders in polite society which he never repeated.  His diaries are […]

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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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