Recent front page environmental and climate issues have highlighted the need for clear and committed leadership if we are to halt the planet’s destruction and protect public health. With ministers and wielders of executive power twiddling their thumbs, it’s unclear who has final say on pressing concerns such as pollution, the climate and nature conservation. […]
Extinction Rebellion have met with MPs in the Houses of Parliament to discuss climate and ecological issues and also presented a draft Private Members Bill with their climate demands. They assembled in the Churchill Room in the House of Commons where Prof. Kate Jeffrey and climate scientist and author Dr Joeri Rogeli presented a talk […]
Tourists heading to Westminster will, no doubt, be fascinated by the Brexit deadlock which has created a political crisis in this country. History, politics and law now converge as Prime Minister Boris Johnson contemplates breaking decades of constitutional convention to find a resolution. Fears that the PM may suspend Parliament to get a no-deal Brexit […]
A summer exhibition in Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament covers the events of the Peterloo Massacre, 16 August 1819 when a cavalry charge into a crowd of Manchester protestors led to 18 deaths and around 500 injured. The display boards detail the unfolding political and social turmoil in calendar order, starting with the end of […]
WESTMINSTER has been a hive of activity in recent months as environmental protestors descend on the political heart of the city. These purposeful pilgrimages by a number of unaligned campaign groups with a common aim are driven by concern, passion and desperation rather than policy consensus. On June 26th, the Climate Coalition attempted to bring […]
On December 1st 1919, Lady Astor became the first woman MP to take her seat in the House of Commons but was not the first elected. Sinn Fein supporter Countess Constance Markievicz was elected a year earlier in 1918 but turned it down. Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor was born to a wealthy railroad construction family […]
When a 2014 planning proposal for a museum about East End women’s history turned into a ‘concealed’ bid to build a Jack the Ripper museum in Tower Hamlets, local campaigners fought long and hard for some actual recognition of East London’s historic suffragette movement. This resulted in efforts to build The East End Women’s Museum […]
In this day and age we grumble about Brexit and Boris and take for granted many of our democratic rights but it’s important to remember that were it not for one rebel baron 750 years ago we’d probably still be ruled by a monarchy. Baron Simon de Montfort at the very least planted the seeds […]
Hampstead & Highgate’s spring offering of arts, culture, nature spots, food & drink! The sunnier weather’s tentative appearance ups the outdoor vibe. We point you in the direction of exhibitions, museums, cafes, restaurants and more! It’s all good heading for Hampstead’s hotspots at the first hint of sunshine, but your purposeful traipsing could be […]
Another Tory Leadership Race. Another Tory PM. It Seems Only The Whigs Can Stop Them Now! Conservative party members gathered in the Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Westminster for the announcement of the winner of the leadership race and few were surprised when at midday Foreign Secretary Liz Truss emerged victorious. No gasps of disbelief […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
