On the Record: The People’s Charter
In this episode of On the Record, we explore Chartism, Britain’s first mass political movement, driven by the working classes.
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Trailer – On the Record: The People’s Charter
In our next episode, we explore the rise of Chartism, the 19th-century working-class mass movement that shook Britain’s political establishment.
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On the Record: The Putney Debates
On this episode of On the Record, we step inside St Mary’s Church, Putney in 1647, where many wrestled with bold, world shaping ideas.
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Trailer – On the Record: The Putney Debates
In our next episode of On the Record, we step inside St Mary’s Church, Putney in 1647, where many wrestled with bold, world shaping ideas.
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On the Record: Magna Carta
In this first instalment of our miniseries People and Power, we find out more about the document from 1215 that became known as Magna Carta, or ‘great charter'.
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Trailer – On the Record: Magna Carta
In our next episode of On the Record, the first in our People and Power miniseries, we explore two medieval documents that reshaped ideas of power in society.
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On the Record: Love Letters
This episode looks at the extraordinary collection of love letters, spanning centuries, that you might not expect to find in a government archive.
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Trailer – On the Record: Love Letters
In our next episode of On the Record, we explore 500 years of devotion, longing and forbidden love from our new Love Letters exhibition.
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