The Representation of the People Act 1928 grants women the same rights to vote as men. Building on reform of 1918, this Act lowered the voting age for women from 30 to 21, and removed the ownership of ...

Van Dyck’s magnificent self-portrait embarked on a major, three year tour, celebrating its acquisition for the nation in 2014. The tour gave visitors in Margate, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, ...

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Joseph Grimaldi was the most famous and popular clown of the period. His performance style had its origins in the Italian Commedia dell'Arte of the sixteenth century, but in the popular 'Harlequinades ...

From 1773, a governor-general was selected to govern over Fort William, Kolkata. Increasingly, the governor came to exercise greater authority over all the territories administered by the East India ...

Margaret Thatcher introduces a Poll Tax. 'The Community Charge' replaced the old 'Rates' system of local taxation based on the value of property in favour of a flat rate for all householders. With ...

Son of the Duke of Lennox, Lord George was brought up in France, inheriting the Seigneury of Aubigny in 1632. At the outbreak of civil war he joined the King, and this 'gentleman of great hopes' fell ...

Coram began life as a seaman, rising to the position of merchant captain. He spent ten years farming in America before returning to England in 1703. Seeing the poverty in the East End of London ...

Showcasing the work of talented young photographers, gifted amateurs and established professionals, the Prize features the very best of contemporary photography In this special event to celebrate ...

Discover the architecture of the National Portrait Gallery, originally designed in 1896 by Ewan Christian and now transformed by Jamie Fobert Architects ...

Olaudah Equiano was born in Essaka, in what is now southeastern Nigeria. He was kidnapped into slavery at the age of eleven and put to work for a number of different masters in America, the West ...

Charles Inglis was a Canadian clergyman and educator who became the first Anglican bishop of Nova Scotia. Inglis went to North America and became a master in a church school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania ...