Every 5 November we remember the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 – a thwarted act of terror in which a cabal of Catholic conspirators ...

Image caption, Fawkes was sentenced and on 31 January 1606 was taken to the Old Palace Yard in Westminster where he was to be hung, drawn and quartered. To escape the embarrassment of this ...

of Old Palace Yard Westminster who died July 17 1770 aged 38 years. Here also lies the body of the said Samuel Strutt, Esq. who died January 22 1785 aged 49 years ...

Walter Raleigh, Kt. on the day he was beheaded in Old Palace Yard, Westminster Oct. 29th Ano.Dom. 1618. Reader - should you reflect on his errors Remember his many virtues and that he was a mortal The ...

Raleigh was beheaded in the Old Palace Yard at the Palace of Westminster in 1618. His head was embalmed and presented to his ...

The Golden Jubilee of 2002 saw a sundial installed in Westminster's Old Palace Yard, while the 1977 Silver Jubilee resulted in a fountain being built in nearby New Palace Yard. The cross-party ...

The rally will assemble at Old Palace Yard in Westminster from 10.30am on Wednesday December 10. You can’t buy a revolution, but you can help the only daily paper in Britain that’s fighting for one by ...

Mr. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., the present holder of the office of Rede Lecturer, has kindly consented to receive subscriptions at 6, Old Palace Yard, Westminster.

But the campaigners resisted removal from the “toasty Westminster bubble” until they demonstrated with banners that exposed the highest number of cold-related deaths since 1999. Hours before they ...

Police are investigating after a flammable liquid was hurled at the Palace of Westminster on ... Scotland Yard said: “The ...

Generations-old Thames family business supports British shipbuilding to lead the world in sustainable, luxury tourism ...