Tickets Alert: Evening tours of the Houses of Parliament
For one evening only, you will be able to visit the Houses of Parliament to look around the inside of the Palace of Westminster at night.
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Home to the UK’s politicians, the Victorian gothic masterpiece is open for public tours through most of the year, and occasional special interest tours are announced.
If you live in the UK, you can also contact your MP for a free political tour instead of paying for the tours designed for tourists.
Tickets Alert: Evening tours of the Houses of Parliament
For one evening only, you will be able to visit the Houses of Parliament to look around the inside of the Palace of Westminster at night.
Tickets Alert: Tours of Parliament’s Speaker’s House
The now semi-regular opportunity to see inside the richly decorated Speakers House within the Houses of Parliament is returning and will run through most of the summer.
Tickets Alert: Tours of Big Ben go on sale next week
Tickets to climb the very many steps to the top of the Elizabeth Tower and stand next to Big Ben when it bongs the hours will go on sale next week.
Tickets Alert: Tours of the Speaker’s House inside Parliament
The now semi-regular opportunity to see inside the richly decorated Speakers House within the Houses of Parliament is returning, and will be running through most of the summer.
200 year old fish found under the House of Lords
During surveys to prepare for the restoration of the Palace of Westminster, a 200-year old carved bone in the shape of a fish was discovered.
Parliament to offer public tours of Big Ben next month
It's now possible to climb to the top of the Elizabeth Tower and stand in ear-banging distance of Big Ben as it bongs the hours.
Tickets Alert: Tours of Speaker’s House inside the Houses of Parliament
Last year, the first-ever public tours of the richly decorated Speakers House inside Parliament took place, and they’re running them again for a few days in April.
Medieval river wall may have been found underneath Parliament
What could be the remains of an original riverside medieval wall may have been discovered underneath the Houses of Parliament.
The Queue: Eight hours to see the Queen
It has become known simply as The Queue, the queue that runs for miles so that people can walk past the Queen's coffin inside Westminster Hall.
London’s Pocket Parks: Abingdon Green, SW1
This is probably one of the most famous parks in London that you didn't know the name of, as it's where journalists interview politicians when standing outside Parliament.
Tickets Alert: State apartment tours of Parliament’s Speaker’s House
Earlier this year, the first-ever public tours of the opulent Speakers House inside Parliament took place, and they're running more from the end of September.
By law, Easter was supposed to be last weekend
This weekend is Easter, but it was supposed to have happened last weekend if a law from 1928 -- that fixed the date of Easter -- were to be enforced.
Tickets Alert: State Apartments tours in Parliament’s Speaker’s House
For the first time ever, Parliament's State Apartments inside Speaker's House are to be opened to the public in a short series of guided tours.
Tours of the Houses of Parliament have resumed, with both the paid option for tourist tours, but also a free tour that's only offered to Brits.
Tickets Alert: Online guided tours of the Houses of Parliament
As in-person guided tours of Parliament are rather difficult at the moment, they are offering a regular series of online tours instead.
Is HP Sauce really named after the Houses of Parliament?
There's a rather famous brown condiment, HP Sauce, which features a rather famous building, coincidentally called the Houses of Parliament, but is one named after the other?
Dine inside the House of Commons this Easter
For a few days next month, it will be possible for ordinary folk to go into Parliament and have lunch in the dining halls of our political masters.
Tickets Alert: Winter fair inside Parliament
There will be a winter fair inside the Houses of Parliament next week, with the Houses of Commons and Lords also open to visit.
Dine like an MP in the Houses of Parliament
As the MPs are away, Parliament is letting the mere electorate in to have lunch or dinner in the Members' Dinning Room.
The daftest image of Big Ben you will ever see
A PR person contacted me on behalf of a money website with one of the daftest images I have seen in a long time.
Tickets Alert: Pink Parliament Peregrinations
Visits to Parliament are going queer next month, with two special gay-themed guided tours being offered.
Tickets Alert: Dine like a politician in Parliament
For a few days next month, it will be possible for ordinary folk to go into Parliament and have lunch in the dining halls of our political masters.
150th anniversary of the first traffic lights
This week, or next, depending on which date you care to choose marks the 150th anniversary of the world's first purpose built traffic light.
Tickets Alert: Tours of the House of Commons Library
To mark 200 years since the House of Commons Library appointed its first Librarian, and to celebrate Libraries Week, the Library is open for tours again on Saturday 13 October.