Magna Carta
Australia’s Magna Carta: precious document bought in 1952 for £12,500 now worth $35m
Plans to have historic 1297 edition back on display in Canberra by the end of next year have been revealed
Tory Shepherd
16, Jul, 2023 @12:00 AM
Two deaths in English prisons make me wonder how civilised we are in 2021 | Eric Allison
When unlawful detention and failure to provide food and medication are implicated in inmates’ deaths, this is a new low, says Eric Allison, the Guardian’s prisons correspondent
Eric Allison
31, May, 2021 @12:06 PM
From Magna Carta to Malcolm X: sites that shaped British civil rights
Pay tribute to brave campaigners, the first trade unionists, gay rights protesters and suffragettes at these landmark places around the UK
Joe Bindloss
29, Mar, 2021 @5:30 AM
Prince Charles urges businesses to sign Terra Carta pledge to put planet first
Magna Carta-style project aims to ‘bring prosperity into harmony with nature’
Patrick Greenfield
11, Jan, 2021 @11:03 AM
There's a darker side to English businesses citing Magna Carta to defy lockdown | Hussein Kesvani
Shops using the charter may seem funny – until you look at the online culture behind it, says Hussein Kesvani, author of Follow Me, Akhi: The Online World of British Muslims
Hussein Kesvani
02, Jan, 2021 @10:00 AM
Man jailed for attempting to steal Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral
Mark Royden convicted of attempted theft of the charter and criminal damage to display case
Steven Morris
10, Jul, 2020 @3:53 PM
UK democracy at a low point, bishop tells judges
Rt Rev Dame Sarah Mullally refers to Brexit ‘chaos and confusion’ as legal year opens
Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent
01, Oct, 2019 @6:12 PM
Magna Carta: how experts nursed history back to health
800-year-old parchment underwent painstaking tests after Salisbury hammer attack
Steven Morris
04, Feb, 2019 @12:01 AM
Sanctuary for human rights: Mark Wallinger's Magna Carta chamber
Built to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the charter, Writ in Water finally opens this weekend – a place in which to contemplate rights continually under threat
Charlotte Higgins
14, Jun, 2018 @11:01 PM
Jack Straw and UK government must face kidnap and torture claims, court rules
Claims that rendition and torture of Abdel Hakim Belhaj breached Magna Carta rights must go before judges, supreme court rules
Owen Bowcott and Ian Cobain
17, Jan, 2017 @12:34 PM
The Magna Carta Plays review – Brenton and friends riff on ancient democracy
Four short plays set corrupt Russians, a African president and free-market dystopia against our rights, suggesting Magna Carta may be due an update
Michael Billington
26, Oct, 2015 @12:37 PM
Lady Hale joins chorus of concerns over criminal courts charge
Deputy president of supreme court reiterates importance of access to justice in relation to fears charges may incentivise defendants to plead guilty
Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent
20, Oct, 2015 @4:04 PM
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