Date: 1st June – 20th September Free admission Tours will begin at temple and progress to the Guildhall. For more information, click here.
Date: 1st June – 20th September Free admission Tours will begin at temple and progress to the Guildhall. For more information, click here.
Date: 1st June Opening of the Egham Museum Pop-up Magna Carta exhibition in Egham, showcasing and celebrating community projects to commemorate the Great Charter. Supported by Strode’s College and Magna Carta School and sponsored by Runnymede Borough Council. For more information regarding events in Egham and Runnymede, click here.
Date: 1st June The second Magna Carta Citizenship Ceremony will be taking place at Allington Castle, where new British Citizens will be provided with a facsimile and information about the Great Charter. For more information, click here.
“Bad King John? Did he do good at the end? The relevance of the Magna Carta in the 21st Century.” Date: 28th May Lecture by Sir Robert Worcester, Chairman of the Magna Carta 800th Committee. In the Quire of Worcester Cathedral in the sight of King John’s Tomb. For more info, click here.
Date: 26th May – 31st July Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House, London As part of the celebrations to mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, the Society of Antiquaries will be staging a special exhibition where visitors will have the unique opportunity to see its three copies of the charter. The exhibition Magna Carta Through […]
Date: 12th May Surrey Arts’ next major event will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday 12 May 2015. Following a successful ‘Olympic’ themed concert in 2012, the 2015 event will celebrate the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta in Surrey. For more info, click here.
Date: 1st May This year the American Bar Association have selected Magna Carta as the theme for their annual Law Day. The day include lectures and conferences among other commemorative events. A prize giving will also take place to recognise those who have produced the best work in the ‘Young Lawyers Initiative’ art contest. For […]
Date: 16th April College Hall at Hereford Cathedral A lecture by Nigel Saul, Professor of Medieval History (Royal Holloway University of London). A wide-ranging and relevant talk by an authority on English late medieval history exploring the anomaly of our non-constitution. In all his teaching and writing he lays strong emphasis on generating interest in […]
Date: 20th March In the 800th anniversary year of Magna Carta, two former chancellors –Helena Kennedy QC and Jon Snow – will return to join Oxford Brookes’ present chancellor, Shami Chakrabarti CBE in discussion. Shami will begin by exploring why our fundamental rights and freedoms are indispensable and the unprecedented pressures those rights are under today. Drawing […]