Palace of Westminster visit

21.01.2018

We had a really interesting private tour of the Palace of Westminster this week escorted by House of Lords Doorkeeper, James McNaught. Along with the excitement of standing in the Lords Chamber and Commons Chamber, we learnt several fun facts: including the origins of well-known idioms such as ‘cross the line’ and ‘in the bag’.

All clock faces in the building including on the famous clock tower have an f instead of an x to represent the number 10 – no-one seems to know why.