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
May 2021
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
March 2021
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
January 2021
The age of extinction
Prince Charles urges businesses to sign Terra Carta pledge to put planet first
There’s a darker side to English businesses citing Magna Carta to defy lockdown
Hussein Kesvani
July 2020
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
January 2020
Man convicted of trying to steal Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral
Mark Royden told police he doubted authenticity of 1215 charter after smashing case
October 2019
UK democracy at a low point, bishop tells judges
Rt Rev Dame Sarah Mullally refers to Brexit ‘chaos and confusion’ as legal year opens
February 2019
Magna Carta: how experts nursed history back to health
800-year-old parchment underwent painstaking tests after Salisbury hammer attack
June 2018
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
January 2017
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
October 2015
The Magna Carta Plays review – Brenton and friends riff on ancient democracy
Lady Hale joins chorus of concerns over criminal courts charge
Chinese activists urge Xi Jinping to learn from Magna Carta
Court fees jeopardise Magna Carta principles, says lord chief justice
July 2015
Mock trial will mark 800th anniversary of Magna Carta
Presenter and comedy writer Clive Anderson, plus top legal figures, will try barons and bishops at the Palace of Westminster in London
June 2015
Datablog
Using data visualisation to bring historic human rights cases to life
David Cameron is abusing Magna Carta in abolishing our rights
Michael Ignatieff
Foreign fighters need 'modern form of banishment' says Tony Abbott in Magna Carta lecture
Steve Bell's If ...
Steve Bell's If ... on an unauthorised Magna Carta party
