Over 30,000 participated in the British Library’s public poll to determine the contents of a “Magna Carta for the digital age,” raising issues of freedom of speech and surveillance.

Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy is on at The British Library until 1 September. Tickets are £12, concessions available. Nearby is the excellent Forensics exhibition at the Wellcome Collection.

Nowadays, young people want freedom of speech, privacy and safety on the net to be part of the Magna Carta. To celebrate the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, which coincides with the 25th anni… ...

The public can now vote online for the clauses they suggested, external, in a project organised by the British Library. The vote marks the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta and the 25th ...

The Magna Carta, which restrained the power of the British monarchy in 1215, is generally considered one of the most important human-rights charters of all time. The American founders frequently ...

Just days after four Magna Cartas were united for the first time in 800 years at the British Library in London, another ancient version of the document has been discovered by chance in a medieval ...

Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy is at the British Library from March 13 to September 1, 2015; Magna Carta: Spirit of Justice - Power of Words is at Salisbury Cathedral from March 7, 2015 and ...

Just Stop Oil protesters Reverend Dr Sue Parfitt, 82, and Judy Bruce, 85, smashed the glass protecting the Magna Carta at the British Library in London and glued their hands together ...

On Friday, May 10, two activists part of the climate group Just Stop Oil broke the glass protecting an original copy of the Magna Carta at the British Library in London. Reverend Dr. Sue Parfitt ...

LONDON – The Magna Carta will be on the move in 2015. The British Library plans to celebrate the 800th birthday of the document that laid the foundations of Britain's common law and civil ...

The public can now vote online for the clauses they suggested, external, in a project organised by the British Library. The vote marks the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta and the 25th ...

Thousands of young people have taken part in a UK debate about what should be included in a "Magna Carta" for the digital age. Their most popular priority was safety on the net, followed by ...