The Divided Skirt mb-code 1239220 1903 Gordon Bennett race

1903 Gordon Bennett race

Claiming that nothing had been done to stop the slave-trade until he made it a crime

Showing the delivery of the City Sword at Temple Bar

Actor Michael Caine travelling on the underground train at Aldwych tube station during filming for his latest film 'Drabble'

The Divided Skirt mb-code 1239220 1903 Gordon Bennett race'The Divided Skirt', 1886. This cartoon shows the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone. Now 76 years of age, and in his third term in office, Gladstone was undoubtedly the grandee of the Commons. By now, he had been dubbed the 'Grand Old Man' by Henry Labouchere in 1881, and this had been shorted to GOM by many. He is fitting a decidedly matronly Britannia with her first divided skirt. This relates to one of Gladstone's first Bills on regaining office