For those of us who remember Tony Benn in his Parliamentary heyday, it will come as no surprise that when he died in March 2014, his estate included an enormous collection of source material, diaries, papers, photographs, political files, press cuttings, audio diaries and videos. 

His archive chronicles a lifetime of 90 years, spanning WWII, his 47 year long career in politics as a member of the Labour party and government minister, his renunciation of his inherited peerage, allowing him to remain a member of the House of Commons, and his own particular brand of left-wing politics.  This is, of course, a veritable treas...