Archive for: April 2018
Throughout the country we face a battle against an almost invisible enemy, our weapons a vacuum cleaner, magnifying glass and sticky traps. That’s right, the bugs are coming - and if we’re not vigilant, they could eat our collections…
English Heritage staff caring for historic collections t...
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Step back in time and explore thousands of years of history at Wrest Park's St George's Festival (21-22 April). Celebrating 20 years in 2018, it's the biggest St George's Day event in the country.
You'll watch the lance-splintering action of live jousts, meet Roman soldiers and Victorian royalt...
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It’s 100 years since Cecil and Mary Chubb gave Stonehenge to the nation, and we're marking the anniversary with a series of blog posts tracing the care and conservation of Stonehenge since 1918. Here, we look at how the Stonehenge landscape changed in the 1930s and 1940s, and at how vastly increas...
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Twenty years ago we reopened Down House so the public could follow Charles Darwin's footsteps through the place he called home for 40 years. The world-renowned scientist lived here with his wife Emma and their 10 children during the 19th century. While they were here, the ample grounds became Darwin...
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Regardless of the historical period, royal babies tend to catch the world's attention. Indeed, much of the way modern royals are raised follows the examples set by their ancestors - particularly Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, who modernised royal child's play as we know it today.
As the young...
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