As winter comes to a close and we welcome in the spring, many of our sites across England are opening up for the 2018 season. March is a great time to explore our beautiful historic gardens, which will begin coming to life with colour and fragrance towards the end of the month. We'll also be buildin...
It’s 100 years since local barrister Cecil Chubb and his wife, Mary, gave Stonehenge to the nation. To mark the anniversary we’re publishing a series of blog posts tracing the care and conservation of Stonehenge since 1918. In this post, Martyn Barber looks at the impact of the initial excavatio...
Social Historian Ruth Goodman visited the stunning Art Deco mansion Eltham Palace in London with her daughter Eve for dress-up, daydreaming and more. From the sophistication of lavish evening wear, to more practical garments for housework, join Ruth and Eve as they discover women's fashion from insi...
Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is on 13 Februrary in 2018. We asked Sam Bilton about the history of the celebration. She's also found an 18th-century recipe for a kind of pancake pie for you to try at home - the ultimate Shrove Tuesday treat.
If you fancy something simpler, try Mrs Crocombe's ...
The story of Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley has fascinated people for more than 450 years. Their relationship has been explored in books, films and on TV, most recently by Cate Blanchett and Joseph Fiennes in the film Elizabeth, and by Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons in the series Elizabeth I. Th...
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