The cover of this year’s Members' and visitors' handbook is a little different. It’s a specially commissioned piece by David Mankin, a Cornwall-based artist who paints abstract landscapes. Called Passage, the painting is the artist's response to the iconic Tintagel Castle in Cornwall.
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Audley End House and Gardens is home to a two-and-a-half acre walled garden that produces a variety of plants that were popular during its Victorian heyday. Today a team of 11 gardeners and 65 volunteers run the kitchen gardens to strict organic principles, and they grow many varieties of fruits an...
Wrest Park is being transformed by a contemporary art exhibition this summer. A range of original prints and paintings by artist Sally Annett are on display now until 22 July, and will be followed by a parallel exhibition at Bletchley Park. Annett's idea for the project, ‘Systems of Philosoph...
Within the walls of Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire, lies an unassuming cellblock, built by the military in the 19th century. Inside, drawn and scratched into the delicate limewashed walls, are thousands of graffiti inscriptions. They record the experiences of those held in and visiting the cells t...
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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