Behind the scenes at Blenheim Palace
Take a peek into the private lives of the Duke of Marlborough and his family and guests on a behind-the-scenes tour at Blenheim Palace
The Baroque masterpiece of Blenheim Palace is a sight to behold...
Women’s Suffrage campaigner honoured with statue
Suffragist Dame Millicent Fawcett, who worked tirelessly to achieve equal rights for women, will be the first female to be honoured with a statue in London’s Parliament Square
On Sunday, Prime Minister Theresa May announced that...
Battle Proms celebrates its 20th anniversary
The popular UK picnic concert series the Battle Proms is back in 2017, celebrating 20 years. Here’s all the information you need to know.
The ideal way to while away an evening with friends – the not-to-be-missed summer calendar event,...
National Churches Trust launches new resource
To coincide with English Tourism Week, National Churches Trust has launched Explore Churches, a new online resource dedicated to the UK’s many stunning abbeys, cathedrals and churches.
The UK has over 40,000 Christian places of...
Vera Lynn 100: Spitfires fly over the White Cliffs
A day later than planned, Spitfires flew over Dover yesterday to mark the centenary of the ‘Forces’ Sweetheart’, Dame Vera Lynn. Watch the footage here...
Yesterday two original 1944 Spitfires flew over the South Foreland...
9 secret gardens of East Anglia
Barbara Segall and Marcus Harpur have found some of the finest privately owned gardens for their book, Secret Gardens of East Anglia. Each garden is distinctive. Hoverton includes an ice well. At Pensthorpe, there are flamingos....
Scottish Diaspora Tapestry in Westminster
Global art project, Scottish Diaspora Tapestry, has returned to the UK and will be exhibited for the first time in its entirety in Westminster Hall at the Houses of Parliament, London.
This month, Westminster Hall and...
Big Ben’s bong: the science behind its sound
Engineers from the University of Leicester have discovered why London’s iconic Big Ben produces such a distinct bong
It’s the centrepiece of the London skyline, the Elizabeth Tower, fondly known as Big Ben, which has been keeping Londoners on...
The gardening book that inspired King Henry VIII
We take a look at Henry VIII’s gardening manual, said to have inspired the Great Garden at Whitehall Palace that was destroyed by fire in 1698
The Royal Collection includes some of the earliest and rarest surviving records...
Royal Mint marks Queen Elizabeth II’s historic Sapphire Jubilee
As HM The Queen becomes the first British monarch to celebrate her Sapphire Jubilee, the Royal Mint has released a special collection of commemorative coins
Today marks 65 years since Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne...
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