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Microscopy Weekend at Down House
Join us at Down House for Microscopy Weekend, in partnership with Quekett Microscopical Club, and out about Darwin’s microscopes and how he used them to make some of his most important discoveries.
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A Season of Flowers: country house owner’s floral treasures on display for the first time
Charting the green-fingered passions of country house owner Sylvia Grant-Dalton, A Season of Flowers at Brodsworth Hall in South Yorkshire reveals a myriad of riches. Visitors can enjoy a reimagined flower preparation room, countless items of floral paraphernalia, oral histories, large-scale floral displays and poignant historic photographs The exhibition opens from 28 March and will run until 1 November 2026.
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History of Walltown Crags Wall and Turret
One of the best places to see Hadrian’s Wall is on Walltown Crags, where a well-preserved section of Wall crosses dramatic open countryside along the Whin Sill, with magnificent, panoramic views.
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Thomas Becket, Henry II and Dover Castle
On 29 December 1170 Archbishop Thomas Becket of Canterbury was murdered in his cathedral by four of Henry II’s knights. Ten years later, Henry II embarked on a massive rebuilding of Dover Castle. How were his actions, and Becket’s murder, connected?
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Speaking with Shadows: Series 1 Episode 6
Speaking with Shadows is the podcast that listens to the people that history forgot. In our final episode, Josie Long explores the diverse and complex cultures of Birdoswald Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall – once a meeting place for communities from across the Roman Empire.
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A rare early plaque honouring Alice in Wonderland illustrator and political cartoonist Sir John Tenniel has been conserved and reinstalled at a new London location.
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Below stairs love story revealed: Rare Edwardian photographs and mementoes on display for first time
A remarkable treasure trove of items which tell the love story of two servants at Brodsworth Hall in South Yorkshire have been donated to English Heritage.
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Celebrating 100 years of the Royal Observer Corps Association
'Forewarned is Forearmed' is a project that will commemorate 100 years since the founding of the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) in 2025, a nationwide community of civilian volunteers who monitored Britain’s skies for signs of attack.