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Make the most of your membership in 2024
From lectures for you to enjoy at home on a dark wintry night to a thrilling joust on a bright summer's afternoon, we have something for Members of all ages to enjoy in 2024. Members’ Week in April promises to be the biggest and best yet while new visitor experiences at Grime’s Graves and Dover Castle mean even more exciting days out.
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An Introduction to Tudor England
England underwent huge changes during the reigns of three generations of Tudor monarchs. Henry VIII ushered in a new state religion, and the increasing confidence of the state coincided with the growth of a distinctively English culture.
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Poet and… Garden Designer? Alexander Pope at Chiswick House and Marble Hill
Alexander Pope is famous for his contribution to poetry and literature, but less well known was his passion for gardens and his role as a landscape gardener. Pope was at the forefront of new ideas at the time, and proposed gardens at Chiswick House and Marble Hill in south west London.
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England’s First Official Queen: Mary Tudor
Explore the story of how Mary Tudor became the first to be crowned Queen of England at Framlingham Castle in 1553.
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John Seely and Paul Paget were partners both in life and in one of the most noteworthy architectural firms of the interwar years. Their architectural masterpiece was their transformation of Eltham Palace, a medieval palace on the outskirts of London, into an Art Deco mansion, completed in 1936.
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William the Conqueror imposed a total reorganisation of the English Church. He had secured the Pope’s blessing for his invasion by promising to reform the ‘irregularities’ of the Anglo-Saxon Church, which had developed its own distinctive customs. Throughout the medieval period the Church was a pervasive force in people’s lives.
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Discover English Heritage sites as part of a pilgrimage. Explore our routes created in collaboration with the British Pilgrimage Trust.
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Chaplin, Dickens and London Poverty
Discover how Charlie Chaplin and Charles Dickens responded to London poverty in their work.
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Maria Verelst (1680–1744) was a Dutch artist working in Britain in the first half of the 18th century. Her works can be found at Audley End. It was unusual for a woman to be a professional artist at this time and many of Verelst’s paintings have previously been misattributed to her male contemporaries. During the recent conservation of three Verelst portraits at Audley End, we have looked closely at the artist’s processes and learnt more about how her technique can be distinguished from other artists of her time.