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How to create a topiary sculpture inspired by historic gardens
Topiary comes in all shapes and sizes. Michael Klemperer explains how to create a topiary spiral at home, inspired by English Heritage's historic gardens.
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From the most powerful to the most humble, from Bronze Age axes to Gainsborough portraits, English Heritage cares for a remarkable collection of objects that help to bring our properties to life. It is made up of more than a million objects and spans more than 5,000 years of England’s story from prehistory to the Cold War.
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Meet the artists behind our Eggsclusive Easter Eggs
It’s not just chocolate you can search for at our historic places this Easter. This year we’re adding something a little more ‘eggsclusive’ to our annual hunt.
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September may signal the end of the sunny summer months and the start of the new school year, but there’s still plenty to feel cheery about. We’ve got lots planned to ease you into autumn including a fabulous exhibition of costumes used in the new film ‘Victoria and Abdul’.
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An Introduction to 20th Century England
An overview of the years 1901-2000 in England, from the Edwardian era to the Cold War.
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LGBTQ+ history has often been hidden from view, but many individuals throughout history have lived radical private lives outside the accepted sexual norms of the time. Find out more about the lives of England’s LGBTQ+ people, and their important place in the stories of English Heritage sites.
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Seven garden features to trick the senses
Gardens have always been designed to inspire surprise and wonder to their visitors. Discover some of the ways they play with perspectives as we explore some of our glorious gardens at English Heritage sites.
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The Tudor period saw the gradual evolution of England’s medieval army into a larger, firearm-wielding force supported by powerful ships and formidable gun forts to protect the country from the threat of invasion.
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The Tudor (1485-1603) and Stuart (1603-1711) periods were great times for new ideas and new inventions. Find out more about how the Tudors and Stuarts shaped modern life.