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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.
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History of Temple Church, Bristol
Bristol’s Temple Church is so called because the original church was built by the Knights Templar, perhaps the most famous of the medieval military orders. Their round church here was later replaced with a larger, more conventional rectangular church, whose leaning tower and walls survived bombing in the Second World War.
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Queen Victoria ruled the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for over 60 years. During her reign, Britain became the most powerful country in the world, and the British Empire stretched from Canada to New Zealand. Although those on the higher end of the social scale lived luxurious lifestyles, much of the British population lived in poverty. Many people worked in mines, factories and mills, or as domestic staff including servants, cooks and gardeners for the wealthy families.
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Dover Castle commands the Strait of Dover, the shortest sea crossing between England and continental Europe, a position of strategic importance throughout history.
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In collaboration with the Nest Collective, we bring you exclusive new recordings of 12 traditional folk songs, paired with England's most iconic historic places.
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Watch our past Members' lectures, covering topics including monastic Christmas, prehistory and the imagination, the Battle of Hastings, life and death in a medieval castle and much more besides.
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Elizabeth Russell, Keeper of Donnington Castle
Elizabeth, Lady Russell, successfully petitioned and bribed Queen Elizabeth I to make her keeper of Donnington Castle – England’s first known female keeper of a castle. It was a post she defended with acts of rioting, physical violence and clan warfare.
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Read about Dover Castle’s transformation into a permanent barracks and artillery fortress in the Georgian era and the conflicts that prompted this.
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Kenwood House, transformed into a neoclassical villa by Robert Adam between 1764 and 1779, is now home to an outstanding collection of Old Master and British paintings.
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A history of Lindisfarne Priory, one of the most important centres of early English Christianity, from its foundation in the 7th century to the present day.