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Stonehenge is famous for its alignment on sunrise on the longest day of the year and each year thousands of people come to the site at midsummer. But what is the solstice and what did it mean for prehistoric people?
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Previously in very poor condition, a painting we call ‘The Vegetable Seller’ had been languishing in the back of a store room at Audley End for over 40 years – its history almost completely lost. Now with new conservation work, technical analysis and research, we have been able to uncover some of the secrets of the painting. Learn more about the painting and its conservation journey.
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Blue Plaque commemorating Cooper Car Company at Hollyfield Road, Surbiton, London KT5 9AL, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.
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In this article we’re focusing on eye makeup with three iconic periods. We’ll take a look at how the products and practices used over the centuries can provide telling insights about our social history and the evolution of modern makeup.
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Leave your Christmas decorations up until February, says English Heritage
After an especially tough year and to bring some cheer into the coming dark winter months, English Heritage is encouraging the public to do as their medieval ancestors did and leave up their festive adornments until Candlemas on 2 February.
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Contemporary art installation at Belsay Hall
A new contemporary art installation featuring the haunting voice of Turner Prize winning artist Susan Philipsz comes to Belsay Hall.
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Seminal Match Girls’ Strike of 1888 commemorated with English Heritage Blue Plaque in East London
One of the most important strikes in modern British history has been commemorated by English Heritage with a blue plaque today (5 July 2022). The blue plaque was unveiled at the site of the former Bryant and May match factory in East London where in early July 1888 around 1,400 of the predominantly female workforce walked out in protest at the dismissal of a number of their co-workers.
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Romans to blame for no-body-hair trend, says English HEritage
From painful waxes to irritating shaves, we can trace the modern obsession with hair removal back to the Romans, English Heritage has said today (24 May), as the charity displays a collection of tweezers used to remove armpit hair from Roman men and women in a new museum at Wroxeter Roman City, Shropshire – a Roman town once as large as Pompeii. Amongst over 400 artefacts, most of which have never been on display, other objects related to Roman cleanliness and beauty practices include a strigil (skin scraper), perfume bottles, jet and bone jewellery, make-up applicators and amulets for warding off evil. The new museum at Wroxeter opens to the public tomorrow.
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Project Iron Bridge crowd-funding campaign reaches target
Thanks to the generous support of the public, English Heritage has raised more than £40,000 to help save the Iron Bridge.
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Find out how to book your next group day out to Kirby Hall. We offer a discount to groups of 11 or more paying visitors.