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Want to spend the summer exploring British heritage? Here are some of the events and activities you can enjoy over the next few months at the UK’s leading heritage properties

As the excitement of the General Election dies down, here are some of the hapless leaders that haven’t been remembered fondly by history. Time will tell how our current prime minister will be remembered, but for now, let’s indulge in some of the worst remembered prime ministers.

Fame is a funny thing – you might think that the celebrities of today are a flash in the pan and in a few generations time, will be nothing but a distant memory but sometimes fame stays in the family, like with the people we’ll be talking about today.

Last month on the blog, we marked Oak Apple Day and the Restoration of the monarchy, so this month, we thought we’d take a look at the man that, some might say, caused the downfall of the royal family in the first place.

This year marks the 80^th anniversary since the D Day landing, the largest seaborne invasion in the history of warfare. Taking place on 6^th June 1944, D-Day, which is military slang for a day that an operation will begin, went by several code names and there was a campaign of deception and secrecy leading up to the big day.

Happy Oak Apple Day! Oh, you don’t know what that is? Not to worry, we will explain all!

Professor Marion Harney has been appointed as the new chair of the City of Bath UNESCO World Heritage Site Advisory Board and Enhancement Fund.

As 8^th May marks VE (or Victory in Europe) Day which marked the formal end of WWII following the unconditional surrender of the Nazis, it seemed appropriate to share some of the lesser known facts from our most talked about war.

A bell mounted on two historic brass dolphins from the sloop of war HMS Dolphin 1882 has been officially unveiled at the Guildhall in Bath to mark the city’s long relationship with the Royal Navy.

With spring here (hopefully that means better weather!) and with the next edition of the Hudson’s Guide full of the latest Tarr on the Road routes to enjoy coming soon, we thought we would share some of the UK’s best loved heritage walks.

This month marks the 285^th anniversary of the end of Dick Turpin’s reign of terror, so to celebrate we thought we would take a look at the life and crimes of Britain’s most famous highwayman and some of his contemporaries.

Bibliophiles will already be aware that 23^rd April is not only St George’s Day but is also Shakespeare’s birthday (and death day!). With this in mind, we thought we would take a look at some of the historical fiction coming to shelves near you this year – how many of these will be making an appearance on your TBRs?