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Ightham Mote invites you to experience the magic of the Lost Words with spellbinding original paintings and poems to keep children in touch with nature in all its glory. 

Nine rare cream coloured public phoneboxes in Hull, that are still in working order have been given heritage protection by the UK government.

Denise Lewis Poulton has been announced as Trustee and Chair of trhe Committee for Wales by the Prime Minister, with her term running until February 2026. 

Delegates from some of Europe’s finest spa towns have been meeting this week in Bath, for the second General Assembly of the Great Spa Towns of Europe.

The city of Bath will celebrate World Heritage Day 2023 with a free event for residents and visitors to the city at the Guildhall on Saturday 4 March, 11am – 3pm.

A gold pendant which is linked with Henry VIII is one of thousands of treasures that have been recently discovered and added to displays at the British Museum.

LGBTQA+ History Month takes place every February and this year, there are a host of events taking place across the country with the theme #BehindTheLens and a focus on celebrating queer contributions to cinema.

The woman described as the founding spirit of London’s famous Notting Hill Carnival, Claudia Jones, is among five women who will be remembered with a Blue Plaque as part of English Heritage’s project to include more women in their list of blue plaques. Plaques are also being unveiled for Emily Wilding Davison and Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, who were both suffragettes, Ada Salter, a former mayor, and the painter Marie Spartali Stillman.

The Tower of London is holding a new tour this February as part of LGBT history month to uncover the stories of queer individuals who lived and died at the Tower.

A new film being promoted by the National Trust features the little known stories of disabled people from across history, including King Henry VIII.

Two paintings by William Hogarth that are displayed on the staircase at Britain’s oldest hospital are being restored with the help of a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The Monumental Welsh Women Project has announced that it has commissioned their fourth statue to celebrate the achievements of Wales’ hidden heroines. The statue will be of Margret Haig Thomas, aka Lady Rhondda, an influential suffragette and will be created by sculpture Jane Robbins. The statue will be erected in Newport, where she campaigned and worked for over 40 years.