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.
Due to open in Spring 2023, Burghley House are excited to unveil their new adventure play attraction! The new play area will offer an outdoor play destination for families locally and those visiting from afar.
First World War training trenches, centuries old shipwrecks and cabmen shelters are among the sites being added to the National Heritage list. They are now part of the official database of protected historical assets.
Beaulieu Abbey are hosting open-air performances of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen performed by the London Touring Players from 16th December to 2nd January
Canterbury Cathedral will be joining a new virtual exhibition and in-person collection trail as part of a project being run with the National Gallery throughout the UK. The exhibition and trail begins on 5th December and will run through until April next year.
You can’t escape the World Cup – even though it is being hosted miles away in Qatar, it is everywhere. Learn more about the beautiful game with the history of football here.
A Heritage Blue Plaque is to be installed at 22 Great Smith Street in Westminster, London to make the building’s use as the HQ of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies. It was in use, mainly by the more peaceful suffragists, in the years leading up to the change in voting law in 1918.
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