Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from English Heritage

Bletchley Park codebreaker Joan Clarke honoured with blue plaque

Cryptanalyst played by Keira Knightley on screen, and who was briefly engaged to Alan Turing, commemorated in London

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - John Darlington on London Monuments: the tangled history of Marble Arch

London possesses at least nine monuments celebrating the lives of two of the country’s military heroes: Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, and Horatio Nelson, Vice Admiral, and fleet commander. Nelson, of course, has prime position on his column overlooking the square named after his famous victory in 1805, while…

Evening Standard

Graffiti-covered door from French revolutionary wars found in Kent

Markings include public executions and a sailing ship chiselled into door in 1790s by bored English soldiers

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

‘It’s magical’: prehistoric mines in Norfolk to reopen to visitors

English Heritage hopes new entrance at Grimes Graves will mean more people can explore neolithic site

The Guardian - UK

Fears for Queen Victoria belongings delay English coastal path completion

Stretch of King Charles III path on Isle of Wight held up over concerns about crown’s ‘priceless collection’

The Guardian - UK

Rare lunar event to shed light on Stonehenge’s links to the moon

Archaeologists and astronomers to study Wiltshire site’s lesser understood connection to the moon

The Guardian - UK

Medieval monks’ night staircase rebuilt at Furness Abbey

Project gives new views of atmospheric monastic ruins in Cumbria visited by likes of JMW Turner and Wordsworth

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

The Queen Mother's 'secret' apartment holds 'surprising' truths about how the royal lived on the coast

One of the lesser-known royal residences has opened its doors for the first time in history – and the space may 'surprise' us

Homes & Gardens

Who you gonna call? Meet the real ghostbusters

Ghost hunting is having a moment... in graveyards, pubs, old houses, and on social media. Sally Howard meets the new spirit seekers

The Guardian - UK

Shells from Captain Cook’s final voyage saved from skip

Important collection rediscovered during house-clearing includes numerous rare species

The Guardian - UK

The Stonehenge tunnel will benefit visitors on foot and bike

Letters: Dr Nick Merriman responds to an article by Simon Jenkins that defends the view of the stones from the A303

The Guardian - UK

It’s unhenged: millions will be denied one of England’s greatest views

A high court judge has ruled to allow the £1.7bn Stonehenge tunnel – and robbed motorists of a precious glimpse of something ancient, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Blooming lovely: 12 of the UK’s best gardens to visit in early spring

From an 18th-century orangery in Manchester to a sunken fern garden in the Highlands, here are 12 places to get your floral fix

The Guardian - UK

Turner-listed artist brings landscape into 19th-century Northumberland hall

Ingrid Pollard sets tree cuts and lumps of stone against refined features of Greek revival Belsay Hall

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

‘Unambiguous proof’: medieval archbishop revealed as lost English saint

Historian at English Heritage uncovered entry about Thurstan in a service book from Pontefract Priory, which was laid waste during the Reformation

Evening Standard

More women than ever before to be remembered with blue plaques in London

2024 will be a record year for the historic scheme

The Guardian - UK

‘A time to reflect’: crowds celebrate winter solstice at Stonehenge

Thousands gather on Salisbury Plain and more watch online as the sun climbs again after the longest night

Evening Standard

Stonehenge: Thousands gather at historic site to celebrate winter solstice

The solstice marks the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Best ginger wines that are delicious to drink straight or add to cocktails

Refreshing, zesty tipples which aren’t your typical type of vino

Creative Bloq

This portrait was subject to 17th-century beauty filters in surprising overpainting

Turns out plumped lips aren't a modern trend.

The Guardian - UK

Colonial past must be in mainstream of UK history, says new English Heritage chief

Nick Merriman says inclusion of difficult stories of slavery and empire is not wokery, but ‘simply good history’

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Four-day ceasefire begins but IDF says ‘war is not over yet’

Mediator Qatar says operations room in Doha will monitor the truce. Plus: the upward trajectory of the far right in Europe

The Guardian - UK

Conservators remove ‘Kylie Jenner treatment’ from 17th-century portrait

Diana Cecil’s face had been overpainted to make her lips appear fuller and lower her hairline

The Guardian - UK

‘Very much like us’: festival reveals secrets of building Stonehenge

Festival of Neolithic Ideas takes fresh look at how Stonehenge was built and the lives of neolithic people

The Guardian - UK

Bring soul cakes back to life this Halloween

Letters: Susan Sinagola sheds light on the practice of souling, while Martin Bates has found a useful addition to his teatime repertoire

1 … 4 5 6 7

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.