The Latest Breaking News from Hardwick Hall

My artwork, A Virtuous Woman, has become the centre of a protest – it shows how our polarised society can affect art

My project A Virtuous Woman is both an artwork and a piece of ongoing research into the role of participatory artwork in heritage sites. As such, the artwork was always intended to be dynamic, responding to the ways in which people wanted to take part.

The Conversation · Jul 11, 2025

The once dazzling Hardwick Hall shows us a past neverendingly radical and strange

This fearless and fragile hilltop castle is celebrated for its profligate use of glass and was no doubt bogglingly expensive to build

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2024

Restoration of 16th-century Derbyshire tapestries ends after 24 years

Set of 13 Gideon tapestries in Hardwick Hall unveiled after painstaking work cleaning and stitching huge pieces

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2023

The buildings we loved and loved to hate, 1989

Norman Parkinson reviled Household Cavary in Hyde Park, Roy Strong adored Hardwick Hall. By Chris Hall

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2022

Hardwick Festival announces Stereophonics and The Specials as headline acts

Line-up is announced for summer festival at Hardwick Hall Hotel and also includes the likes of Jake Bugg, Becky Hill and The Proclaimers

Chronicle Live · Mar 16, 2022