Not far from London is a building that appears, as you approach it, almost like a fairytale castle. This eccentrically designed building, in the heart of the Surrey countryside, was once the home of the world’s first computer programmer and later an aviation pioneer who played a key role in saving Britain in World War […]
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I was recently treated by the lovely team at The Landmark Trust, a conservation charity, to have a few days staying at one of their historic properties. The Landmark Trust was founded in 1965 by Sir John and Lady Smith. The charity takes on at-risk historic buildings, before restoring and preserving them. They are then
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Later this year, in 2026, the Bayeux Tapestry will be on loan from France to the UK and displayed at The British Museum. Did you know though that the UK has its very own, almost exact, replica created by an industrious group of Victorian women? It can be found in Reading Museum, only half an hour
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I had the great privilege recently to be invited to have a look around Windsor Castle on a day that it was shut to the public. It was incredible to be able to soak up the atmosphere of the oldest inhabited castle in the world. It is naturally packed with history, artefacts and wonderful architecture,
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Nestled in the Chess Valley in Buckinghamshire, not far from Chalfont and Latimer Metropolitan Line station, is an attractive red-brick, neo-Tudor mansion. Called Latimer House, the site has a history stretching back centuries as an aristocratic manor house. It also has an extraordinary World War Two story, when it was used to house, and extract
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