palimpsest

For the last three weeks, a team of archaeologists has been at work in the village of Clavering in Essex, uncovering new facts about the med...

 Anniversaries are moments to stop and ponder the significance of events. There has been much talk of late of the exhibition T he Destructio...

  It has just been announced that Gwrych Castle in North Wales is to receive £2.2 million from the National Heritage Memorial Fund. The mone...

Sir Paul Britton visited Newport, Essex, on Thursday 20 July as part of a fundraiser for the Friends of St Mary’s. Sir Paul, a former senior...

  Stephanie Barczewski, How the Country House became English (Reaktion, 2023)   This book is a companion to the author’s previous work, ...

  The patch of ground that we call the common in my home village in Essex is a low-lying area of grassland next to the railway station. It i...

Workhouses were once ubiquitous elements of the local landscape. These severe, penal-looking establishments, built in the years foll...