English Heritage
ANCIENT WESSEX
Erected between 3000 and 1600 BC, Stonehenge is the most eloquent testimony to the once... more
SECRET WAR
It was in late August 1939 that Captain Ridley and his shooting party first set foot... more
THE WILD MAN
Sumwhyle wyth wormez he werrez, and with wolves als, Sumwhyle wyth wodwos that woned... more
ISLE OF WIGHT
The Isle of Wight will forever be associated with Queen Victoria, whose reign came... more
HENRY II & THE ANGEVIN DYNASTY
From the Devil they came and to the Devil they will return” – the Angevins were... more
ROMAN TOWNS, FORTS & FRESCOES
From the subterranean vestiges of Roman Canterbury to the unique Bacchic frescoes... more
ATHENS, DELPHI & THE PELOPONNESE
Our journey across the Peloponnese embraces some of the most evocative names from... more
OTTOMAN TURKEY
Our introduction to Ottoman art and architecture, one of the most vivid contributions... more
BERLIN WITH POTSDAM
Berlin is rightly famed for the wealth of its art collections, from the Alte Nationalgalerie’s... more
RENAISSANCE & BAROQUE ROME
Raphael and Michelangelo, Caravaggio and Bernini... an Italian quartet inexorably... more
DERBYSHIRE HALLS AND HOUSES
Derbyshire revels in an edifying assembly of historic country houses: Haddon Hall,... more
SIR ROBERT WALPOLE
Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745) dominated parliament for over two decades and is generally... more
HENRY VIII & HIS COURTIERS
Colourful, corpulent and many-wived, Henry VIII was a scholarly, forward-looking... more
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL
Britain’s most daring engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), is thought... more
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL
Britain’s most daring engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), is thought... more
