Events

With so much going on in the world, The Sculpture Park in Surrey really is a place in which to escape and get lost...

The Bayeux Tapestry, Battle of Hastings

October 14 this year marks the 950th anniversary of this cataclysmic event. Ahead of the celebrations we have unearthed seven facts you may not know about this famous event.

King Charles III

King Charles III's coronation will be held on Saturday 6 May 2023 at Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace have confirmed. Here's what we know so...

the queens funeral

In what is thought to have been the most watched broadcast of all time, with 4.1 billion worldwide viewers, on Monday 19 September the...

Queen Elizabeth II

Until her funeral on Monday 19 September, HM Queen Elizabeth II is lying-in-state at Westminster Hall for the public to pay their respects. Henrietta...

Kate Youde goes behind the scenes of the Goldsmiths' Company and meets some of the people upholding the traditions of the 700-year-old institution – one of...

platinum jubilee

As we pay tribute to the remarkable life and reign of HM Queen Elizabeth II, we look back at some of the most memorable...

Anglo Saxon King

Never before seen items owned by Anglo Saxon Kings and Queens from the British Museum and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust collections are returning to...

You don't need an excuse to indulge in the delights of an Afternoon Tea but from 8 to 14 August, it’s Afternoon Tea week making it positively compulsory. So, here, we list just a few of the ways you can raise a tea cup to celebrate this great British institution at some of our loveliest hotels.

history of wimbledonvideo

Emily Pringle looks into the history of Wimbledon, the world's most famous tennis tournament that attracts the attention of Britons, and the world, for...