Places of Interest

East Anglia is a place where the ghosts of the past remain intertwined with modern life

Tyntesfield

Built in 1863 as a home for the Gibbs family, the glorious Gothic Revival Tyntesfield House is a very Victorian creation, but during the Second World...

Queen of scots film location

Britain’s historic buildings are packed with history,– not all of it happy. Indeed, some buildings retain a positively spooky air. So if you're looking to give yourself a scare this Halloween, we've round up where you can find freaky thrills and frightful goings ons.

Natural History Museum

If you're free on a Friday night and want to mix culture, creativity, heritage and science with the usual roster of food, drink and music, then head to one of the museum lates – adult-orientated events which see doors flung open after hours for a laid-back introduction to these amazing collections.

The Queen’s House, Greenwich, London

The Queen’s House in Greenwich reopens on 11 October this year and one of the centrepiece will be an iconic paintings of Elizabeth I, which has just been bought for Britain following a nationwide fundraising campaign.

Durham Cathedral

Summer 2016 saw the launch of Open Treasure, a new world-class exhibition route which has transformed the experience of those visiting Durham Cathedral.

urban myths

London was founded in what is now the financial district, the Square Mile, after the Roman invasion of 43 AD. It was abandoned during...

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

Frequently overshadowed by its open-air older sibling, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse takes the ambience and electricity for which Globe productions are known and...

Roundhouse, London

One of London's most iconic venues, the Roundhouse in Camden, wants the public's memories of the seminal role its has played the capital's cultural life as part of an oral history project.

We explore the murder of the Princes in the Tower and some other unsolved mysteries from British history and ask - will we ever know the truth?