Bombed-out Bristol church at Temple Gardens to reopen to the public It underwent major repairs and restoration work Bristol Post · Feb 2, 2023
Pranksters commemorate Rishi Sunak's £100 fine for not wearing seatbelt with blue plaque Jokers install English Heritage-style plate on a lamppost Wales Online · Feb 1, 2023
Pranksters erect ‘blue plaque’ commemorating Rishi Sunak’s seatbelt fine Blackpool lamppost adorned with English Heritage-style mockup in wake of PM’s PR fiasco The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023
Notting Hill carnival’s ‘founding spirit’ to be honoured with blue plaque Journalist and activist Claudia Jones among five women whose life and legacy will be marked by English Heritage The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023
Violinist Yehudi Menuhin and activist Claudia Jones to receive blue plaques Also being honoured are suffragettes Emily Wilding Davison and Sophia Duleep Singh. The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023
‘Founding spirit’ of Notting Hill Carnival among new blue plaque names in London English Heritage has revealed six people whose names will be enscribed on blue plaques around the capital this year. The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023
James Corden forced to scrap home sauna plan due to Neolithic monument The Gavin and Stacey star bought Templcombe House in 2020 and is expected to move there with his family when he returns to the UK later this year after quitting the Late Late Show The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023
Grade I listed ex-church hits the market - for less than a one-bedroom flat in London St Andrew's Church near Stowmarket, Suffolk, is on the market for £600,000, which is less than the price of a one-bedroom flat in London or a tiny terraced house in Brighton Daily Mirror · Jan 20, 2023
Washed away: can Britain’s crumbling castles be saved from the sea? From Tintagel in Cornwall to the remote Orkney isles, heritage experts are battling to preserve the UK’s historic sites from coastal erosion The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2023
International arts project celebrating Hadrian's Wall to be shown in Northumberland National Park Frontier Voices aims to explore what Hadrian's Wall means to those who live close to it Chronicle Live · Nov 30, 2022
Suffragists set for English Heritage blue plaque honour in Westminster Campaigners for votes for women will be recognised with an English Heritage blue plaque at their Westminster HQ. Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2022
Organisation which records thoughts of British public receives blue plaque Mass Observation project was started to capture the public’s real opinion as opposed to the perception of it as presented in newspapers. The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022
Abbey illuminated with bats to mark 125 years of Dracula novel Whitby Abbey stands silhouetted over the town and is associated with the Bram Stoker gothic horror. The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2022
Airbnb donates £1.25m to English Heritage to ‘boost heritage tourism’ Housing campaigner says rental giant’s donation is a ‘cultural greenwashing’ to offset their poor publicity over the housing crisis The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2022
Evening Standard · Oct 19, 2022 Spectacular or scandalous? The UK’s first modernist home goes on sale for £3 million High and Over was built by the architect Amyas Connell for his professor Bernard Ashmole between 1929 and 1931.
The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022 400-year-old plaster friezes at Hardwick Hall protected for future generations The home of Bess of Hardwick has undergone extensive work in recent months.
Manchester Evening News · Oct 16, 2022 Haunted castles you can visit from Greater Manchester These castles are full of ghost stories and strange goings-on
The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022 BBC news pioneer receives Blue Plaque as the broadcaster celebrates 100 years Grace Wyndham Goldie brought politics and current affairs to TV screens and was directly responsible for early televised election coverage
Liverpool Echo · Oct 9, 2022 Visit castle with 'dramatic' views, café and unique shop less than an hour from Liverpool Views from the top stretch as far as 30 miles
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2022 English Heritage to host ghost story tours at five monasteries Tours at sites in north of England aim to be academically rigorous and shed light on the ruins’ deeper histories
The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2022 Stonehenge exhibition highlights similarities between ancient British and Japanese cultures The parallels suggest the communities are ideologically closer than one might imagine
The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2022 UK's heritage castles at risk unless England can hold back the tide English Heritage identifies six most vulnerable sites as climate change intensifies coastal erosion
The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022 Cornish castle linked to King Arthur at risk from rising sea levels Tintagel Castle is one of several sites at risk of collapsing into the sea without urgent work to protect them from climate change.
Manchester Evening News · Sep 14, 2022 Full list of the shops and supermarkets closed on Queen's funeral bank holiday Monday - including Asda, Aldi and Primark Many businesses have chosen to close on the day of the Queen's funeral
Wales Online · Sep 13, 2022 UK heritage attractions - including Stonehenge - to close for Queen's funeral Queen Elizabeth II's funeral is next Monday