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Lord Mayor’s chapel, sold during the dissolution of the monasteries, has been described as a ‘hidden gem’A medieval chapel in the centre of Bristol that Henry VIII sold off at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries has been taken back into the …
Boston Manor House in Brentford, which dates back 400 years, has received a six-year restoration costing £6mA Jacobean manor house that has been home to a primary school, an institute for training domestic servants and bedsit accommodation for spinster…
Italy’s culture minister has called for the man who defaced the site with ‘Ivan+Hayley 23’ to be identified and prosecutedItalian police are on the hunt for a young tourist who carved his and his girlfriend’s names into a wall of the Colosseum, sparki…
Exclusive: £4.8m refurbishment, which has taken eight years, will include extension to building, restored interior and 50-seat second screenWhen Hyde Park Picture House first opened its doors to the public shortly before the first world war, women were…
Technology will allow conservators to use fluorescence to identify and remove ageing varnish with total accuracyScientists have developed technology that will revolutionise the restoration of historic works of art by allowing conservators to identify a…
Rare treasures that escaped the destruction of the English Reformation show a country on the forefront of medieval and gothic artA new exhibition in Paris aims to show how England in the middle ages was very much part of Europe’s dynamic art, architect…
Rare 1623 missal bears signature of Catholic priest John Huddleston, who hid king after final defeat by Cromwell’s forcesA 400-year-old prayerbook owned by a Catholic priest who helped save the life of Charles II, son of the executed King Charles I, ha…
Ancient sacred complex said to have been where Julius Caesar assassinated in 44BC can be viewed after development projectAn ancient temple complex in the centre of the Italian capital where, according to legend, Julius Caesar was assassinated, was open…
Object from mid-bronze age, in ‘extraordinary’ state of preservation, was found in grave in BavariaA bronze sword more than 3,000 years old , which is so well-preserved that it “almost still shines”, has been unearthed in southern Germany, officials sa…
Playful takes on cautionary Ministry of Works signs encourage visitors to have a sensory experienceFifty years ago, heritage sites in England were covered in signs saying don’t do this, don’t do that, beware coming closer, danger here, keep your childr…