STEP back in time this at Blenheim Palace this spring and discover the fascinating life and works of Sir John Vanbrugh. An all-new exhibition, “Blueprints of Power” is being staged to tie mark the ter

The historian, author and former director of planning and development at English Heritage tells Anne Cuthbertson about his life and work in the capital

Gracing the banks of the River Thames, this exquisite gem survived the Civil War thanks to a shrewd political operator, and is one of the finest Stuart houses in the country

Do not speak ill of the dead: so runs a familiar injunction, often recalled when it is already too late, and ill has been spoken. And sometimes the dead themselves set a terrible example. Consider the

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A Queer Inheritance: Alternative Histories in the National ...