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Lord Byron statue returns to Hyde Park after 70 years on a traffic island
A Grade II-listed statue of Lord Byron has been moved from a neglected traffic island on Park Lane back into Hyde Park. The relocation foll…
Port Talbot residents turn local history into folk music through new songwriting project
The Cân y Cymoedd project is helping community groups and schools in Port Talbot and Rhondda Cynon Taf research local history to create ori…
19th-century marble bust found in Cotswolds garden sells at auction
A marble sculpture by Harriet Goodhue Hosmer spent 70 years in a Cotswolds garden after being mistaken for a simple ornament. The piece, wh…
Hull Maritime Museum welcomes 50,000 visitors in its first month after reopening
Following a £20m renovation, Hull Maritime Museum has seen 50,000 people pass through its doors in just four weeks. This turnout represents…
Artist Rebecca Howard captures the beauty of rewilding in new West Sussex exhibition
Artist Rebecca Howard has spent two years painting landscapes at rewilding sites across England, focusing on the untidy scrub and deadwood …
Canterbury Cathedral installs new stone carvings to highlight Kent's native wildlife
Stonemasons at Canterbury Cathedral have replaced decayed carvings with four new grotesques depicting a beaver, peregrine falcon, pine mart…
Richard Rogers' Wimbledon home donated to the National Trust
The Rogers House, a Grade II* listed property designed by architects Richard and Su Rogers in 1968, has been gifted to the National Trust. …
Bradford Museums and Galleries receives £175,000 grant to improve artwork storage
Bradford’s collection of nearly one million historical items is set to be better protected after the council secured £175,040 in National L…
Wind-powered musical installation Harmonic Fields opens on Baildon Moor
The Harmonic Fields installation features over 200 wind-powered instruments, including flutes and glockenspiels, set across the landscape o…
Bayeux Tapestry goes on display at the British Museum for the first time
The 70-metre-long 11th-century embroidery has arrived in London from France, marking the first time the historic artefact has left its home…
The Bayeux Tapestry goes on public display in the UK for the first time
Nearly 1,000 years after it was created, the 70m-long Bayeux Tapestry has arrived at the British Museum for a temporary exhibition. The his…
Aberdeenshire pensioner completes 86ft cross-stitch replica of the Bayeux Tapestry
Ian Williams spent nearly four decades cross-stitching a 26-metre replica of the Bayeux Tapestry, a project he began to pass the time durin…