Palaces & Buildings

Festival located within Windsor Castle grounds all set for its 45th year

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23rd September 2015
It’s that time of year again when the Windsor Festival, strikes a pitch-perfect note. This year will see the festival celebrate its 45th year. The schedule will see a packed and varied programme of performances by a Grammy winner, young British soprano and orchestras. Also scheduled are presentations from novelist, Frederick Forsyth and well-known historian, David Starkey. Ariel Photograph…
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History

The Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria

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17th August 2015
Everybody will remember the magnitude of celebrations commemorating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2012. From the River Thames pageant to the concert outside Buckingham Palace and especially the extended Bank Holiday weekend. Let’s not forget though that…
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When fire devastates England’s treasures

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12th May 2015
Some of the greatest insights of our history are embedded in the stately homes that lay across the country, full of stories that would put the saying “if these walls could talk” to shame. Unfortunately, with older homes fire safety doesn’t match that of modern day dwellings. Most recently Clandon Park House, an estate home in Surrey, is nothing more than a burned out shell after…
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