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Dale Abbey: Ruin, Hermit's Cave, and the Whispering Woods of Depedale
By Janine Moore 25th October 2025 All photography by Janine Moore. Click on photos to enlarge. Take a walk with me to wander the green lanes and mossy stones of Dale Abbey, Derbyshire — where a 13th-century Premonstratensian house once stood, a hermit carved a cave in the sandstone, and footpaths weave through evocative ruins, an ancient church, and haunted woodland. The beautiful Dale Abbey Village is nestled in a Derbyshire valley and founded on faith, compassion, and com
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4 days ago15 min read


FIVE NOBLE WOMEN
By Marianne Coxon 11 October 2025 Six years ago I became interested in the Hardwick Hall Noble Women hangings when I started my first role with the National Trust as a Creative Interpreter discussing the meanings behind these wonderful hangings as part of the ‘We are Bess’ project. The crux of the project was to explore the true nature of Bess of Hardwick who had been maligned by her last husband the Earl of Shrewsbury and mainly male writers since. The aims were also to in
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Oct 1121 min read


ACT Friends Autumn Gathering at Beeston, Nottingham
By Marysia Zipser 9th October 2025 Photography and videos by Tony Fisher RPS, Teresa Cullen, Jeanie Barton and Marysia Zipser  On Sunday...
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Oct 93 min read


Ravenna: Oscar Wilde’s Byzantine Refuge - mosaics speak and poets listen
By Patrizia Poggi 16 August 2025 Ravenna Portrait of Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony, photographic print on card mount: albumen. Library...
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Aug 1411 min read


Clarence Bicknell, the Victorian polymath, and Nottingham
By Marcus Bicknell 26 August 2025 Buckinghamshire and Bordighera Nottingham has an enduring academic relationship with Clarence Bicknell,...
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Aug 98 min read

