Conservation of an 18th century headboard | Secrets of State Bed
In this blog post, conservator Viola Nicastro explains the process of conserving the headboard ...
Florimania comes to Hampton Court: diary of an exhibition
It’s Mothering Sunday on the 22 March and as usual at Hampton Court Palace ...
Celebrating Hillsborough Castle's Moss Walk
Although moss gardens are a relatively common sight in Japan there are very few ...
Super staff: International Women's Day
Throughout our sites’ 1,000 years of history, countless great women have played a part ...
Outliers: The dissolution of monasteries and Whitehall Palace
Outliers is a historical fiction podcast, telling stories from the shadows of history. In ...
New life for the glasshouse at Hillsborough Castle
It's been an exceptionally busy year for the gardens team at Hillsborough Castle, with ...
Who wore it? Researching Queen Victoria's children’s clothes
With the exhibition, Victoria: Woman and Crown, coming to an end at Kensington Palace, ...
Mistletoe in the palace gardens: why do kiss under it?
One of the most popular enquires the gardeners get during winter concerns strange lumps ...
Outliers: Caroline Herschel and Queen Charlotte
Season Two of HRP’s Outliers podcast is here – our history fiction podcast that ...
How do we know what the Tower Poppies meant to people?
The 'Tower Poppies' installation in 2014 was a major event of commemoration. But how ...