Island hopping: exhibition finds connections between ancient cultures of the Mediterranean
Show at Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum of more than 200 artefacts from Sardinia, Cyprus and Crete considers the connections between lost island civilisations
Britain's oldest prayer beads—buried more than 1,000 years ago—to be displayed in new museum on remote island
It is one of several artefacts making their first public appearance at Lindisfarne Priory
For richer, for poorer: domestic life in 18th-century Ireland examined in new book
Scholarly essays examine how people lived, from poor tenant farmers to their whist-playing landlords
Conservation of Spanish Armada invasion maps reveals red ink details were added hundreds of years later
Analysis of 16th-century, hand-drawn maps finds that the reds pigments were only available from the late 19th century
London operating theatre—the oldest in Europe—goes under the knife for major restoration
Victorian hospital will re-create the original skylight that aided innovative treatment of “working and deserving” women
Gainsborough’s new home: museum dedicated to artist reopens in 'sweet' English village
The newly restored galleries will also exhibit loan shows and house collections by Suffolk’s own Cedric Morris and John Constable
Top-shelf secrets lie behind the Victorian respectability of newly restored Sambourne House
House in London's Kensington includes hundreds of commercial artist Linley Sambourne’s illustrations and cartoons—and (not on view) his pornographic photographs
British Museum’s cracking tale of ancient Egyptian code, scholarly rivalry, sex and a magic bath
A new exhibition based around the Rosetta Stone marks 200 years since hieroglyphs were deciphered
Eight exhibitions to see during London's Frieze Week
From Cezanne's love of Provence at Tate Modern to cracking the Ancient Egyptian code at the British Museum
London's Wellcome Collection returns remains of death camp victim to Denmark
Research carried out in 2019 helped identify the remains as Preben Holger Larsen, a 26-year-old artist and member of the Danish resistance
How England's Civil War laid waste to the country's grandest private house
Book tells tale of how Oliver Cromwell wiped Basing House—which provided shelter to the famous classical architect Inigo Jones—off the map
Adam Dant’s on-the-nose political maps are delightfully vulgar—and merit a ‘Partygate’ update
New book collects the illustrator’s maps that range from UK political sleaze to the renaming of American states using cockney rhyming slang
Tŷ Pawb: an eclectic Welsh centre that wants to be a home for all—including a sweet shop and a dog grooming parlour
Built as a multi-storey car park, this redeveloped Wrexham centre has found its focus on textiles, artists and local groups and offers children’s play and workshops
William Beckford’s tower is finally complete, 200 years after the eccentric English architect started construction
The Bath museum, the only surviving example of the reclusive millionaire's architectural achievements, is also showing works from his original art collection
Medieval Welsh castle in world's first 'book town' saved from collapse
Hay Castle will open to the public for the first time following a £7m restoration project
Historic English villa—built by royal mistress to escape her 'stinker' of a husband—reopens after restoration
Henrietta Howard's Marble Hill is a rare surviving example of such a home, and even rarer as one created by a woman
Book investigates why so many Irish country houses were subject to devastating arson attacks in the 1920s
While the early part of this publication is dry, once the fires start the narrative heats up
Acquisitions round-up: Greek entrepreneur Dimitris Daskalopoulos donates hundreds of works to four international museums
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide
From torture to cream tea: new book chronicles the history of Britain’s castles
Eyewitness accounts from behind the gates of fortresses dating from the seventh century to now bring these imposing buildings to life
William Morris's 'heaven on earth' home in the Cotswolds reopens after restoration
New research has helped to bring back lost objects and features at Kelmscott Manor, where the English Arts and Crafts designer lived for 25 years
Anne Boleyn’s falcon—removed after her execution—returns to Hampton Court
The newly discovered emblem goes back on show on the 500th anniversary of the day King Henry VIII first met his future second wife
The room where it happened: John Lavery’s studio
Cromwell Place opens up the former studio of the Irish artist, where he painted prominent Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiators
London's National Maritime Museum launches campaign to rescue giant decaying tapestry—unseen for decades
Commissioned by Charles II, the work depicts the 1672 Battle of Solebay between the English and Dutch in which the 1st Earl of Sandwich drowned
Exhibition explores the many faces of Elizabeth I and her fellow Tudors
The show of portraits at the Holburne Museum in Bath charts the reign of the Tudor monarchs and their subjects
True mettle: restoring Hampton Court Palace's glorious but scarred Baroque iron screens
Reviving 17th-century Tijou screens commissioned by Protestant monarchs William and Mary means undoing decades of damage and haphazard repairs
Spend, spend, spend: what lies behind the Stuarts’ taste for extravagant buildings and interiors
The turbulent period’s flashy architectural projects aimed to send out a powerful message, new book reveals
Magnificent Roman mosaic discovered in a farmer's field is 'UK's most exciting find of its kind in a century'
The first ever mosaic illustrating scenes from Homer’s Iliad, it would have decorated an imposing dining and entertainment space within a major villa complex
Going underground: English poet Alexander Pope’s hidden grotto to be saved
A relic of national importance, the man-made cave is all that remains of his villa and gardens—and is only accessible through a school dining hall
British Museum reveals the golden and gruesome history of Ancient Peru
This major London show, marking the 200th anniversary of the country's independence, does not flinch from the bloodiest aspects of Inca culture
Secrets of the Black Prince's tomb effigy in Canterbury Cathedral revealed by scientists
Sculpture atop the final resting place of the medieval knight and heir to Edward III has been examined by a team of researchers led by The Courtauld Institute of Art