This spring explore the dark corners of Elizabethan history as Carol Ann Lloyd reveals the spy network tasked with keeping Queen Elizabeth I safe. Learn about the intense relationship between Churchill and his mother, who set him on his path to power with David Lough. Be captivated by the overlooked story of WWII spy Virginia Hall, “The most dangerous of all Allied spies,” with Sonia Purnell. Bask in the beauty and romance of Art & Design Gardens with Judith Tankard. Revel in the witty social history of royal life on a tour of the upstairs and downstairs of England’s grandest houses with Adrian Tinniswood; and more!

The Royal Oak Foundation is pleased to announce the 2019 Damaris Horan Prize Fellowship, a residential fellowship with the National Trust of England, Wales & Northern Ireland focused on using plants grown and cultivated without the use of peat. The Horan Fellow will develop solutions to the conservation challenge of peat-free plant supply, while benefitting from a valuable development and learning opportunity.

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