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A silk slipper of King James II takes center stage in Killerton’s annual fashion exhibit

Lovers reunited through heritage craft as portraits go on display at Oxburgh Hall. After decades apart, a young honeymooning couple have been reunited, their portraits lovingly restored and now displayed together at Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk, home of the Bedingfeld family for 500 years.

In 2025, Royal Oak's Damaris Horan Fellowship in Landscape Design was awarded to Allyson Gibson who was based at Trelissick in Cornwall.

Sheila will replace Andy Jasper who left the Trust in September to take up a new role as Group Chief Executive Officer at the Eden Project.

Love gifts from Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf and Harold Nicolson are among the items on display as Sissinghurst explores writer’s travels around Persia

Archaeological excavations in the basement below the 18th-century Bath Assembly Rooms have revealed the remains of what was once a popular form of taking the waters for health purposes – a cold bath.

The seminal garden was the hub of Gertrude Jekyll’s planting experiments which had a huge influence on garden design in Britain and beyond and the Arts and Crafts house showcases her collaboration with architect, Sir Edwin Lutyens

Allison Quaid Launches Coronation Collection Benefiting the Royal Oak Foundation in its Golden Jubilee Year of Supporting the National Trust

Try this recipe from renowned British steakhouse, Hawksmoor. From farming and food-obsessed families, founders and childhood friends, Will & Huw, opened the first Hawksmoor in East London in 2006. They had a simple three-fold goal: find the best possible beef; master the simple-seeming art of cooking the perfect steak; and create an environment where everyone, guests and staff, could relax and enjoy themselves.

Mansion houses with layers of history, a Tudor home in the heart of Hackney, modernist treasures and even a house designed by William Morris. All with good transport links in and around London. Where will you begin?