It’s an amazing 70 years since Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne. Over the next four days in the UK we’re celebrating the Platinum Jubilee, so now seems a good time to take a shameless topical look at one of the many stories I researched in my latest book National Treasures. Saving the Nation’s […]
Second World War
Safe As Houses – An Article for Historic Houses Magazine
Here’s an article I’ve written for the Historic Houses Association autumn 2021 magazine, on the uses their members’ homes were put to in storing London’s collections during the Second World War, including wonderful Boughton House, Belvoir Castle and Haddon Hall. Read the article now…
