06/30/2024 M Mark Milligan
Ripley Castle - Historic castle and estate goes up for sale
Ripley Castle, a Grade I listed 14th-century castle and the ancestral seat of the Ingilby baronets goes up for sale.
05/15/2024 M Mark Milligan
Soldiers’ graffiti depicting hangings found on door at Dover Castle
Conservation of a Georgian door at Dover Castle has revealed etchings depicting hangings and graffiti from time of French Revolution.
05/08/2024 M Mark Milligan
Bronze Age treasures stolen from Ely Museum
Thieves have broken into Ely Museum and stolen historical treasures dating from the Bronze Age.
04/04/2024
M Mark Milligan
Unique Māori cloak made from kākāpō feathers goes on public display
A unique Māori cloak, made from the feathers of the critically endangered kākāpō has gone on public display following vital conservation work by Culture Perth and Kinross, the British Museum, and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
03/19/2024
M Mark Milligan
Stolen cultural treasures from Japan found in Massachusetts attic
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have announced the recovery of 22 cultural treasures from Okinawa, Japan, which were discovered in an attic in Massachusetts, United States.
03/17/2024 M Mark Milligan
New life for the Sycamore Gap tree
In September 2023, an act of vandalism felled the iconic sycamore tree at Whin Sill Gap on Hadrian’s Wall.
11/29/2023 M Mark Milligan
Should the Elgin Marbles be returned?
The Elgin marbles are a collection of decorative marble sculptures taken from the temple of Athena (the Parthenon) on the Acropolis in Athens.