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Hadlow Tower: UK's tallest folly reimagined as vertical home for sale for £2.78m

At 175 feet tall, Hadlow Tower is six feet higher than Nelson’s Column, and thought to be the UK’s highest Victorian Gothic tower

Evening Standard

Actor Richard Burton to be honoured with blue plaques on childhood home

Actor who came from humble beginnings in Wales rose will be commemorated alongside his equally influential father Philip

The Independent UK

Faceless figures and mysterious music: ghost stories from English Heritage sites

Figure caught on camera at Chester Castle among accounts of eerie goings on at historic properties

The Guardian - UK

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'Children will be traumatised’: Londoners spooked by Halloween takeover at historic mansion

Tickets for the Halloween at Kenwood event cost £66 for two adults and two children

Evening Standard

Marc Bolan honoured with blue plaque outside London home

The frontman of glam rock band T. Rex died in a car crash in 1977 at the age of 29.

Evening Standard

St George’s cross appears on Westbury white horse monument

Wiltshire landmark assessed for damage after red fabric pinned across it to form England flag

The Guardian - UK

England flag appears on famous white horse landmark

English Heritage will be assessing the landmark to see if there is any damage

The Independent UK

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White horse landmark to be examined for damage after red cross pinned to it

The Westbury White Horse in Wiltshire is hundreds of years old and can be visible for miles.

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on the ‘twin’ Vermeers: how to spot a masterpiece

Editorial: Two versions of the Guitar Player raise important questions of attribution. In our age of fake images, authenticity in art is more vital than ever

The Guardian - UK

Vermeer or not? New display lets visitors decide who painted almost identical artworks

Two versions of the Guitar Player to hang alongside each other at Kenwood in London for first time in 300 years

The Guardian - UK

Traditional British puddings face a sticky end

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The Independent UK

Save our pudding! Are these homemade British comforts on the verge of extinction?

New research has suggested the humble puddings could vanish from tables in the next 50 years

The Independent UK

Sticky end? The British pudding faces extinction, English Heritage warns

Not just boiled or steamed desserts in danger, charity finds, households also rarely make fruit pies and crumbles

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Saint obituary

Architectural historian who was interested in the broader social and economic influences of buildings

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Love story of two Edwardian servants on Yorkshire estate told in new collection

Grandson of valet Alf Edwards and kitchen maid Caroline Palmer donates dozens of their personal objects to English Heritage

The Independent UK

Family-friendly summer gardens to visit

Walk around some stunning gardens while the kids let off steam.

The Guardian - UK

English Heritage chief steps down after overseeing controversial cost cuts

Nick Merriman’s exit, for personal reasons, welcomed by some after redundancies and winter closures aimed at ‘financial sustainability’

The Independent UK

Thousands brave the heat to watch summer solstice sunrise

Temperatures in Salisbury and Greater London reached 18C by 5am, according to the Met Office.

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The Guardian - UK

Thousands gather at Stonehenge for summer solstice celebration

Combination of weekend timing and good weather could make this year’s event one of the busiest in years

The Guardian - UK

‘I feel as if we could be in Scandinavia’: exploring the Norfolk that time forgot

Breckland is a little-known part of England that sings with peace and rare wildlife. It would undoubtedly be a national park if so much of it hadn’t been commandeered by the military. But there is a place to stay on its borders

The Guardian - UK

‘Tudor high drama’: English Heritage looks for descendants of abbey rebels

Organisation to mark 500 years since uprising against Cardinal Wolsey’s closure of Bayham Abbey

The Independent UK

Charity searches for descendants of rioters involved in 1525 uprising

More than 100 men stormed Bayham Abbey, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, with makeshift weapons, in protest at its closure as part of religious reforms.

The Guardian - UK

How much do you know about these legendary English people and places? Take our quiz

Is your knowledge of England’s castles, forts and abbeys in ruins? Or do you know your Dover from your Tintagel? This quiz will test you

The Guardian - UK

The makings of a legend: how did Tintagel Castle become the place where King Arthur was said to have been conceived?

This north-Cornwall fortress found fame in the 13th century thanks to its association with a famous Arthurian legend

The Guardian - UK

See the stuff of legend: explore England’s epic history this summer

From royal romances at Osborne to murder holes in St Mawes Castle, there are myths, legends and spectacular tales to be told all across the country

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