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It’s unhenged: millions will be denied one of England’s greatest views

A high court judge has ruled to allow the £1.7bn Stonehenge tunnel – and robbed motorists of a precious glimpse of something ancient, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Ancient stone structure discovered in Lake Michigan challenges archaeological beliefs

Discover the intriguing underwater stone structure found in Lake Michigan, 5,000 years older than Stonehenge. Experts are baffled by its purpose and origin.

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‘A time to reflect’: crowds celebrate winter solstice at Stonehenge

Thousands gather on Salisbury Plain and more watch online as the sun climbs again after the longest night

The Guardian - UK

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Stonehenge: Thousands gather at historic site to celebrate winter solstice

The solstice marks the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere

Evening Standard

Light at the end of Stonehenge tunnel is within reach

Letters: Readers on the plan for a road tunnel near the world heritage site

The Guardian - UK

Druids, pagans and archaeologists gather in London in latest battle for Stonehenge

Campaigners fear the new road scheme would be the first step in ‘de-listing’ the Unesco world heritage site

The Independent UK

What is the Stonehenge tunnel project and why is it so controversial?

Government wants to build a two-mile tunnel near Stonehenge - but campaigners say it will destroy the site’s unique landscape

The Independent UK

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Costly tunnel vision over Stonehenge

Brief letters: Road rage | Favourite Christmas Carols | Norwegian wood | Marble effect

The Guardian - UK

Wiltshire: Will a tunnel be built near Stonehenge? Controversial plan back in court

The £1.7bn, two-mile tunnel was authorised by the Department for Transport last year, but the decision is being challenged

Evening Standard

Stonehenge campaigners’ last-chance bid to save site from road tunnel

Historian says if ‘Britain trashes their world heritage sites, it bodes badly for the rest of the world’

The Guardian - UK

"Maybe we could play a show at Stonehenge? That would be very cool.” Rikard Sjoblom's Gungfly and the making of Friendship

Taking inspiration from an idyllic childhood and friendships left behind, Rikard Sjöblom’s Gungfly’s fourth album takes the listener on an emotional and nostalgic journey. The former Beardfish and current Big Big Trainer tells Prog more…

Louder

New mystery over origins of Stonehenge after remarkable discovery

For the past 100 years, the Altar Stone at Stonehenge was thought to come from south Wales - but new research provided a new theory

The Independent UK

Turkana stone beads tell a story of herder life in a drying east Africa 5,000 years ago

On the shores of Lake Turkana in east Africa, about 5,000 to 4,000 years ago, pastoralists buried their dead in communal cemeteries that were marked by stone circles and pillars. The north-west Kenya “pillar sites” were built around the same time as Stonehenge in the UK. But these places have…

The Conversation

‘Very much like us’: festival reveals secrets of building Stonehenge

Festival of Neolithic Ideas takes fresh look at how Stonehenge was built and the lives of neolithic people

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Children’s and teens’ roundup – the best new picture books and novels

A celebration of family; a guide to animal languages; Stonehenge spells; classroom crises; and dreams of becoming an alchemist

The Guardian - UK

£9bn Thames tunnel faces axe amid fears over Tory infrastructure plans

Rishi Sunak failure to commit to HS2’s northern leg has raised concerns about the future of several large-scale transport projects

Evening Standard

Stonehenge Dahlia: What are the origins of the Victorian Festival?

The festival dates back to the 1840s but is coming back in 2023

The Guardian - UK

Stonehenge dahlia show celebrates largely forgotten Victorian tradition

After 180 years, flowers and floral sculptures make a return to the famous stone circle this weekend

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The Independent UK

Victorian dahlia show recreated at Stonehenge with thousands of flowers

More than 10,000 people attended flower shows in the 1840s at the historic landmark.

The Guardian - US

Indigenous burial mounds in Ohio become Unesco world heritage site

The network of ceremonial mounds join the Acropolis, Machu Picchu, the Taj Mahal, Stonehenge and the Great Wall of China

The Guardian - UK

Revival of Stonehenge road tunnel plan triggers new legal challenge

Campaigners to return to the courts after planned two-mile tunnel near site, blocked in 2021, is greenlit again

Guitar World

“I don't know whether we played it properly, but the audience loved it”: When Black Sabbath regularly covered Smoke on the Water – and unwittingly inspired Spinal Tap's Stonehenge

Sabbath's ill-fated Born Again tour featured comically oversized props “as big as the real Stonehenge”, onstage spills, and a crowd-pleasing hard-rock crossover

The Guardian - UK

Kate Fielden obituary

Other lives: Doughty campaigner against destructive developments in the Stonehenge landscape

The Guardian - UK

Bird on the wire nest on Electric Avenue?

Letters: Brixton new-build | Derek Malcolm tributes | Stonehenge trees instead of tunnel | Send her Victorias | Chelsea on the cheap

The Guardian - UK

Stonehenge road tunnel plans approved by transport secretary

Mark Harper gives consent to disputed scheme to widen roads and dig two-mile tunnel near ancient site

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