The historic manor house founded by chocolate-maker George Cadbury will close on Monday for a deep clean and repairs.
Selly Manor Museum, in Bournville garden village, Birmingham, is made up of two buildings and houses a collection, with some…

The historic manor house founded by chocolate-maker George Cadbury will close on Monday for a deep clean and repairs.
Selly Manor Museum, in Bournville garden village, Birmingham, is made up of two buildings and houses a collection, with some…

“Shakespeare was inspired by the landscape, the area in Warwickshire… when Maggie O’Farrell visited she was equally inspired,” he said.
He said the town already had relatively high footfall, and although too early to definitively say what effect…

BBCA concert venue has launched a new scholarship programme offering tuition on “one of the UK’s most important concert hall” organs.
The 14-metre (45ft) Britton…

Dressing for winter is a balancing act: it’s rare you’ll ever be the perfect temperature. One moment you step outside to see your breath hanging in the air, the next you’re packed into a sweltering, crowded train.

The shop has been trading for almost three years and has a sister site in Badby, Northamptonshire.
After being alerted to the break-in, the owners spent the night at the site in temperatures of about -5C (23F) because the damaged door could not be…

Susie and Peter Bell, who recently moved from Shropshire to Norfolk are currently training their ninth guide dog puppy, Martie.
They said they had never taken the dogs to a theatre for training before.
“It’s actually enhanced our life tremendously…

Growing up in suburban Perth in the early 1980s, Shaun Tan was frequently bored.
The waterfront suburb of Hillarys is well developed now, but it was “a bit of a nowhere sort of place” when Tan was a kid.
“My parents moved out there without much…

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