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Looking for the perfect day trip? We've compiled a list of the loveliest historic houses to visit near London
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Surrey stately home Polesden Lacey was once a top spot for royal honeymoons, and is still one of the most visited properties of the National Trust
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Things to do
Just beyond Richmond, visitors can step back in time for a taste of seventeenth-century luxury
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Things to do
For an intriguing day out that's as gothic as it is stately, head to Greater London's Strawberry Hill
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Things to do
Buckinghamshire's Waddesdon Manor is a High Victorian masterpiece in the style of a French Chateau, built and owned by the Rothschild family.
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Things to do
Venture south of Bexley Heath to find an oasis of garden design and historic architecture at Red House
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Talks
Eminent historians and thinkers engage in discussion about the controversy surrounding statues of problematic historical figures.
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Cinema
Detroit is a harsh, uneasy thriller by one of the genre's best directors
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Talks
Who will win the day? Fiona Shaw joins an ensemble cast of star writers and performers in the battle of the great queens
Tried and Tested
Cinema
For director, writer, and star Nate Parker, The Birth of a Nation was a personal project that became a troubled and controversial one
Tried and Tested
Cinema
New Art for a New World brings the artists of the Russian Avant-Garde to life in this entrancing art historical documentary
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Visual Arts
'The Asylum and Beyond': Wellcome Bedlam exhibition to explore how our notions of madness have changed over the centuries
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Cinema
New Matthew Mcconaughey movie Free State of Jones is like a double History lesson on a Friday afternoon
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Visual Arts
We review Sunken Cities, the British Museum's triumphant spring show
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Kids
Discover our brutal history of jousting at Eltham Palace this June
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Visual Arts
An historical, old fashioned yet pleasurable treasure trove: we review 'Sicily: Culture and Conquest', writes Ella Cory Wright
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Kids
London Night Owls are opening the doors of the Museum of London for two special after dark kids' events
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Design
The world's biggest annual flower show returns in a riot of colour at Hampton Court Palace this summer
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Cinema
New American movie Spotlight tells of the Massachusetts Catholic sex abuse scandal, and stars Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams
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Visual Arts
High art and lowlives: the V&A's enchanting new galleries bring 17th Century Europe to life
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Gigs
Who can resist buried treasure? British Museum present an exhibition of ancient hoards
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Visual Arts
REVIEW: Julia Margaret Cameon's bicentary is celebrated with an outstanding exhibition of fanciful portraits
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Visual Arts
REVIEW: Tate Britain's 'Artist and Empire' exhibition skirts around the issue of British Colonialism
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Visual Arts
REVIEW: Royal Academy Liotard exhibition celebrates the theatrical society portraitist that made a name dressing in Oriental costume
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Cinema
Chad Gracia's conspiracy documentary The Russian Woodpecker won the Grand Jury Prize in its category at Sundance – we can see why.
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Visual Arts
House of Illustration reveals Winnie the Pooh illustrator EH Shepard's dark drawings of trenches and war
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Visual Arts
Portraiture from one of the finest Spanish artists at the National Gallery: Goya’s sitters come to life in this highly anticipated 2015 exhibition
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Theatre
Trevor Nunn brings Shakespeare's histories to life with epic drama in this engrossing triliogy of plays
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Kids
British Museum London unveils spectacular Celtic artwork for major exhibition that rewrites the barbarian history
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Visual Arts
Science Museum celebrates visionary photographer Julia Margaret Cameron with a fantastic show of powerful portraits
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Kids
History buffs listen up! Travel back in time to Churchill's secret HQ at the Churchill War Rooms London