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Set up by two busy mothers, Swankymaison.com is a website dedicated to handmade pieces for the home with prices to suit all pockets.
This shop is a treasure trove of beautiful furniture, ornaments, soft furnishings, garden ideas and gifts.
Following displays of patchwork at the V&A and Liberty this year, The Festival of Quilts at the NEC Birmingham will be bigger than ever.
This month the Victorian Society requests your help in its appeal to identify the ten most endangered historic buildings in the country.
Celebrate our glorious countryside at art exhibition The Great British Landscape at RHS Rosemoor near Torrington, 20 March to 5 April. There, you’ll see some of the work of the best and most collected artists from around the country; whether you want to buy or just window shop you won’t want to miss it.
For a break with a difference, why not help conserve the UK’s heritage? National Trust working holidays provide the opportunity to enjoy some fresh air and protect some of the country’s finest coastlines, countryside, historic houses and gardens at the same time. From weekend breaks to two-week holidays, there are hundreds of activities on offer: from caring for wildlife to drystone-walling, hedge-laying to welcoming visitors or running a stall. Prices start at £50.
With more than 500 exhibitors, The National Homebuilding & Renovating Show at the NEC, from 18-21 March, offers a wealth of expertise and solutions on restoration, renovation and energy efficiency with 120 free seminar and masterclass sessions taking place over the four days.
The Victorian Society needs your help to prevent irreversible damage to the medieval church of St Mary the Virgin in Ashford, Kent, a building of national importance. Ashford Borough Council is proposing that the nave is converted into a flexible performance space, which will require extensive changes to the building.
