It’s said that Sir Christopher Hatton – a favourite of Elizabeth I – was the finest dancer in England; he first caught the Queen’s eye at a ball, performing a vigorous galliard. Could he have matched ...

Introduction: The stately homes and England -- Prelude: Houses of taste (to 1815) -- 1. The Victorian idea of heritage -- 2. Hosts and guests: the opening of the country house -- 3. Philistines, ...

Stately homes are, arguably, at their most handsome at Christmas – capacious halls are filled with gigantic Christmas trees, palatial staterooms host immersive fairy-tale attractions, and majestic ...

While we’re used to swooning over them in costume dramas or enjoying a chaste tour on visiting days, the UK's stately homes ...

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"These notices were prepared for, and originally appeared in, the Art journal, but they have been rearranged, here and there rewritten, and in every case materially ...