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20 Oct 2016 to 15 Jan 2017 Showcasing over a hundred spectacular objects from Morocco to China, Power and Protection is the first major exhibition to explore the supernatural in the art of the Islamic world. Within Islamic societies, people of all backgrounds have engaged in fascinating yet controversial practices such as the casting of […]
There are now over 30,000 canal boats on our inland waterways, more than at the time of the Industrial Revolution, and unprecedented numbers of people are visiting and holidaying on our canals – in 2015, 379,000 people went canal boating, up 45% in the last 10 years. The popularity of boating has been fuelled by […]
Thursday 11 / 18 / 25 February & 3 March 2016 18.00 – 21.30 £15 (£12 members) After the sell-out success of our 2015 inaugural Kew Lates, the Princess of Wales Conservatory will once again throw open its doors after dark for a series of intimate evenings amid the thousands of tropical flowers of our […]
Image courtesy of Clarence House Weeks before they are set to welcome a new grandchild, the second royal baby, Prince Charles and Camilla are celebrating another happy occasion—their 10th anniversary. On Thursday, Clarence House, the couple’s royal residence in London, has released a sweet photo of the pair. The picture was taken in January and shows the […]
2015 marks Churchill’s 50th anniversary. Winston Churchill began his career as a colonial policeman in the North-West borderlands of India, and this experience was the beginning of his long relationship with the Islamic world. Overturning the widely-accepted consensus that Churchill was indifferent to, and even contemptuous of, matters concerning the Middle East, this book unravels […]
Visitors never forget their first breathtaking vision of Leeds Castle in Kent, rising majestically from the moat as it has done for over 900 years. With 500 acres of beautiful parkland and formal gardens, daily events and year round attractions, Leeds Castle is one of the best days out in Kent, you will want to […]
