The much-anticipated exhibition ‘A Very Respectable Company – Jane Austen and Her Southampton Circle’ is now on at the Southampton Stories gallery of SeaCity Museum until October 2025. The exhibition highlights Austen’s time in Southampton, where she lived on several occasions, casting light on her circle of friends and relations. The display is part of […]
The 250th anniversary of Austen’s birth falls on 16 December 2025. Jane Austen’s House, Chawton, will celebrate throughout the year with brand new exhibitionsand a special events programme. Admission tickets for the entire year have beenreleased. The anniversary programme will launch in October 2024 with the opening of a brand-new permanent exhibition, Jane Austen and […]
Volunteers and staff at the much-loved Watercress Line have received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service from HM Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire, Mr Nigel Atkinson. The Lord-Lieutenant paid tribute to the heritage railway during a special presentation of the prestigious crystal award and certificate at Alresford Station on Monday 27 February. The Queen’s Award for Voluntary […]
Built using experimental archaeology and traditional Anglo Saxon building techniques – A unique reconstruction of a traditional Anglo-Saxon Hall house, based on Archaeological remains from Chalton, Hampshire,
In pictures – the official opening of the reconstructed roundhouse at Butser Ancient Farm
A unique reconstruction of a traditional Bronze Age Roundhouse, based on archaeological remains uncovered at Dunch Hill on Salisbury Plain, was officially unveiled on 9 October at experimental archaeology site, Butser Ancient Farm, by TV Presenter and archaeologist Professor Alice Roberts. The project is a collaboration between archaeologists from Butser Ancient Farm together with wounded, […]