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British Museum Announces First Major UK Exhibition On Roman Emperor Nero Tickets are available to book today for Nero: the man behind the myth opening 27 May.by BWW News Desk Next month the British Museum will open the first major exhibition in the UK on Nero, one of the most notorious ancient Roman emperors. Nero: the man behind the myth will explore the true story of Romes fifth emperor informed by new research and archaeological evidence from the time, challenging the biased historical acco...

Hes the emperor infamous for fiddling while Rome burned to the ground. Nero, who killed himself in 69AD, has long been derided as being a corrupt and tyrannical leader who may have deliberately instigated the Great Fire of Rome. But a new British Museum exhibition aims to demonstrate how the negative depiction of Nero is a partly false one. In response to the fire in AD 64, which burned for nine days and destroyed large parts of Rome, Nero in fact led the relief and reconstruction efforts and b...

Notorious Roman Emperor Nero Explored In New British Museum Show 22 April 2021 / Art Categories Preview / Art Tags British Museum, Nero / / / The British Museum is to mount the first major UK exhibition on Nero, one of the most notorious ancient Roman emperors. Nero: the man behind the myth will explore the true story of Rome’s fifth emperor informed by new research and archaeological evidence from the time, challenging the biased historical accounts written after Nero’s death that hav...

Published: 5:10 PM March 3, 2021    Judi Newman, development director of St Elizabeth Hospice, and Lucky Tickets Emma Lloyd with the David Gillingwater painting - Credit: Lucky Ticket More than £1,500 has been raised for Ipswichs St Elizabeth Hospice after a painting was sold in an online raffle. Lucky Ticket, a website set up by Suffolk businessman and tech entrepreneur Adrian Melrose, has sold David Gillingwaters artwork ‘Towards Iken’ in aid of the hospice. The oil on canvas paint...

Snape: The charming Suffolk village which shares its name with a Harry Potter character The village is just across the Cambs border in Suffolk Snape is best known for its Maltings, a group of buildings formerly used to produce malt for use in the brewing industry, which host the annual Aldeburgh Music Festival (Image: Peter Thompson/Heritage Images/Getty Images) Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! ...

Eyes Wide Shut (1999): Stanley Kubricks final movie starred Tom Cruise and then wife Nicole Kidman in a dense story of sexual obsession and mysterious cloaked gatherings in stately homes. Elveden Hall has never looked so magnificent with its mix of Gothic and Indian architecture forming the backdrop to an almost religious looking orgy which Tim Cruises character finds himself embroiled in. A masterful mix of location, lighting and production design. Mildenhall:  Tomorrow Never Dies (1997): Pie...

Eyes Wide Shut (1999): Stanley Kubricks final movie starred Tom Cruise and then wife Nicole Kidman in a dense story of sexual obsession and mysterious cloaked gatherings in stately homes. Elveden Hall has never looked so magnificent with its mix of Gothic and Indian architecture forming the backdrop to an almost religious looking orgy which Tim Cruises character finds himself embroiled in. A masterful mix of location, lighting and production design. Mildenhall:  Tomorrow Never Dies (1997): Pie...

As I write this, I feel euphoric. Ive just emerged from the sea, off the Suffolk coast at Aldeburgh. Yes, its May, but the North Seas never as cold as you think its going to be – or, I admit, as warm. Nevertheless, from April to October you can easily immerse yourself in it for minutes on end, without swearing. You dont have to breaststroke the length of the beach to experience the natural high. This morning I didnt swim anywhere. I simply plunged in, did a couple of hundred bicycle kicks and...

Published: 1:48 PM February 9, 2021    Updated: 12:20 PM March 9, 2021 Snape Maltings and the surrounding landscape was a key filming location for the recent Netflix film The Dig - Credit: Screen Suffolk Suffolk has found itself as a key filming location for several productions over the years. With a variety of natural landscapes and charming historical buildings scattered all over the county, its easy to see why Suffolk is popular within the industry. Here are five films which were sho...

Natural England unveils plans for final stretch of coast path in Suffolk Improved public access to section between Bawdsey and Aldeburgh. From: Orford Quay is just one of the sights along the new section of coast path in Suffolk Proposals for improved public access to a 39-mile (62km) stretch of coast between Bawdsey and Aldeburgh have been unveiled today, Wednesday 3 February 2021, by Natural England. When established, this fifth and final stretch of the path will complete a 138-mi...