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Hilary McGrady, director-general of the National Trust. Pic: National Trust - Credit: Archant The ornate doors of East Anglia's stately homes are about to be thrown open to visitors once again. Attractions such as Blickling, Felbrigg and Oxburgh halls, Horsey Windpump and sites in Suffolk such as Ickworth and Sutton Hoo will allow indoor visitors again from May 17. Russell Clement, general manager at Oxburgh Hall, near Swaffham, said: "Our teams have been busy over the last few weeks making final preparations and getting ready to re-open our doors again. It’s going to be wonderful to be ab...

Items from the Sutton Hoo ship burial, now in the British Museum. Top: Gold garnet shoulder clasp encrusted with Sri Lankan garnets (RobRoy/Creative Commons/Wikimedia). Bottom: Gold belt buckle, weighing nearly 1 pound. "All the objects shone in the sunshine as on the day they were buried." — Basil Brown's diary, August of 1939. Britain's "Dark Ages" may have formally ended in a field in Suffolk, England, on July 21, 1939. That's when archaeologist Peggy Piggott uncovered a tiny gold pyramid encrusted with garnets from the Sutton Hoo ship burial. Within days, the excavators had discovered a...

With theaters starting to reopen, the movie business started looking up. From an English-language Almodóvar movie to a new cut of a years-old superhero movie, Vulture’s film critics celebrate the great cinema hits of 2021.

Work at Woodbridge Museum is almost complete - Credit: Katy Sandalls Woodbridge Museum is preparing to reopen it's doors after a major facelift after being closed for more than a year.  The museum, which is based on Whisttocks Place, has had a complete redesign and will now focus on the stories of important local people.  Curator John White and April Groen who helped redesign the space - Credit: Katy Sandalls Among those is Edith Pretty, whose story has gained substantial coverage recently in the Sutton Hoo film, The Dig.  Also featured in the museum are Victorian painter Thomas Churchyar...

Work at Woodbridge Museum is almost complete - Credit: Katy Sandalls Woodbridge Museum is preparing to reopen it's doors after a major facelift after being closed for more than a year.  The museum, which is based on Whisttocks Place, has had a complete redesign and will now focus on the stories of important local people.  Curator John White and April Groen who helped redesign the space - Credit: Katy Sandalls Among those is Edith Pretty, whose story has gained substantial coverage recently in the Sutton Hoo film, The Dig.  Also featured in the museum are Victorian painter Thomas Churchyar...