Stockport Plaza, where I performed last night, is a right looker of a theatre. It lay empty for years, like many old, derelict theatres across the country but it should be an inspiration for how great buildings can be saved, restored and returned to the heart of their communities

Heritage alert for stained glass #Ukraine: Please RT FRH 19_Birkbeck Association for Art History ICOMOS-UK History of Art York Janice Gooch Heritage Crafts Kate Mason 🐉 @JoDesignHistory Design History Society Art Workers' Guild Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Research Win Medieval Canterbury The Telegraph Womens Cultural Heritage Churches Conservation Trust

Have you been on one of our popular #VirtualTours yet? 💻 If not, book your space either this Saturday 2nd April, 10am or Sunday 1st May, 7pm before we pause them until our #DigitalWinter season!

Wondering what to do at the weekend? #Essex has so much to offer, from the oldest church in Europe, miles of coastline, and the best surviving WW I aerodrome in Europe. (With the addition of wildlife, great coffee and cake!) And its free! Where? Stow Maries Aero stowmaries.org.uk

Residents in listed buildings (GII) within the London Borough of Kensington & Islington will no longer need to apply for listed building consent application to install solar panels.

Come and work with me! C20 Society

A new AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship on “Crown Engagement in Britain's Emerging Empire” jointly supervised by myself ⁦Historic Royal Palaces⁩ & ⁦@EdmondJSmith⁩ ⁦@UoMhistdept⁩ Please retweet & share widely! jobs.ac.uk/job/COK524/ahr…

I see that #HerefordHour is trending. Let's have an #EssexHour. This Friday, 11am-12pm. Tweet about all the good things that Essex has to offer.

Join us for our next online lecture! Organised by our West Coast Chapter- Miriam Stewart will speak on Harvard Art Museums: Collections and Reconsiderations, Harvard Art Museums Thursday, 14 April 2022 11 am (PT)/ 1 pm (CT)/ 2 pm (ET)/ 7 pm (BST), 8 pm (CET)

In 1893 a poem was written about the dangers of electricity... 'a flash- a sound like zip!, a smell of tuning fills the started Air, the Electrician is no longer there! Most homes did not have this dangerous new thing, we would be lost without it now!

With an early start this morning, I thought I'd post an image which might be appropriate. This is "Essex Landscape, Early Morning" by Walter Steggles from 1938. It was one of the headline images from our recent exhibition Beecroft Art Gallery in Southend which closed on Sunday at 5pm

Is your #Church eligible for a #grant of up to £500? 🌱🐝🐞Devon Communities Together has launched a new Community Wildlife Grant scheme, with Devon_LNP to provide #grants for new or existing #community #projects. 👇 Diocese of Exeter #ruralchurch #churchyard #devonchurch #wildlife #ecochurch

WE ARE RECRUITING! We are seeking an outstanding person to manage the Forum and its Steering Group - could you be the next Historic Environment Forum (HEF) Manager? Apply by 6 May: historicenvironmentforum.org.uk/join-the-hef-t…

The next #HeritageChat (19 April, 1-2pm) will focus on *Places of Worship*. You can add the questions you would like to discuss here: docs.google.com/document/d/1gp… Still time to ask questions!

New book out!

We're extending early bird tickets for #AIMConference2022 over the bank holiday weekend! Early bird tickets offer great savings for AIM members so make sure you buy yours before sales close at 5pm on Tuesday 3 May: ow.ly/UzGz50IUbNJ

We were delighted to launch our Changing Lives report at No. 11 #DowningStreet yesterday! The report highlights the positive social and economic impact that Wentworth Woodhouse's regeneration is having on the people of #SouthYorkshire Read it here: bit.ly/3MCQQ8l

A fitting #ThrowbackThursday photo: all the way back to about 1905!📸⏳ 👉Here you can see Southend Pier & the Pier Hill bandstand, which was erected in 1898 on the top of the Pier Hill buildings 🌳It was removed in 1921 & re-erected in Chalkwell Park #museums #visitsouthend

Friday already? Where has the week gone? Still buzzing from the excellent HRB Alliance #BigUpdate proving that the historic environment is hugely important to well being and communities, and that churches have a role in the future.