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What’s On in London in November 2026 – Bonfires, New Museum, Christmas Lights, and Autumn Joy

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November might be the most underrated month in London's calendar, and this year it has the biggest museum opening in years. The London Museum opens at Smithfield on 28 November…
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All the Queen’s Men: Elizabeth I and Courtship as Foreign Policy With Historian Sophie Shorland

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Historian Sophie Shorland returns to the podcast — last time for The Lost Queen, her book on Catherine of Braganza, the forgotten queen who helped bring tea to Britain…
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Your November British streaming calendar is here

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The November "What's British on Streaming" calendar is attached — two pages, ready to print, or keep it on your phone and stop wondering what's on.

Page one is…

Sunday Post: Lie Down and Look Up - Visiting The Last Room Charles I Walked Through to His Death

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A rainy afternoon at Banqueting House, the last of the lost Palace of Whitehall and the one room in the world where Rubens's ceiling still hangs where he meant it…

Strictly Jane Austen Episode 6: The King of Bath – Beau Nash – The Man Who Talked an Entire City Into Existence

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This is part of a special Jane Austen series, sponsored throughout by Strictly Jane Austen.
It is one of Jonathan's favorite kinds of story: the man who talks an entire…
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The Church in the Middle of a Field Next to Hadrian's Wall With a 1500 Year History

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This week, I share the story of one of the most interesting places I came across on my walk across England - Heavenfield, St Oswald's Church, and a thirteen-hundred-year-old pilgrimage…

I Walked Hadrian’s Wall Coast to Coast — Here’s What It Was Actually Like – Blisters, Meat Pies & Beautiful Countryside

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Jonathan is finally ready to talk about it. After fifteen years of wanting to, a year of preparation and nine days of walking, he completed the Hadrian's Wall Path National…
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Strictly Jane Austen Episode 5: America’s Love Affair with Jane Austen — One of Literature’s Strangest Romances

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This is Episode 5 of a special six-part Jane Austen series, sponsored throughout by Strictly Jane Austen.

It is, when you stop to think about it, one of the strangest…
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Strictly Jane Austen Episode 4: The People Who Made Jane Austen — The Crowded World Behind Six Perfect Novels

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This is Episode 4 of a special six-part Jane Austen series, sponsored throughout by Strictly Jane Austen.

We tend to imagine great writers alone — a solitary genius at a…
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Sunday Post: The Room Behind the Balcony - Part 2

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This week, we continue our exploration of the history of the most famous part of Buckingham Palace, the East Wing.

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What’s On in London in October 2026 — New Exhibitions, Half Term & What to Pack

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Tomorrow is October 1st, which means it's time for the monthly What's On in London — and October might be Jonathan's single favorite month to be in the city. The…
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Strictly Jane Austen Episode 3: Jane Austen’s England on Screen – A Location-by-Location Visitor’s Guide

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This is Episode 3 of a special six-part Jane Austen series, sponsored throughout by Strictly Jane Austen.

When we picture Jane Austen's world, most of us aren't actually picturing Hampshire…
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