Henrietta Easton

3 weeks ago | discoverbritain.com | Henrietta Easton

Ahead of Tartan Day 2025 on 6 April, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has unveiled a new tartan collection, which is inspired by the dramatic landscape of the Scottish Highlands and the rich cultural heritage and 1,000 year history of Urquhart Castle, on the shores of Loch Ness. Find out about New York Tartan Week 2025 here. The bespoke design for the tartan was created by local tartan mill, Prickly Thistle, and woven by leading tartan manufacturers, Lochcarron of Scotland.

4 weeks ago | discoverbritain.com | Henrietta Easton

On the morning of 26 March 2025, 100 years since first opening its doors, the Charles Dickens Museum welcomed Her Majesty The Queen to 48 Doughty Street in Bloomsbury, Dickens’ first family home, and the house where the author wrote the stories that made him globally famous.

1 month ago | discoverbritain.com | Henrietta Easton

Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography, opened at the end of February 2025 in Edinburgh and will run until 7 September 2025. The exhibitioncharts the evolution of royal portrait photography from the 1920s to the 2020s and goes behind the scenes on some of the most iconic photos taken of the royal family. Edinburgh‘s The King’s Gallery was previously known as the Queen’s Gallery and forms part of the Palace of Holyroodhouse at the bottom of The Royal Mile.

1 month ago | discoverbritain.com | Henrietta Easton

You’d have thought that the ‘modern take on Jane Austen’ genre was a crowded market by now, with countless retellings, Austen-inspired period dramas and Regency-style immersive experiences gracing our stages and screens, but London’s newest Austen theatre show is yet another, wonderful reminder of Jane Austen’s timeless wit and brilliance.

1 month ago | discoverbritain.com | Henrietta Easton

The Atholl Highlanders, Britain’s only private Regiment based at their ancestral home of Blair Castle in Highland Perthshire, have announced that they are honoured to be taking part in New York’s annual Tartan Day Parade on 5 April 2025 for the first time. The event will form part of an 11-day tour of the United States for the regiment, the fourth time in the Highlanders’ history they have taken part in a tour like this.