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A painting by one of the most celebrated portrait painters of his time has been returned to its ancestral home, Sizergh Castle. ‘Charles Strickland with a Fishing Rod’ was painted by Dalton-born artist George Romney in the 1760s. Romney, who later went on to become a successful Georgian Society artist,…

A new handwoven carpet – immortalised in Beatrix Potter’s Tale of Samuel Whiskers – has been fitted at the National Trust’s Hill Top, the author’s 17th century Lake District farmhouse. The underlay for the carpet was made from Cumbrian Herdwick wool, the sheep breed Potter loved and helped to preserve….

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A new National Trust exhibition ‘Friendship by post – people who shaped Beatrix Potter’s world’, opens on Saturday 15 February, at the Beatrix Potter Gallery in Hawkshead. ‘Friendship by post’ explores how important correspondence was to Beatrix. Beatrix Potter’s original personal letters, photographs, illustrations from some of her famous tales…

A new art installation is being created to celebrate the dark skies in the Lake District. The installation ‘Intrastellar’ will be open from 21 February until 23 February at Grizedale Forest as part of Cumbria’s first ever Dark Skies Festival, a partnership between Forestry England, Friends of The Lake District,…

A Cumbrian student at the Cambridge college attended by William Wordsworth is organising a special event to mark the poet’s 250th anniversary. Will Crisp, a former pupil at Windermere’s Lakes School, is leading a poetry reading next month in the college chapel. He has chosen Wordsworth poems on the themes…

Having spent more than 25 years overseeing the success and growth of one of the county’s best-known heritage attractions, one of the most familiar faces in Cumbria’s heritage sector is retiring, Edwin Maher’s name has been synonymous with the Lakeland Motor Museum since he joined the business in June 1993…

A treasure trove of items belonging to William Wordsworth never seen publicly before has been given to Rydal Mount, the poet’s home near Ambleside. The items include two portraits which had not been seen for generations and that have never appeared on public display. There’s a framed portrait in oils…

This year is the 250th anniversary of William Wordsworth’s birth, and to celebrate, Wordsworth House and Garden in Cockermouth has teamed up with the Words by the Water literary festival to launch the Wordsworth@250 Young People’s Poetry Competition. Budding writers under the age of 19 are invited to follow in…

Owners of classic cars and motorbikes are being invited to bring their vehicles along to one of the north’s leading heritage attractions this December, for the Lakeland Motor Museum’s Boxing Day ‘Drive & Ride In Day’ gathering. Based on previous attendance, up to 150 vehicles are expected to attend throughout…