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Hidden Histories

A series about overlooked or unsung monuments, museums, houses and historic places around the UK, picked by Observer writers

30 June 2022

  • Babbacombe model village, Torquay.

    Wish you were here: popular British postcards – in pictures

    We asked our favourite day-trip destinations to send us the most popular postcard from their gift shop. Here are our souvenirs

29 June 2022

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    Author Douglas Stuart on Glasgow’s ‘doocot’ culture

  • The Tenement House’s period sitting room.

    A monument to Scottish home life: why you should visit Tenement House

28 June 2022

  • Keats House in Keats Grove, Hampstead, London.

    ‘The beating pulse of poetry’: why you should visit Keats House

    The Romantic poet’s home in London was a haven where he wrote some of his most famous works. Today, two centuries after his death, it still evokes Keats’ spirit

27 June 2022

  • Ventnor Botanic Garden, Isle of Wight

    Balmy Britain: why you should visit Ventnor Botanic Garden

  • A ram’s head as the base of a snuffbox, made in Edinburgh c1881.

    Macabre, biased and fascinating: why you should visit the Wellcome Collection

26 June 2022

  • A boy rides a BMX bike in Rom skatepark, which became Grade 11 listed in 2014.

    Where to run wild: UK playgrounds and skateparks to visit

    From the first play street to a ‘junk playground’, there are many spaces old and new that offer kids the chance to let off steam

25 June 2022

  • Samuel Johnson's birthplace museum

    Wit, wisdom and better than Wordle: why you should visit Dr Johnson’s birthplace museum

  • Castlerigg stone circle

    ‘Solitude and awful wildness’: why you should visit Castlerigg stone circle

24 June 2022

  • Visitors at the Centre of Ceramic Art at York Art Gallery

    Social history and art combined: why you should visit the Centre of Ceramic Art

    From Lucie Rie’s buttons to WA Ismay’s unique hoard, the peerless pottery collection in York Art Gallery will appeal to all
  • The inner bailey of Castle Rising in Norfolk

    Inside the lair of the She-Wolf of France: why you should visit Castle Rising

    Norfolk seat of the Plantagenets and once home to Isabella, wife of King Edward II, this fortress is a trip that satisfies the mind, lifts the spirit and takes its visitors back in time
  • Rowtor Rocks

    Open your eyes to Britain’s hidden history. Here’s our pick of places to explore

    From prehistoric stone circles and cave art to castles, houses and galleries, our writers pick their favourite spots for a day out
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