Tag: HERITAGE PRESS RELEASE
New Shakespeare First Folio discovered 400 years after his death
A new Shakespeare First Folio has been discovered at Mount Stuart on the Isle of Bute. Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Oxford University, has authenticated the First Folio as genuine, bringing the total of First Folios known to survive to 234.
World’s first operational radar station to be restored
Some of the UK's most important Second World War heritage will be safeguarded, conserved and shared more widely thanks to nearly £1.5million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
CSI Medieval: researchers to uncover forensic secrets of Britain’s historic wax seals
Historical research using forensic fingerprinting techniques on the wax seals of thousands of medieval documents will reveal new insights into 12th to 14th century British society, help determine how unique fingerprints truly are, and uncover medieval crime.