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07 Dec 2017
How to Look after your Home this Winter
How to Look after your Home this Winter

Last December the UK faced its worst winter flooding on record with an insurance bill that topped £1.3 billion. Property owners are often powerless in these extreme circumstances but there are things we can do to protect our home against the more predictable features of the British winter. Here is how to help your house...

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19 Oct 2017
Protecting Your Home Against Storm Damage this Winter
Protecting Your Home Against Storm Damage this Winter

Ophelia was one of the worst storms to hit Ireland in over five decades. The path of destruction across both the Republic and Northern Ireland left three people dead and led to widespread road and school closures, with trees and power lines brought down by winds that reached speeds of 96mph (156kph). Climate change experts...

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12 Sep 2017
Good News for the Grey Partridge at Conservation Award
Good News for the Grey Partridge at Conservation Award

Dr Roger Draycott of the GWCT was finally able to deliver some really good news on our native Grey Partridge at this year’s annual Castleacre East Anglian Grey Partridge Award – numbers are up significantly. This year’s East Anglian Grey Partridge Conservation Award, sponsored by Castleacre, was hosted by 2016 winners, Frederick Hiam Farms at...

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26 Jul 2017
Our Sixty Second Interview with Claire Davies
Our Sixty Second Interview with Curator Claire Davies, Handel & Hendrix in London

The Handel & Hendrix in London was awarded a certificate of excellence by Trip Advisor this year – public approval for a beautiful little museum that only opened its doors to the public in the 1990s. This 18th century museum in Mayfair has, as you might guess, been home to two musical masters, George Frideric...

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10 Mar 2017
Alex Dempsey Awarded Under 30 cartoonist of 2016

Castleacre always enjoys sponsoring the Annual Young Cartoonist of the Year which is organised by the Cartoon Museum in London. This year graphic designer Alex Dempsey secured the Award with a wonderful cartoon that had a little twist on the leaning tower of Pisa. As part of the Award Castleacre commission a cartoon with an...

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23 Feb 2017
Mark Bills - Director of Gainsborough's House 60 second interview
Mark Bills – Director of Gainsborough’s House 60 second interview

The National Centre for Thomas Gainsborough is a transformational project that will not only safeguard Gainsborough’s Grade I-listed childhood home and garden but also promises to be hugely beneficial to his home town of Sudbury, in Suffolk. Having won a large grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Mark and his team are now in the...

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