A sighting of #AuroraBorealis at Alwalton (near Peterborough) in 1742 is recorded in the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society Museum minutes: 'Several dusky streams of light began to move quick & waving from west to east & chang'd instantly into bright colours strong & cleare, red, crimson, yellow & blue.'

Pleasure & privilege to give a paper on Sonia Rolt's legacy The Landmark Trust for this excellent LTC Rolt Keele University 🐿️ The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust conference yesterday. Wistful I couldn't linger longer to enjoy everything Ironbridge has to offer. #IronbridgeHouse landmarktrust.org.uk/search-and-boo…

Take note anyone near #Oxford - that blue! Beloved from many a Christmas card....

One wonderful thing about last night's #solarstorm was that it prompted we mere mortals who aren't astrophysicist to remember to look up into the vastness of the universe. This above our garden, even in light polluted Thames Valley.

Fabulous picture - #Mavisbank really is a building of ravishing beauty. Such gratitude to the utterly admirable #NationalHeritageMemorialFund for enabling our work here. 🙏

🥰Fantastic news! #MavisbankHouse , a 'Cat A' masterpiece in Midlothian, is to be saved 50yrs after a devastating fire. Bravo The Landmark Trust, National Heritage Memorial Fund, Historic Environment Scotland & everyone who's worked so hard to overcome hurdles inc poor condition & unclear ownership 👏

This...truly huge! So looking forward to getting cracking on #Mavisbank , after so many years in gestation.

'Morning, sheep.

That magical moment when you turn the key and enter 'your' Landmark. Mind you, I do rather pretend this is 'mine', I love it so. #EastBanquetingHouse The Landmark Trust

Real fun talking to the fabulous India Knight about her brilliant update of Pursuit of Love at today's Chipping Campden Literature Festival Literary Lunch. Mitford fans take note, it works.

Fascinating film of Oxford 100 years ago. Blacker walls, fewer cars and people - but otherwise so much the same.

Amazing news - from the second year in a row The Landmark Trust topped Which?'s survey of best holiday cottage companies in the UK. Such an endorsement of the fab work done by all our amazing housekeepers - thank you all! 👏👏👏 which.co.uk/reviews/holida…

📢 #Manchester New thing - a Landmark Late. Sneak preview of our latest restoration, after hours. Book your ticket now.

When I'm looking forward to chatting over a Literary Lunch with the inestimable India Knight about her latest novel, Darling, a hilarious update of Nancy Mitford's Pursuit of Love.

Glorious! Spreading the May Day love...

Slightly surreal and spellbinding at the same time. I had the privilege of seeing in May morning from the top of Magdalen tower. A once in a lifetime experience!

Quite possibly was. Foreseen by Joseph Gandy (c Soane Museum). And the poor #Coade stone caryatids carted unceremoniously away in a cart, to end up in fragments that still surface in dealer's sales.

The ridiculously wonderful Roman villa turned monastery of San Antonio, #Tivoli . Reputedly the home of Horace himself, later the Franciscans & now rentable through The Landmark Trust.

A real chore to visit as you can imagine. #rome

The #wisteria is just coming into bloom at #Shottesbrooke . Not a bad place to work.

Looking forward to this new The Landmark Trust kitchen Maison Dieu Dover - will be fresh as a daisy!