A topical exhibition drawing attention to the devastation that mankind is wreaking on the environment is opening at Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House in Wisbech. In ‘Anthropocene: of our own making’, a contemporary arts exhibition inspired by the environmental crises earth is facing, the Precious Earth …
A founder of utopian socialism who inspired a bid to build a colony in the Fens is being remembered at Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House in Wisbech. The vision of the philanthropic social reformer, Robert Owen, whose birthday will be celebrated in a talk at the …
A nickname given to a nineteenth century boxing giant could be the origin of the tag for the iconic clock tower that has been chiming the hour for the nation for 160 years. Taking up the cudgels for the view that Big Ben is named …
Young students from three local schools are joining forces to kick start the spring season when they sample a taste of merry England on May Day in Wisbech town centre. Boys and girls from Tydd St Mary Church of England Primary School, together with Orchards …
A seasonal celebration of the art of chocolate making is set to tickle the taste buds at the birthplace of Wisbech’s most famous daughter. Food consultant Alison Sloan is set to give a ‘Chocolate heaven cookery demonstration’ at Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House at 7 South …
Grand opening of the bookshop – (left to right) Councillor Gordon Bambridge, executive member for growth, Breckland Council; Wisbech mayoress Mrs Janet Tanfield; Charlotte Gilsenan, new chief executive officer of Bankside Open Spaces Trust; Mr Peter Clayton, chairman of Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum Trust; Wisbech …
The new season at Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House in Wisbech kicks off with a string of events celebrating the empowerment of women. On Friday (March 8) the museum where the social reformer and co-founder of the National Trust was born is staging a wine and …
A copy of a celebrated portrait painted by Wisbech-born Octavia Hill is being displayed in a new John Ruskin exhibition, which has opened in London to mark the bicentenary of the polymath’s birth. The show, ‘John Ruskin: the power of seeing’, marks the first time …
Visitors flocking to Wisbech from four nations have been bowled over by the museum dedicated to the town’s most notable daughter. People from all around England, as well as from Scotland, Wales and France, have been expressing their admiration for Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House, as …
The heroic life of Wisbech born Octavia Hill has been held up as a pattern for a younger generation to follow. At a memorial service at St Peter’s Church, Wisbech, on Sunday (December 2) members of the Wisbech detachment of the Cambridgeshire army cadet force …