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 …
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 …
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 …
A day dedicated to a Wisbech-born pioneer who helped to inspire the generation that answered the call to arms in the First World War is set to be marked with a string of celebratory events. At the 26th annual Octavia Hill Society commemoration day, which is …
A strong supporter of a museum dedicated to Wisbech’s most famous daughter has been honoured with a memorial plaque. Members of the family of Sheffield-born Ann Carlisle, a former Wisbech mayor and chairman of Fenland District Council, have gathered at Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House for …
A chance to gain valuable experience as a winter volunteer is being offered at a Wisbech museum dedicated to the town’s most famous daughter. The summer season at Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House at 7 South Brink closes at the end of October, but the doors …
Beefy bishops and king-sized castles were treading a giant sized board on Centenary Green in Wisbech to mark International Chess Day. The outsized game of chess was staged by the adjoining Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House at 7 South Brink, the home of the social reformer …