Over the past few years, a new and powerful voice has been bringing historic places to life for a new generation. With her lively, spontaneous presence, she engages millions of people with history, castles and country houses. / READ MORE /
Small in stature, sharp in wit, armed with irony and...a hairclip. Lucy Worsley is Britain’s most personable custodian of the past. / READ MORE /
In France, where revolutions literally brought an end to the old world of aristocracy, one passionate man single-handedly succeeds in raising national interest in castles and palaces to unprecedented heights. He is dubbed Monsieur Patrimoine and was recently even crowned as the Pope of Heritage. Who is he? / READ MORE /
Many people dream of owning a real castle, but only a few are fortunate enough to turn that dream into reality. Ninety-year-old Werner is one of them. He bought the medieval ruin of Castle Gießen in Kressbronn on Lake Constance, Germany, and transformed it—entirely with his own hands—into the castle of his dreams, German broadcaster SWR reports. / READ MORE /