One hundred years ago today, Victoria Cross recipient Cecil Harold Sewell’s father Harry Bolton Sewell unveiled the Maze Hill War Memorial, on the 11th of November 1922.

Vita Sackville-West wrote that “Of all fruits the pomegranate is surely one of the most romantic.” I would be willing to bet that most people walk through the Peace Garden gate at Charlton House without realising they have just passed under two “most romantic” pomegranate trees.

A very popular object on our Meet the Collection tour has been a mysterious face.

As we batten down the hatches and wait for the approach of ghouls, witches and trick or treaters, the Collections Team have been investigating a mysterious object; the question is, could it be magic?