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The Longest Day: Midsummer, Myth, and the Living Land

There is a moment in the year when the world seems to pause. The sun climbs higher than it will…

2 weeks ago

Meet Becky White: Volunteers’ Week 2026

Becky White's connection to Weald & Downland Living Museum is not a simple story. It has roots that go back…

2 weeks ago

Meet Les Marshall: Volunteers’ Week 2026

Les first came to the museum as a visitor, drawn by a straightforward love of history and the kind of…

2 weeks ago

Meet Martin Downey: Volunteers’ Week 2026

Some relationships with a place develop slowly, deepening over time until they become something central to a person's life. Martin…

3 weeks ago

Meet Julie Peachy: Volunteers’ Week 2026

Julie Peachy came to Weald & Downland Living Museum at the start of 2019, at a point in her life…

3 weeks ago

Meet David Reeve: Volunteers’ Week 2026

There's a particular kind of person who becomes a volunteer at Weald & Downland Living Museum. They tend to be…

3 weeks ago

Meet Debbie Wallace: Volunteers’ Week 2026

When one of our volunteers, Debbie Wallace retired, the world had ground to a halt. Lockdown had closed doors across…

3 weeks ago

Meet Steve Birch: Volunteers’ Week 2026

Retirement can feel like standing at a crossroads. After decades of routine, the question of what comes next isn't always…

3 weeks ago

The Hands That Built Living History: Volunteering at the Weald & Downland Living Museum

It is unfailingly remarkable what the willing hands of ordinary people can achieve. Long before the first visitors paid for…

3 weeks ago

Daily Rural Life in Anglo-Saxon England

Rural life in the shadow of mighty kings and storied conquests, kept the heart of Anglo-Saxon England beating. Far from…

1 month ago

Upholding the Peace: Law & Order in Elizabethan England

Among the many threads woven through the tapestry of Elizabethan England, few were so critical to the fabric of daily…

1 year ago

Charcoal Burning: Keeping an Ancient Craft Alive

Tucked within the folds of the wooded Weald, a quiet but fiery art once powered an entire industry. Charcoal burning…

1 year ago

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