A recently released (September 2010) bibliography, listing all the books and articles about the properties of the National Trust, jointly compiled and produced by the National Trust curatorial and publishing teams.

Note: the Trust aims to update the bibliography every six months, so do let them know if you are aware of a new – or old – publication about a National Trust property that they have yet to cite. All feedback to publishing@nationaltrust.org.uk would be very welcome.

Article covering the history of Ashdown house and the upcoming sale of its contents.

St Mary’s University College, Twickenham (London), 25-26 March 2011

Proposals due by 31 October 2010

'This 2-day conference, hosted jointly by the Departments of English and Film and Popular Culture at St Mary’s University College, will mark the re-opening of Horace Walpole’s Gothic mansion at Strawberry Hill. This conference, itself hosted in a highly adapted Gothic space, seeks to consider both romantic-period adaptation, and subsequent adaptations of ‘romanticism’ and ‘the romantics’. The organisers invite abstracts for papers engaging with any aspect of this history of adaptation. Topics might include, but are not limited to:

* Antiquarianism, imitations and forgeries
* Histories and myths of romantic lives
* Gothic appropriations in print and on screen
* Iterations of poetic genres
* Classicism in art and politics
* Romantic intertexts
* Romantic drama and music
* Popular appropriations of romanticism
* ‘Genre’ and interdisciplinarity
* Eco-adaptations of romanticism

Keynote speakers are: Prof Andrew Bennett (Bristol); Dr Ian Hunter (De Montfort); Prof Peter Kitson (Dundee); and Prof Nigel Leask (Glasgow). The conference will include a tour of Horace Walpole’s newly-adapted house. Enquiries and / or abstracts, of no more than 300 words, for papers of approximately 20 minutes, should be sent to Dr Caroline Ruddell (ruddellc@smuc.ac.uk) or Dr Cian Duffy (duffyc@smuc.ac.uk). Abstracts should be received by 31st October 2010'. (from Enfilade)

Article highlighting award winning restoration work at Wilton House.

A new and unique online searchable database from the Collections Trust allowing one to explore UK collections.

Available from Chatsworth house's official website, the Inside Chatsworth monthly column, as published in Derbyshire Magazine, provides an insight into the workings of Chatsworth, from a variety of perspectives with regular contributions from the Duke of Devonshire throughout the year.

A video from Historic Scotland's YouTube channel highlighting work being undertaken to return Stirling Castle's Royal Palace to how it may have looked in the mid-16th c.

A copy of the guidebook for Madresfield Court written by John de la Cour and downloaded from www.elmley.org.uk.

The Warburg Institute Iconographic Database contains digitised images from the Institute's Photographic Collection and Library.