Category Archives: 2010

There has been a lively debate in the media recently about the best way to “preserve” our built heritage.  There are those – notably Sir Simon Jenkins, Chairman of the National Trust – who believe our buildings and historic environment … Continue reading →

If you are a regular guest at our “Christmas Carol” evenings – and many have told me that it marks the beginning of their Christmas festivities – please remember that last year all three days were sold out by the … Continue reading →

In my father’s Desert Island Discs interview, which I mentioned last month, he talks of the ghosts that are resident in Knebworth House.  There has been a house here since the Dark Ages – at least since Cnebba had his … Continue reading →

You know what they say about waiting for a bus… well, in August, along came two family appearances on the BBC within one week.  Early risers might have caught me discussing Knebworth House and Sonisphere on BBC Breakfast, then a … Continue reading →

At a charity lunch in London recently I sat opposite a man who said the only time he had visited Knebworth was in 1986… for the Queen Concert.  We discussed what a great show it had been, and how tragic … Continue reading →

After its successful debut last year, the Sonisphere Festival returns to Knebworth Park at the end of July.  Again it will be a much smaller event than the traditional Knebworth concert – a third of the size – and this … Continue reading →

Those who know the Gardens at Knebworth House know that we don’t let a dead trunk or a fallen bough sit.  We call local chainsaw artist Dennis Heath and watch in wonder as he transforms it into a Neverland crocodile … Continue reading →

Hopefully rough winds are not shaking the darling buds of May when you read this – hopefully the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, while the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough … Continue reading →

News that we’ve installed two new Runways in Knebworth Park may raise some alarm – but I can reassure those prone to assume the worst that the only noise emanating from these Runways will be the excitement of children (and … Continue reading →

I was pleased to read Simon Jenkins’ article in The Times recently “Welcome to Britain’s stately home from homes”, which celebrates the “lived in” Historic House.  The new chairman of the National Trust writes, “I have joked that I will … Continue reading →