{"id":506,"date":"2015-10-19T15:27:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T15:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=506"},"modified":"2015-10-19T15:27:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T15:27:33","slug":"november-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=506","title":{"rendered":"November 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month marks exactly 10 years that I have been writing a monthly piece for the Knebworth Parish News.\u00a0 Those who know me know I keep everything \u2013 my excuse is I live in a museum, and every piece of plastic will be fascinating in 100 years time!\u00a0\u00a0 So you won\u2019t be surprised to hear that all 120 articles are available to revisit on the Knebworth House website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/\">www.knebworthhouse.com\/blog<\/a>\u00a0 I don\u2019t see you all rushing to your computer screens \u2013 but it will be an interesting historical record one day!<\/p>\n<p>Looking back at my very first piece in December 2005, I see I was telling you about our upcoming fireside reading of \u201cA Christmas Carol\u201d.\u00a0 This year, after a break of a couple of years, I am delighted to be inviting you back to the Banqueting Hall for our upcoming fireside reading of \u201cA Christmas Carol\u201d.\u00a0 For one night only \u2013 Friday 11<sup>th<\/sup> December \u2013 brilliant local actor and musician Wesley Hughes will perform his version of everyone\u2019s favourite Christmas spirit raiser, with carols sung by himself and guests.\u00a0 Welcome back, Mr Dickens!\u00a0 Plus \u00e7a change, plus c&#8217;est la m\u00eame chose!<\/p>\n<p>Knebworth House, meanwhile, celebrates its 525 years of modern history with all eight of its iconic tower-top weather vanes present and working \u2013 something that hasn\u2019t been the case in my memory.\u00a0 Again, change and no change.\u00a0 Amidst the slings and arrows of heritage preservation that\u2019s called progress!<\/p>\n<p>Henry Lytton Cobbold<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:henry@knebworthhouse.com\">www.knebworthhouse.com<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Knebworth-House-weather-vanes-restored.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-507 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Knebworth-House-weather-vanes-restored-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Knebworth-House-weather vanes restored\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Knebworth-House-weather-vanes-restored-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Knebworth-House-weather-vanes-restored-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month marks exactly 10 years that I have been writing a monthly piece for the Knebworth Parish News.\u00a0 Those who know me know I keep everything \u2013 my excuse is I live in a museum, and every piece of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=506\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-15"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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