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Quick and easy masala lamb chops with spicy rice
Nothing warms the cockles on a cold October evening like a bowlful of comforting spice and flavour. This month’s recipe, brought to you by Naresh from our extended Visitor Experience team, goes out to all the red meat lovers out there that like their lamb served with a good chilli kick! This dish is extra…
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Celebrating All Hallows’ Eve, the twentieth century way
All Hallows’ Eve will soon be upon us and, as fate would have it, we recently stumbled upon the subject in a book from our archives. Published in 1901, the following extract from ‘The Larger Dumpy Books for Children: Holidays and Happy Days’ gives us a fascinating insight into a long-forgotten tradition, and how the…
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Spice up your September
If there’s one thing that the Winterbourne team loves just as much as the house and garden, it’s good food. This month we’re focussing on this delicious chicken and spinach pasta recipe, full of warmth and spice. This dish is extra tasty with salad and garlic bread on the side, and a dollop of Greek…
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New exhibition: ‘Totally Curious, Ever Inventive’
This month sees the launch of a brand-new exhibition in our Art Gallery and Exhibition Room on the second floor of the house. Introducing ‘Totally Curious, Ever Inventive’, an exciting blend of fine art, design, and typography featuring the work of Berthold and Margaret Wolpe. Berthold and Margaret Wolpe Berthold and Margaret Wolpe were an…
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Object of the month: Cadbury-owned horticultural prints
Some objects are exciting not just because of their intrinsic qualities, but because of the hands they’ve passed through during their lifetime. Book of Horticultural Prints, 1820s This book of horticultural prints was originally owned by R. J. Harper in 1829, who wrote his name in the book. We know little about him, except that…