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“…and as the evening light in the direction of the Giant’s Hill by Abbot’s-Cernel dissolved away, the white-faced moon of the season arose from the horizon that lay towards Middleton Abbey…”⁣
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The Cerne Abbas Giant is a brooding presence in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Standing proud, etched into the steep chalk hill above Max Gate, the author's home which he designed himself in 1885, the 'rude man' is cared for by National Trust staff and volunteers who labour to keep the figure in tip-top condition.⁣
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The hidden treasures around the houses of Thomas Hardy and Agatha Christie reveal the stories of two of Britain’s most celebrated authors - and the expert teams racing to preserve them.⁣⁣
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📺 Watch brand-new Hidden Treasures of the National Trust - all episodes streaming on #iPlayer.

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Warhorse author Michael Morpurgo is asked at last year's Hay Festival why his stories often centre on animals. ⁣
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He explains his feelings of kinship and deep love for other creatures. Until Joey the horse steals his hat... 😃⁣
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#hayfestival #booktok #warhorse #MichaelMorpurgo #animals

"Look at the ordinary and the everyday and don't forget the childish magic within."⁣
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We're back with Eloise Blaise talking to author Liam Brown about books that changed his world view, thinks everyone should read and one that made him laugh out loud.⁣

On our countdown to Hay Festival, we look back at Len Pennie performing ‘The Vow’ last year 💙

#HayFestival2026 #HayFestival #BooktoScreen

'It's a very naughty book.' ⁣
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The late Dame Jilly Cooper reflects here on the success of the Rutshire Chronicles and the inspiration behind her heartthrob characters 🤣💕⁣
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In My Own Words: Jilly Cooper is on iPlayer now.⁣
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#jillycooper #rivals #Rutshirechronicles #romance

Are you ready for the #BBCProms 2026 season? From last year’s festival, here’s Stauss’s Die Fledermausperformed at the Viennese Waltz Prom.

We can’t wait to return to the Proms this year with music celebrating Prog Rock, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, James Bond and more!

Tickets go on general sale today at 9am 🎟️ Browse and book via the link in our bio.
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At 9am tomorrow, general ticket sales open for #BBCProms 2026. Are you ready? 🎶

From last year’s festival, here we are performing Mendelssohn’s Fingal’s Cave with our brilliant Chief Conductor, Sakari Oramo.

As Orchestra in Residence at the Proms, we’ll be returning this year for 12 Proms!

Don’t miss your chance to secure tickets for this summer’s concerts.

Which famous crime-writing author used this house as a countryside retreat for 40 years..?⁣
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The hidden treasures in these two houses reveal the stories of two of Britain’s most celebrated authors – and the expert teams racing to preserve them.⁣
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📺 Hidden Treasures of the National Trust is back for a brand-new series on #BBCTwo from 9pm on Fridays. Watch all new episodes now on #iPlayer.

🎻 We’re getting ready for the BBC Proms by reliving some of last year's unmissable moments such as when violinist Liya Petrova joined the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Vaughan Williams’s evocative The Lark Ascending, a jewel in the crown of British music.

✨ Tickets for Proms 2026 are on general sale from 9am this Saturday

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🎻 Rydyn ni wrthi'n paratoi ar gyfer Proms y BBC drwy ail-fyw rhai o ddigwyddiadau bythgofiadwy’r llynedd, fel pan ymunodd y fiolinydd Liya Petrova â Cherddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC yn The Lark Ascending gan Vaughan Williams, un o brif drysorau cerddorol Prydain.

✨Bydd tocynnau ar gyfer Proms 2026 ar werth yn gyffredinol o 9am ddydd Sadwrn yma ymlaen

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#bbcproms #bbcproms2026 #orchestra #Music #Wales

🎶 Are you ready for the BBC Proms 2026 season?

From last year’s festival, here’s the rousing Jupiter theme from Holst’s The Planets performed at the Proms by the @nyo_gb, conducted by Dalia Stasevska.

The National Youth Orchestra returns to the Proms this year with a blazing performance of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, led by Thomas Adès.

📅 Tickets go on general sale from 9am on Saturday 16 May

The Hay Festival returns to Hay-on-Wye on Thursday 21 May. Last year, Elif Shafak told us about her 💙 lapis lazuli 💙 obsession while writing There Are Rivers in the Sky - her sweeping novel set between the 19th century and modern times - and the colour's association with Nisaba, a goddess of literature, literacy and libraries who was gradually erased from history - "We need to remember her."⁣
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🎧 Hay Festival hosts many BBC shows this year, including Today, Loose Ends, The Verb, Uncanny, Start the Week, Take Four Books and Newscast - Listen on #BBCSounds.⁣
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#ElifShafak #Books #BookRecommendations #HayFestival #LapisLazuli

“We're not used to seeing these eyes.” 👁️👁️ The immense Head of Augustus, Rome's very first emperor. This 2,050-year-old bronze statue projects the vitality of youth, and its scale gives Augustus “the appearance of a god.”⁣
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It has much to tell us, and there is a fateful reason why it is so well preserved... "Ultimately, pilgrims walked on the head of the emperor."⁣
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📺 Civilisations: Rise and Fall - watch all episodes in the epic series on #iPlayer.