English comic artist, filmmaker, Tramp icon
The Rules restaurant in Covent Garden has donated its 34-35 Maiden Lane building to the National Trust for £11m, securing the site’s future as a living heritage site. The restaurant will continue trading as a commercial tenant, with rent supporting conservation; the deal preserves the historic interior and collections and marks the Trust’s first entry into restaurant ownership.
Trent Park House of Secrets is reopening as a museum highlighting a covert British intelligence operation during World War II, where German generals were bugged and their conversations transcribed, influencing wartime actions.