ENGLAND'S largest history and culture festival is back this year to showcase forgotten stories, sites, places and people.
Heritage Open Days, organised by the National Trust is an annual festival showcasing history that traditional history forgot from across the country.
The Brighton Dome will be revealing its culinary past for this year's Edible England theme in a series of online and live events.
Visitors can learn about the kitchens that cooked traditional food for Indian soldiers recuperating at the Dome in WW1 and the plum pudding served at the Prince Regent's birthday party in 1814.
They can also discover the flavours of Brighton's famous North Laine and a satirical Suffragette inspired recipe.
The festival is taking place in September 2021, following a year of solely online events due to the pandemic.
The Dome will be welcoming visitors from 10am to 4pm on Sunday September 19 in partnership with the Chattri Memorial Group and Infinity Foods.
Events include backstage tours for small groups to explore the behind the scenes secrets of the venue and a talk from members of the Chattri Group in the morning.
In the afternoon, families are welcomed for a series of bookable activities and online visitors can watch an Indian cookery lesson and Bollywood dance workshop.
Admission is free but pre-booking live talks, activities and backstage tours is necessary.
The full programme and ticket bookings for Brighton Dome's events will be available from Mon 6 September at brightondome.org.
Heritage Open Days is funded by players of the People's Postcode Lottery and co-ordinated by thousand of National Trust volunteers across England.
Sarah Holloway programme manager for Heritage Open Days, said: “We’re all interested in where we live but we don’t necessarily know the stories behind the buildings and spaces we walk past each day.
"Our event organisers keep finding creative ways to tell these tales and keep them alive.”
Head of charities at People’s Postcode Lottery, Laura Chow, said: "The festival is about bringing communities together and we’re excited to see such a wide range of events on offer for visitors to enjoy and learn more about some of the hidden histories in their local area."
There are 47 additional events taking place in Sussex, including: Arundel Museum, West Sussex; All Saint's Church, Patcham, East Sussex; An Introduction to Historic Building Analysis, Brighton, East Sussex; Fernhurst Furnace Open Weekend, West Sussex; Petworth House and Park, West Sussex; Foody Felting, Preston Manor, Brighton, East Sussex.
For the full listing of Sussex events visit www.heritageopendays.org.uk/visiting.
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