The mark of the conservation professional
Number | Theme | Copy submission deadline | Publication Date |
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182 | Technical: Heating and ventilation | October 2024 | December 2024 |
183 | Wellbeing | January 2025 | March 2025 |
184 | Infrastructure | April 2025 | June 2025 |
Context is the journal of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation which represents professionals working in the historic built environment in the UK. It is published four times a year and is distributed to Institute members and to a range of other subscribers. Context informs readers about developments in professional practice and the management of the historic environment and provides a forum for discussing issues of professional concern.
Context is edited by Rob Cowan. All enquiries should be directed to: editor@ihbc.org.uk Context is published four times a year.
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Context is made available to corporate bodies (libraries; educational bodies etc) at a corporate subscription rate, including postage of: United Kingdom £65; Elsewhere £100.
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The articles from Context are published on a searchable on-line archive six months after publication. To visit the archive click here.
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Cover of
CONTEXT No.180
June 2024
Articles include:
Value transitions between heritage and nature
Imogen Wood
Life and death at Highgate Cemetery
Ian Dungavell
Shaping the Northern Forest
Sian Atkinson, Liam Plummer and Emily Sloan
Everyone needs trees
Erika Diaz Petersen
Saving traditional orchards
Anthea Jones
Birkenhead Park shows the way
Marie Le Devehat and Urmila Jha-Thakur
Don’t take British stone for granted
Mark North
Heritage management plans and historic landscapes
Ben Cowell
Bats in churches
Diana Evans, David Knight, Sarah Robinson, Diana Spencer, Lisa Worledge and Kate Jones
Hardwick Old Hall, Derbyshire
Dorian Proudfoot and Tom Bromet
Heritage, industry and slavery
Ian Wray
Developing the UK world heritage tentative list
Chris Blandford
The battle for Cambridge’s Mill Road Free Library, part 2
John Preston
Heritage building skills and live-site training
Sean Knight, Sophie Norton, Dorian Proudfoot and Joseph Tong
Restoring Alexander Pope’s Grotto
Ayaka Takaki
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