Editor Rob Cowan Editorial Coordinator Michael Taylor, ihbceditorialboard@gmail.com Editorial Board Nigel Crowe Aimée Felton Peter de Figueiredo (book reviews) Rebecca Madgin Duncan McCallum Fiona Newton Jonathan Taylor Michael Taylor (chair) Cartoons by Rob Cowan Context is distributed to all members of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation. © Institute of Historic Building Conservation 2024 ISSN 0958-2746 Publisher Cathedral Communications Limited, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England SP3 6HA 01747 871717 context@cathcomm.co.uk www.buildingconservation.com Non-member subscriptions to Context Context is available to corporate bodies at an annual subscription rate, including postage, of: United Kingdom £60.00 Elsewhere £90.00 Context on-line archive Past issues of Context can be viewed on the IHBC website. The archive provides a searchable database and reference for key articles. See www.ihbc.org.uk/page55/context_archive. The views expressed in Context are not necessarily held by the IHBC or the publisher. Neither the publisher nor the IHBC shall be under any liability whatsoever in respect of contributed articles. We gratefully acknowledge the support of firms whose advertisements appear throughout this publication. While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this issue of Context is current and correct, neither the IHBC nor the publisher can be held responsible for any errors or omissions which may occur. Context themes and copy deadlines Context is published four times a year in March, June, September and December. The next three themes and copy deadlines are: Urban housing, September, issue 181 (12 July) Heating and ventilation, December, issue 182 (11 October) Wellbeing, March, issue 183 (10 January) Please contact Michael Taylor at ihbceditorialboard@gmail.com to discuss any editorial submissions or for information about the Context editorial board. 2 CONTEXT 180 : JUNE 2024 Briefing Where heritage and nature meet Life, death and Highgate Cemetery Birkenhead Park shows the way Shaping the Northern Forest Exploring ‘adaptive release’ No 180 June 2024 Institute of Historic Building Conservation Cover: Heritage and nature are inseparable at Highgate Cemetery (see page 14). The Tipperary pub on Fleet Street has reopened to the public after three years of closure, following repairs and preservation works by developer Dominus. The Tipperary first opened in 1605 as the Boar’s Head and was renamed after it was bought by Irish pub group JG Mooney in the 1800s. An aerial view of the Town Hall and surrounding area in St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly. Led by the Council of the Isles of Scilly, the Grade II-listed Town Hall will be brought back to life with the creation of a cultural centre and museum. The project is one of seven industrial heritage projects supported by £14.8 million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. (Photo: Council of the Isles of Scilly)
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