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At Spencer House this morning for the press launch of the year ahead for the Rothschild Foundation and Waddesdon including the new season’s exhibitions. Lovely to be in such magnificent surroundings and many thanks to the team there

This print (The Disarmament of the Good Nobility) refers to the 'Day of the Daggers' on 28 February 1791. This is supposedly 'the exact form of the foul daggers' carried by the pro-monarchists who had come to defend King Louis XVI

#Oscars: Our award for this year's best actress in a leading role goes to Emily Pott for her appearance as an Athenian courtesan who accompanied Alexander on his Asiatic travels and persuaded him to set fire to the Palace of Persepolis, in Joshua Reynolds's production of 'Thaïs'

On International Women's Day we celebrate the strong ladies of Waddesdon. Their contributions made waves within the arts and heritage community, for example, "Miss Alice's Rules" are now used as preventative conservation measures across the whole of the National Trust

Preparations for the new season Waddesdon coming along nicely - here are Waddesdon Gardeners dressing the Conservatory, which leads into the Dining Room where the table is set and ready to receive guests.

We recently welcomed Zenzie Tinker (textile conservators) to Waddesdon to remove and repair the silk coverings of one of the walls in the Morning Room. Here's a short timelapse of how the team went about it:

The meeting point between the early dream for the house, and the literal vision of that house shaped by inhabiting it… Our new exhibition - Discovering Jewish Country Houses: Photographs by Hélène Binet - opens today in the Manor's Exhibition Room

Significant Signatures: Autograph Letters from the Waddesdon Archive is one of two new exhibitions that have opened this week inside the Manor. On display are a number of letters from historical giants such as Elizabeth I, Benjamin Franklin, Lord Byron and Mozart

One of the highlights our Significant Signatures exhibition must be this autograph of Mozart, signed on a piece of music. You can explore the exhibition from anywhere via our app - struggling to read the handwriting, don't worry our archives team have transcribed all the letters.

There is a growing collection of modern and contemporary art that can be seen across the Waddesdon Estate. Angus Fairhurst's gorilla contemplates his reflection in front of our Archives Building, Windmill Hill. 🦍Angus Fairhurst, The birth of consistency, 2004

CONSERVATION IN ACTION our conservation team are working up high to deep clean the Breakfast Room, a rare chance to see work which normally is done during the closed period in the winter.

Behind every photograph is a process. Hélène Binet captures the architecture of Waddesdon and other Jewish country houses through time honoured techniques, chromogenic printing for rich tones and gelatin silver printing to create her timeless black and white photographs.

This photograph shows the preparations for the 'Baron's Treat', an annual garden party held at Waddesdon for the village and some 1300 local school children. There were marquees, performances, fairground rides and dancing into the evening.

On #worldbeeday we take a closer look at this remarkable jewelled pineapple. Made in the mid-18th century, the fruit is set with garnets and the leaves formed of serpentine marble and jade. Half way up the pineapple is a bee, carved from rock crystal, with outstretched wings.