Author & historian, Daughters of Chivalry. Director of Programmes & Deputy CEO @ArchHFund; Trustee @CambridgePPF; President @brassmonuments.

Cambridge, UK
Joined August 2016
Not on here much these days, but you can find me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kelcey-wilso… Blue Sky: @kwilsonlee.bsky.social
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🚨 Job alert! We are currently seeking a Philanthropy Manager to join the AHF team. 🗓 The deadline for applications is 25 September 2025. For a full job description and details on how to apply, please go to: 👇 ahfund.org.uk/news/latest/va…
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📢 Today, we are excited to be sharing our 5th annual Impact Report! Want to learn more about the AHF’s work in 2024/25 and see the difference we are making for heritage-regeneration projects and communities across the UK? Read the full Report here: 👉 bit.ly/44AnLF8
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Great to join @BBCRadioDerby this morning to chat about @archhfund's #HeritageRevivalFund, supported by @DCMS and @HistoricEngland, & how it can support communities across England to revive their heritage. From 2:20 below: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002d6…
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee retweeted
Next up @kwilsonlee of @ArchHFund looking ahead for next 50 years. Some great examples of revitalisation of place through regeneration e.g. valley heritage. But it’s not just about heritage. It’s about social & community goods. Need for trade offs. E.g. future of rural churches.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee retweeted
Will Young found himself at Tewkesbury Abbey, maybe you could too? #WhoDoYouThinkYouAre #BBC #ExploreHistory #VisitTewkesbury
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ICYMI: Our Director of Programmes and Deputy CEO, @kwilsonlee, will be speaking at this fantastic event in June. Find out more 👇
We're excited to announce that on 6 June we'll be co-hosting our first day symposium with @hbap1924 on Recognising Seaside Heritage. We've got speakers from around the coast and across the heritage sector discussing the challenges and sharing experience hbap.org.uk/recognising-seas…
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I'm rereading Mantel's Wolf Hall, again, in preparation for a new course am leading for @92ndStreetY. We'll consider how history & fiction interweave across four sessions starting end April. Will be fun - join us! More info & how to sign up here: roundtable.org/live-courses/…
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Thrilled to announce new grant funding for heritage regeneration projects in England, thanks to @DCMS and @HistoricEngland. Do you know a charity or social enterprise that could use support in testing their ideas, developing their plans or purchasing a historic building?
We are delighted to launch the new £5m #HeritageRevivalFund today, delivered in partnership with @DCMS and @HistoricEngland.  Grants are now available to help communities take ownership of, adapt and reuse neglected historic buildings. Find out more: ➡️ bit.ly/42eE3SS
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee retweeted
Thread 🧵 on the extraordinary history and etymology of the word ‘rigmarole’, often used today incorrectly to mean an overly complex procedure, a palaver, a dog’s breakfast of a story. 1/
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“These are buildings that stand at the centre of our communities…visible symbols of pride, purpose & contribution” - Sec of State @lisanandy on the importance of heritage at today’s Jennie Lee Lecture. We’re proud to partner w @DCMS to revive heritage & renew communities’ pride.
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Happy publication day to @EdwardWilsonLee & his latest brilliance - GRAMMAR OF ANGELS. But don't take my word: 'ingenious' @Telegraph; 'a marvel' @thetimes; 'immersive' @HistoryToday; it 'skillfully conveys the propulsive, addictive thrill [of its subject]' @guardian.
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It's a biography of a brilliant 15thC Italian unsatisfied w the usual models for existence & a meditation on what deeper meanings might lie just beyond our grasp. I've read it twice, learned much & been riveted. Available today at local bookshops or search.app/n2kQzjXBX4tKnp85A
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee retweeted
Publication day tomorrow for THE GRAMMAR OF ANGELS, my account of the philosopher-poet Pico della Mirandola and his attempt to speak to the foundations of being. 🧵 1/
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Short 🧵 of our trip to #Grimsby, visiting 3 brilliant #AHFsupported projects. First up, the opening of @our_big_picture, which combines gallery space, studios & community activities - all aimed at telling the story of Grimsby, supporting local creatives & enabling young people.
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"The past is never dead. It's not even the past." Reading about Savonarola's dark sublime speech this evening in @EdwardWilsonLee's forthcoming THE GRAMMAR OF ANGELS. Who knew 15thC Florence could be so very relevant?!
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If you'd like to better understand the power of captivating speech and its implications - in the Renaissance and in our world today - you can currently get 40% off this extraordinary book, which is published in ten days. search.app/VMsqiYL6sMh3oQ6k7
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee retweeted
Delighted that since I was last in Kochi the Archaeological Survey has changed their policy so I can share images of the miraculous Mattancherry Palace. (I also love that the policy prohibits people from taking photos *with* the murals).
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This #HeritageTreasures Day, we’re celebrating #AHFsupported historic gems in England that have also just been awarded grant funding from @HeritageFundUK, securing new hope for their futures. Learn more: 👉 bit.ly/40xh5qI
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We know that community-led heritage projects aren't developed in laboratory environments but out in our chaotic world. That's why we at @ArchHFund believe in responsive, flexible funding that gives projects the best chance for success. Pleased to renew these commitments.
Today, we are pleased to announce that we are renewing our commitments to the #FlexibleFunders initiative, led by @IVAR_UK. Read our updated statement on flexible funding: 👉 bit.ly/4h4EODS
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