A Conservative peer who played a key role in establishing the Culture Recovery Fund during the ravages of the pandemic is being lined up as the next chair of Historic England
Historic England launched its Hi! Street Fest 2023 - with the help of puppet Farrah the Fox - in Lowestoft last month.
Sky News has learnt Lord Mendoza, the provost of Oriel College, Oxford, is expected to be unveiled in the post in the coming weeks., the then prime minister, for a life peerage in August 2020. He has held a string of government-appointed roles, including sitting on the board of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and serving as commissioner for cultural recovery and renewal.
A former businessman, Lord Mendoza has also had a previous stint as commissioner of Historic England, whose responsibilities include managing the National Heritage List for England, which comprises more than 400,000 items ranging from prehistoric monuments to battlefields.
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