The Commonwealth Heritage Forum is presenting a compelling series of talks exploring the built heritage across the Commonwealth that has been abandoned or lost due to war, natural disasters, climate change, or neglect. While some of these sites have been irretrievably lost, others are the focus of long-term restoration efforts—or are now the subject of ambitious plans for revival. The talks are hosted online via Zoom, are free, and are recorded.

• Forced abandonment: The port city of Suakin, Sudan. (Wednesday 11 June at 18:00 GMT)
• Once upon a time we had': The impact of the Soufriere Hills Volcano on the built cultural heritage of Montserrat (Wednesday 18 June at 18:00 GMT)
• Farina: boom, decline, and restoration of a town in South Australia ( Wednesday 25 June at 20:00 GMT)
• Port Royal, Spanish Town, and Clarendon: Challenges for Jamaica's built heritage (Wednesday 2 July at 18:00 GMT)
• The abandoned houses on St Helena (Wednesday 9 July at 18:00 GMT)
• Unfolding the Story of the abandoned Sheikhupura Fort: From a Haveli and a Royal Hunting Palace of the Mughals, to a British prison for the Sikh Maharani (Wednesday 16 July at 18:00 GMT)

For more information and links to connect to the discussions, click on 'find out more' on the right of the webpage.