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Blue Plaque commemorating Diarist and Secretary of the Admiralty Samuel Pepys at 12 Buckingham Street, Charing Cross, London WC2N 6DF, City of Westminster.
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Blue Plaque commemorating Diarist and Secretary of the Admiralty Samuel Pepys at 12 Buckingham Street, Charing Cross, London WC2N 6DF, City of Westminster.
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As Whitby Abbey is illuminated for Whitby Goth Weekend, we take a look at how far back gothic subculture can be traced through the centuries.
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Richard of Cornwall, King Arthur and Tintagel Castle
The story of how one of the richest men in Europe swapped three manors for a rock.
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English Heritage reveals anniversary plans for Blue Plaques scheme
Comedian Tommy Cooper, food writer Elizabeth David and playwright Samuel Beckett are among those whose achievements and time spent living in London will be celebrated with English Heritage Blue Plaques in this the scheme’s 150th year, English Heritage have revealed.
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Tommy Flowers was an electrical engineer who designed, and led the team that built, the pioneering Colossus computer used to decipher German codes at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. English Heritage have commemorated him with a blue plaque at the former Post Office Research Station, Dollis Hill.
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Leading British artist of the 20th century receives blue plaque
English Heritage has commemorated one of Britain’s leading Neo-Romantic artists, Graham Sutherland, with a blue plaque, in south London. A major figure in twentieth-century British art, Sutherland’s influence continues to this day and can be seen in the work of Lucian Freud, amongst others.
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Stonehenge: A Monumental Auction
Discover why one hundred years ago, an unknown man named Cecil Chubb walked into a Salisbury auction house and walked out as the new owner of Stonehenge.
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The church of Roche Abbey is an outstanding example of early Gothic architecture in England, and the gatehouse is one of the earliest to survive from a Cistercian monastery.
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A history of Carisbrooke Castle, which has been a central place of power and defence on the Isle of Wight for about a thousand years.