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Aelred was abbot of Rievaulx Abbey for 20 years in the mid 12th century. A talented author, theologian, preacher and diplomat, he was also a loving and inspirational father to his monks, who called him ‘our Aelred’. His writings are still held in great esteem to this day, particularly by LGBTQ+ Christians
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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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History of Baconsthorpe Castle
A brief history of Baconsthorpe Castle, which was intimately linked to the dramatic rise and fall of the Heydon family between the 15th and 17th centuries.
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A medieval manuscript listing relics once housed at Battle Abbey in East Sussex has been newly analysed to reveal festive gifts bestowed by William the Conqueror and holy offerings by King John.
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Medieval Manuscript Transcribed to Reveal Christmas Treasures
A medieval manuscript listing relics once housed at Battle Abbey in East Sussex has been newly analysed to reveal festive gifts bestowed by William the Conqueror and holy offerings by King John, English Heritage revealed today (18 December). Dating from the mid-15th century, the extensive list is one of only 30 or so relic inventories to still survive from medieval England and mentions 175 individual relics.
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Freddie Mercury Blue Plaque Unveiled
The blue plaque was unveiled by his sister and Bryan May ahead of what would have been Freddie's 70th birthday.
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Self-taught Victorian physicist celebrated with English Heritage blue plaque
The physicist, mathematician and electrical engineer, Oliver Heaviside, has been commemorated with a blue plaque, English Heritage announced today (22 April 2022). Heaviside’s biographer, Paul Nahin, once noted that his work on how to make a decent telephone cable plays a vastly greater role in our everyday lives than does the work of Einstein. The plaque marks the terrace house on Camden Street that Heaviside once described as “heaven in comparison” to his family’s previous house. It was here that the budding Victorian scientist continued with his self-education after leaving school at 16 and where he later worked on his ground-breaking interpretation of James Clerk Maxwell’s Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, bridging the gulf between the theory of telecommunciations and its practice.
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English Heritage Marks 250th Anniversary of Landmark Slavery Legal Case
English Heritage will mark the 250th anniversary of the 22 June 1772 Somerset v Stewart ruling, a landmark case which contributed to the abolition of slavery in England, the charity announced today (22 June). English Heritage has commissioned new music to commemorate the anniversary inspired by the life of James Somerset from the Chineke! Junior Orchestra - Europe’s first majority Black and ethnically diverse orchestra - which will be performed for the first time at an evening event at Kenwood in London on 22 June and will be available to listen to online.
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Kenwood's Rembrandt masterpiece to be displayed at Gagosian
A 17th century Rembrandt masterpiece that usually hangs at Kenwood, will go on display at Gagosian Grosvenor Hill as part of a new partnership.