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The Galli were Roman priests with ambiguous gender identities, and many modern transgender and nonbinary people have since identified with them. Here we consider their role in Roman society and literature and investigate their presence in Roman Britain.
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From William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II, a taste of history – in gingerbread
To celebrate the Platinum Jubilee, and the country’s great royal history, English Heritage has recreated 41 English monarchs – from William the Conqueror in 1066 to Queen Elizabeth II – in gingerbread form. From Queen Victoria’s short stature, to the bold three lions of Richard ‘the Lionheart’, to the grizzly fate of a headless Charles I each has been hand-iced to depict the kings and queens who have played a part in England’s story.
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• Yehudi Menuhin and Claudia Jones join suffragettes Emily Wilding Davison and Princess Sophia Duleep Singh among those being commemorated by English Heritage this year
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Ranger's House is a Georgian villa that today houses the Wernher Collection, amassed by the 19th-century businessman, Sir Julius Wernher. This world-class art collection is made up of over 700 works, including paintings, sculptures, tapestries and more. Each object reveals much about the making, meaning and movement of art throughout the world. Use these objects at home or in the classroom to inspire cross-curricular learning and further your research.
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Yehudi Menuhin and Claudia Jones join suffragettes Emily Wilding Davison and Princess Sophia Duleep Singh among those being commemorated by English Heritage in 2023.
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What Happened at the Battle of Hastings?
Find out what happened at the most famous battle in English history.
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Dido Elizabeth Belle was raised as part of an aristocratic family in Georgian Britain. She was born in the Caribbean in 1761, the illegitimate daughter of a black woman named Maria Bell and Royal Naval officer Sir John Lindsay. Dido spent much of her life at Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath in North London.
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How William the Conqueror spent Christmas in 1066
William the Conqueror was crowned on Christmas Day in 1066. Find out more about what happened that day, and the dramatic events that led to his coronation.
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Significance of Thornton Abbey
Thornton Abbey is significant as one of Britain’s wealthiest Augustinian houses with correspondingly rich architecture and an important designed landscape.