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Whitby Abbey has re-opened to the public following a major £1.6 million re-interpretation project by English Heritage – including a new museum and new interpretation around the historic site.
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Read about Dover Castle’s transformation into a permanent barracks and artillery fortress in the Georgian era and the conflicts that prompted this.
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Winter Opening for Education Visits
Many of our sites remain open for school visits through the winter season, from November to March, during term-time. Find out more about winter opening and book a visit to explore heritage all year round.
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Conservation to save First World War Graffiti at Richmond Castle
Funding announced for new project to conserve graffiti by conscientious objectors imprisoned at Richmond Castle during the First World War.
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To mark the unveiling of a blue plaque honouring Elizabeth David, Sam Bilton explores the impact she had on British cooking.
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Katherine Howard, Countess of Suffolk, and her daughter Frances, Countess of Somerset, rose through the ranks of the Elizabethan and Stuart courts before the dark secrets behind their power and wealth were revealed.
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CONOLLY, Dr John (1794–1866) and the former Hanwell Asylum
Dr John Conolly and the former Hanwell Asylum, where Conolly promoted the humane treatment of mental illness, are commemorated with a blue plaque at St Bernard’s Hospital, Southall.
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CONOLLY, Dr John (1794–1866) and the former Hanwell Asylum
Dr John Conolly and the former Hanwell Asylum, where Conolly promoted the humane treatment of mental illness, are commemorated with a blue plaque at St Bernard’s Hospital, Southall.
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New conservation work, technical analysis and research has identified the mysterious unsigned painting known as The Vegetable Seller as dating from just before the Dutch Golden Age, and uncovered possible associations with 16th-century Antwerp painter, Joachim Beuckelaer (c.1535–75)
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15th century painting confirmed as Botticelli
A painting long thought to be a later imitation of Sandro Botticelli’s famous Madonna of the Pomegranate has been revealed to be a rare example by the artist’s own workshop, English Heritage has revealed today.