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17th-century personality put back into Bolsover Castle
A major project to put the personality back into Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire - one of history's most unique and rare architectural gems - enables visitors to walk in the footsteps of its flamboyant creator, William Cavendish, first Duke of Newcastle and discover deeper aspects of his extraordinary life for the first time.
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A feast of finds uncovered at Tintagel Castle
Evidence of fine dining, wealth and luxury at Tintagel Castle as archaeologists return to site to continue investigations.
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Identities of Black Eighteneth-century pows revealed
New Exhibition at Portchester Castle “restores a forgotten chapter of black history” French prisoners’ Georgian theatre re-created
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Victorian nursery unveiled at Audley End House
From April, visitors can explore the never-before-seen Victorian nursery in one of England's greatest country houses. A hidden world of privileged children, their nursery maids, governesses and tutors has been re-created by English Heritage from the household accounts, diaries and watercolours. Young and old will be able to experience the rooms as they were originally intended, try on period costumes and play with replica Victorian toys.
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English Heritage announces new blue plaques for 2017
Six new English Heritage blue plaques have been announced for 2017 Charlie Chaplin, Francis Bacon and Mary Macarthur included in those named
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Blue plaque commemorating naturalist Charles Darwin at Biological Sciences Building, University College, Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 6BT.
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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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Today, Friday July 16th, visitors to Audley End House in Essex will be able to see an important 16th century Dutch painting, known as The Vegetable Seller, reinstated to the historic house’s art collection for the first time in 60 years. It is also the first time in centuries that the painting will be seen as it was originally conceived, having been restored to its former glory by conservators at English Heritage over the past two years.
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Jim Henson, the creative genius behind The Muppets and Fraggle Rock, has today been commemorated with an English Heritage London blue plaque, in the lead up to what would have been his 85th birthday. The plaque marks 50 Downshire Hill in Hampstead, Henson’s London home from 1979 onwards. The property lies opposite the former ‘Jim Henson’s Creature Shop’, where the creatures of Henson’s many fantasy classics including The Dark Crystal, The Storyteller and Labyrinth were created.
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Secrets of Richborough Roman amphitheatre revealed during excavation
A cavity in the arena wall at Richborough Roman amphitheatre in Kent, has been revealed to be a carcer, or cell for holding people and animals, English Heritage has revealed today (28 October). The discovery was one of a number made during an archaeological excavation of the Roman amphitheatre by the charity including the almost complete skeleton of a purposefully buried Roman cat, and traces of painted decoration to the plaster face of the arena wall; the first known instance on any Roman amphitheatre in Britain. Other finds from the excavation also reveal that Roman settlement at Richborough may have continued right across the town until the very end of Roman rule at the turn of the 4th/5th century. This excavation will form part of a major refurbishment and re-presentation of the site and museum which will take place this winter and open in summer 2022.