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Edith Cavell was a British nurse who, as matron of a hospital in Brussels, enabled hundreds of Allied soldiers to escape the German occupation during the First World War. She was caught, put on trial and shot executed in October 1915. Her death sparked international outrage and she became an important symbol – not only wartime sacrifice, but of forgiveness, too.
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History of Western Heights, Dover
A brief history and description of Western Heights, Dover, a vast fortification begun during the Napoleonic Wars and completed in the 1860s
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Sir Arthur Harris was a senior officer throughout the Second World War, most notably in charge of the RAF’s Bomber Command (1942–6). Faith Winter’s statue of Harris was erected outside St Clement Danes Church in 1992 as a memorial to him and over 55,000 men of Bomber Command who lost their lives in the war.
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A Short History of Giants and Where to Find Them
Mary Bateman, doctoral researcher in the Department of English at the University of Bristol, explores giants through the country’s history; from rivers to ancient monuments, is there truth behind the tale?
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Explore an English country house upstairs and downstairs, inside and out.
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