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Jousting joins football, tennis and cricket in V.A.R revolution
English Heritage has collaborated with the leading innovator in sports technology, Hawk Eye, to bring jousting adjudication in-line with 21st century standards.
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Replica WWI biplane comes to Stonehenge for February Half Term
It's been 100 years since the Royal Flying Corps housed their aircraft near Stonehenge This february half term visitors will encounter a Se5A fighter plane and discover stories of Stonehenge and the landscape
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Celebrating 100 years of the Royal Observer Corps Association
'Forewarned is Forearmed' is a project that will commemorate 100 years since the founding of the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) in 2025, a nationwide community of civilian volunteers who monitored Britain’s skies for signs of attack.
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Chaplin, Dickens and London Poverty
Discover how Charlie Chaplin and Charles Dickens responded to London poverty in their work.
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Dennis Menace’s top historical pranks
We asked Beano’s most mischievous prankster, Dennis, to rate the top tricks played at English Heritage sites – which do you think is the best?
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Festive Menu at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings Flaxmill Café
Join us at The Flaxmill Café from 1 to 23 December to try our Festive Menu. Booking is essential.
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A Season of Flowers: country house owner’s floral treasures on display for the first time
Charting the green-fingered passions of country house owner Sylvia Grant-Dalton, A Season of Flowers at Brodsworth Hall in South Yorkshire reveals a myriad of riches. Visitors can enjoy a reimagined flower preparation room, countless items of floral paraphernalia, oral histories, large-scale floral displays and poignant historic photographs The exhibition opens from 28 March and will run until 1 November 2026.
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SINGH, Princess Sophia Duleep (1876–1948)
Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was a suffragette, Red Cross nurse, and critic of British rule in India. She uniquely straddled two worlds, using her royal connections to further the cause for women's suffrage. She is commemorated with a blue plaque at Faraday House, 37 Hampton Court Road, where her residence lasted over five decades.