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A blue plaque at 1 Gunter Grove, Chelsea, commemorates Arthur Ransome, one of the most successful and influential children’s authors of the 20th century.
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The trailblazing female barrister and champion of women’s rights, Helena Normanton, has today been commemorated with an English Heritage London blue plaque. Erected almost 100 years after she passed her Bar finals (on 26 October 1921), the plaque marks 22 Mecklenburgh Square, Normanton’s home from 1919 to 1931, the period when she was forging her legal career. Whilst living there, she funded her training and supplemented her income by letting rooms in the large property.
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Blue Plaque commemorating writer Nancy Mitford at 10 Curzon Street, Mayfair, London W1J 5HH, City of Westminster.
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Oliver Heaviside, a ground-breaking – and self-taught – physicist, mathematician, electrical engineer and theorist of communications, is commemorated with a blue plaque at his former home at 123 Camden Street.
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Blue Plaque commemorating comedian Tommy Cooper at 51 Barrowgate Road, Chiswick, London W4 4QT, London Borough of Hounslow.
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Blue plaque commemorating actor, playwright and songwriter Sir Noel Coward at 131 Waldegrave Road, Teddington TW11 8BB, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
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New Technology Unlocks Old Buildings
Previously unseen artefacts, rarely opened archaeological stores, and hard-to-see masterpieces are today revealed for the first time online thanks to a major new partnership between English Heritage and Google Arts & Culture.
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Working from Home: English Heritage Style
While English Heritage’s historic properties across the country remain closed, its curators, gardeners and conservators have gone the extra mile when it comes to working from home.
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Unsung Heroes of Dunkirk Evacuation Revealed on 80th Anniversary
Dunkirk 1940: The Making of the Miracle – English Heritage's online event tells the story of the evacuation day-by-day
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Spring Cleaning the Old-Fashioned Way
Historic home cleaning methods can be more effective than modern techniques, English Heritage said today (19 March), as it released a new video of its Victorian Youtube star Avis Crocombe revealing her top tips. The conservation charity has been experimenting with the historic techniques of using milk on flag stone floors and using bread to remove dirt from wallpaper as part of its annual spring clean while Mrs Crocombe shows how similar methods can be used in your own kitchen.