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The novelist Ronald Firbank, known for his works that explore sexuality, social climbing, and religion is recognised with a blue plaque at 33 Curzon Street in Mayfair, one of the many London addresses that he occupied over the course of his short lifetime.
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Robbery of the King’s Treasure at Westminster Abbey
How a theft from Edward I’s royal treasury at Westminster Abbey did nothing to help strained relations between abbey and royal palace – or the state of the king’s finances.
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The novelist Ronald Firbank, known for his works that explore sexuality, social climbing, and religion is recognised with a blue plaque at 33 Curzon Street in Mayfair, one of the many London addresses that he occupied over the course of his short lifetime.
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The novelist Ronald Firbank, known for his works that explore sexuality, social climbing, and religion is recognised with a blue plaque at 33 Curzon Street in Mayfair, one of the many London addresses that he occupied over the course of his short lifetime.
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Explore the stories of people commemorated with blue plaques who lived with a visible or hidden impairment, and learn about the impact disability had on their lives.
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After almost 120 years of Tudor rule, the Stuart period was ushered in when James I succeeded his cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, to the throne in 1603. The Stuart period witnessed intense religious and political conflicts, which shifted power from the monarchy to Parliament. Meanwhile, discoveries and innovations transformed science, architecture and everyday life.
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GLADSTONE, William Ewart (1809–1898)
Blue plaque commemorating statesman William Ewart Gladstone at 11 Carlton House Terrace, St James's, London SW1Y 5AJ, City of Westminster.
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History of Bishop’s Waltham Palace
A history of Bishop's Waltham Palace, one of the fine residences of the medieval Bishops of Winchester, who exercised vast wealth and power in both church and state.
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Blue Plaque commemorating industrialist and film producer J. Arthur Rank at 38 South Street, Mayfair, London W1K 1DJ, City of Westminster.
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Christine Granville, born Krystyna Skarbek, was one of the most remarkable secret agents of the Second World War, undertaking many successful missions and saving countless lives.