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10th anniversary of the opening of York Cold War Bunker
Volunteers who worked at the bunker during the Cold War - and whose uniforms and possessions are currently on display - were invited back to York Cold War Bunker to share their memories.
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Olympian Victoria Pendleton learns to joust at Kenilworth Castle
Double Olympic gold medallist Victoria Pendleton has become English Heritage's newest jouster, undergoing tuition at Kenilworth Castle.
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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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English Heritage celebrates innovation through the ages with ingenious!
English Heritage also reveals the top 10 inventions of all time, as voted by the British public
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The 19th century women’s rights campaigner, Caroline Norton, has today been commemorated by English Heritage with a London Blue Plaque. The charity’s plaque will adorn 3 Chesterfield Street, the Mayfair townhouse from where Norton fought for the rights to own the proceeds of her own work as a writer, as a married woman.
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English Heritage serves visitors a picnic fit for Henry VIII as it launches Gainsborough Old Hall
As part of its launch celebrations on Saturday 3 July, English Heritage is giving visitors to Gainsborough Old Hall in Lincolnshire a taste of the Tudors when it reopens under the direct care of the charity for the first time. Especially for the launch weekend, the charity is introducing three special picnic boxes to its café, each filled with genuine Tudor dishes inspired by Henry VIII’s visit to the 15th century property.
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English Heritage unveils Blue Plaque to Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales has today (Wednesday 29 September 2021) been honoured with an English Heritage London blue plaque. Unveiled by Diana’s former flatmate Virginia Clarke, the plaque marks Coleherne Court on the Old Brompton Road, where Diana lived at Flat 60 at the time of her engagement to the then Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, in 1981. Diana described her time at Coleherne Court as one of the happiest of her life and it was from this flat that she took her first steps onto the world stage. The princess, who would have turned 60 this year, used her huge, international profile to speak out on humanitarian issues and raise awareness of charitable causes.
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The Holy Island: Rare Christian and Anglo-Saxon Artefacts and New Monument to Saint at Lindisfarne
New English Heritage museum display at Lindisfarne Priory showcases internationally significant objects, including earliest British prayer beads, for the first time
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Romans to blame for no-body-hair trend, says English HEritage
From painful waxes to irritating shaves, we can trace the modern obsession with hair removal back to the Romans, English Heritage has said today (24 May), as the charity displays a collection of tweezers used to remove armpit hair from Roman men and women in a new museum at Wroxeter Roman City, Shropshire – a Roman town once as large as Pompeii. Amongst over 400 artefacts, most of which have never been on display, other objects related to Roman cleanliness and beauty practices include a strigil (skin scraper), perfume bottles, jet and bone jewellery, make-up applicators and amulets for warding off evil. The new museum at Wroxeter opens to the public tomorrow.
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English Heritage honours Bloomsbury Group artists and announces new Blue Plaques Panel members
English Heritage has today unveiled a plaque to the Bloomsbury artists, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, and the charity has also announced four new members of its London Blue Plaques Panel.