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Sources for Birdoswald Roman Fort
A full list of the main sources of information and further reading on Birdoswald Roman Fort.
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Pumpkin Hunt and Paint at Marble Hill
Join Drawn Heritage for a playful autumn experience at Marble Hill combining a pumpkin hunt with a relaxed creative painting workshop.
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This Women’s History Month, six paintings by the artist Emma Gaggiotti (1825-1915) will be presented together for the first time at Osborne on the Isle of Wight.
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NEVINSON, CRW (1889-1946) & NEVINSON, Henry (1856-1941)
Blue Plaque commemorating Artist and Journalists Henry Nevinson and his son CRW Nevinson at 4 Downside Crescent, Hampstead, London NW3 2AP, London Borough of Camden.
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Sir Kenneth Clark, the art historian and broadcaster best known for the landmark 1969 BBC TV series Civilisation, has today been commemorated with an English Heritage London blue plaque. The plaque marks 30 Portland Place in Marylebone, Clark’s home during the 1930s when he became Director of the National Gallery and was knighted. The Grade II-listed property became a hub for artists and fashionable society during this time, with Sir Kenneth and his wife Jane hosting glittering parties attended by guests including Winston Churchill and Vanessa Bell.
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GARRETT ANDERSON, Elizabeth (1836-1917)
Blue Plaque commemorating the first qualified woman doctor in Britain, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson at 20 Upper Berkeley Street, Marylebone, London W1H 7PF, City of Westminster.
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English Heritage Resumes Work to Save Historic Sites
English Heritage has started its first conservation projects since lockdown, including major works at Pevensey Castle in Sussex, a Saxon shore fort intrinsically linked to the Battle of Hastings. The project, to remove the extensive vegetation growth that covered parts of the castle has revealed key historical features, previously hidden from both visitors and historians alike. Evolving from Roman fort to Norman castle, and even put back into action during the Second World War, Pevensey Castle is most famous as the landing place for William the Conqueror’s army in 1066. But important elements of this historically important site have been hidden away for decades, including an entire Roman bastion – standing at over 9 metres tall.
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The Countess of Kent and a Cookbook
How one of the earliest celebrity cookbooks, attributed to Elizabeth Grey of Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, includes cures for pox, plague and pestilence as well as recipes for culinary treats.
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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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Blue plaque to Caroline Norton, campaigner for women’s legal rights, at 3 Chesterfield Street in Mayfair, London, W1J 5JF, City of Westminster.