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Blue Plaque commemorating Indian writer CLR James at 165 Railton Road, Brixton, London SE24 0JX, London Borough of Lambeth.
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Blue Plaque commemorating Indian writer CLR James at 165 Railton Road, Brixton, London SE24 0JX, London Borough of Lambeth.
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Blue Plaque commemorating critic and biographer Lytton Strachey at 51 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0PN, London Borough of Camden.
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Blue Plaque commemorating critic and biographer Lytton Strachey at 51 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0PN, London Borough of Camden.
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GILLIES, Sir Harold (1882–1960)
Harold Gillies was a pioneering plastic surgeon. He is commemorated with a blue plaque at 71 Frognal.
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Rembrandt is one of the most celebrated artists in history. This painting, in the Iveagh Bequest at Kenwood, north London, was one of his last and was begun around 1665 when Rembrandt was 59. Among the largest and most imposing of all Rembrandt’s self-portraits, it is celebrated for its technical brilliance and ruthless honesty, offering one of the most distinctive and defining images of the artist.
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From around the middle of the 18th century, many people in Britain began to think about childhood in new ways. At the same time, attitudes to animals were also changing. How was this reflected in the art of the time?
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Three pioneering women receive blue plaques
Plaques celebrate BBC’s first Black woman producer and trailblazing women interior designers
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English Heritage Announces John Singer Sargent Exhibition for 2025 at Kenwood
Marking the 100th anniversary of the artist’s death, Heiress: Sargent’s American Portraits will present the women who married into British and European aristocracy and the artist who painted them
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6 prime pairs of blue plaques in London and where to see them
Blue plaques are everywhere in London, but buildings with two blue plaques are rare. Howard Spencer looks at 6 famous plaque pairings.