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Names of 400 First World War Conscientious Objectors Revealed for the First Time
The names of 400 conscientious objectors who passed through Richmond Castle in North Yorkshire during the First World War will be revealed for the first time.
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What happened to the #Battle1066 characters?
Throughout 2016, we've been posting from eight different Twitter channels, each representing different areas of medieval society. You can look back on the action by searching for #Battle1066, or read a month-by-month round up starting here in January.
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Meet the artists behind our Eggsclusive Easter Eggs
It’s not just chocolate you can search for at our historic places this Easter. This year we’re adding something a little more ‘eggsclusive’ to our annual hunt.
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Stonehenge 1986–97: a World Heritage Site - English Heritage Blog
Julian Richards explains how Stonehenge became a World Heritage Site in 1986, and how the landscape we see and enjoy today began to evolve from this time.
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Black prisoners at Portchester Castle
When war broke out between Britain and Revolutionary France in 1793, the islands of the Caribbean were drawn into the conflict. In 1796 free black soldiers fighting for France were captured and sent to Portchester as prisoners of war. Discover their extraordinary story.
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Richmond Castle: History and Stories
Richmond Castle is one of the finest and most complete 11th-century fortresses in the country. With a history that spans centuries, from the Norman Conquest to the First World War, there is much to discover about this fascinating site.
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From a donkey wheel operator to a First World War gun handler, we meet the English Heritage staff and volunteers with the most unusual roles at our sites.
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‘The Guitar Player’, part of the Iveagh Bequest on display at Kenwood, London, is one of Vermeer’s late works. Here we take an in-depth look at what technical analysis is beginning to tell us about the painting and about its relationship with a similar painting in the John G Johnson Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.