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Blue plaque commemorating war correspondent and writer Martha Gellhorn at 72 Cadogan Square, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 0EA.
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Blue plaque commemorating war correspondent and writer Martha Gellhorn at 72 Cadogan Square, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 0EA.
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Blue plaque commemorating war correspondent and writer Martha Gellhorn at 72 Cadogan Square, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 0EA.
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The Viking Raid on Lindisfarne
The devastating Viking attack on the church of St Cuthbert in 793 sent a shockwave through Europe. But a Christian community at Lindisfarne survived, and recorded the event on the famous ‘Domesday stone’.
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Lord Hastings, Richard III and an Unfinished Castle
How William Lord Hastings’s ultra-fashionable castle at Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, was left incomplete following his summary and shocking execution by the future Richard III.
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Karl Marx: the London connections
September 2017 marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of the first volume of Das Kapital, Karl Marx’s famous critique of capitalism. In this blog, blue plaques historian Howard Spencer explores Marx’s life in London, and tells us about five other political exiles commemorated with a plaque.
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Blue Plaque commemorating social scientist Richard Titmuss at 32 Twyford Avenue, Acton, London W3 9QB, London Borough of Ealing.
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Create Your Own Advent Calendar
To start your count down to Christmas, we've got everything you need to create a brilliant Advent calendar.
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JINNAH, Mohammed Ali (1876-1948) a.k.a. Quaid i Azam
Blue Plaque commemorating statesman Mohammed Ali Jinnah at 35 Russell Road, Holland Park, London W14 8HU, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.