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The novelist Ronald Firbank, known for his works that explore sexuality, social climbing, and religion is recognised with a blue plaque at 33 Curzon Street in Mayfair, one of the many London addresses that he occupied over the course of his short lifetime.
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How Dover Castle became the Key of England – the Great Siege of 1216
Eight hundred years ago, Dover Castle was crucial in defending England against invasion. Charles Kightly explains the history of Dover Castle's Great Siege.
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Things to see and do at Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden, Warwickshire
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Watch our past Members' lectures, covering topics including monastic Christmas, prehistory and the imagination, the Battle of Hastings, life and death in a medieval castle and much more besides.
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While historically the story of gardening and garden design has been monopolised by men this doesn’t mean women had no interest or involvement in the practice. We explore some of the women who played a key role in shaping the gardens in our care.
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Find ghoulishly great-value days out at our Halloween events taking place across the country.
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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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Muchelney Abbey was once a wealthy Benedictine house and the second oldest religious foundation in Somerset, but as part of the dissolution the abbey’s principal buildings were demolished by Henry VIII in 1538. Pupils can still see the clearly laid out foundations of the abbey, parts of the richly decorated cloister walk and thatched monks’ lavatory - the only one of its kind in Britain. There is also a display of artefacts found at the Abbey, a brilliant resource to illustrate monastic life to your students.
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Mount Grace Priory, House and Gardens
Glorious arts and crafts gardens combined with unusual monastic ruins and a manor house