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The significance of Kenwood, one of the most important surviving works by Robert Adam and the home of an internationally renowned collection of paintings.
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George Villiers, later the Duke of Buckingham, became a favourite of King James I after their first meeting at Apethorpe in 1614. Surviving love letters between James and George are telling of their close relationship, which brought Villiers great fame and fortune.
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Countess Isabella de Fortibus (or Forz) was one of the greatest heiresses in 13th-century England. Her remarkable life illustrates the power and riches that could lie in the hands of women of noble birth in medieval England.
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Piers Gaveston, Hugh Despenser and the Downfall of Edward II
The short reign of Edward II is commonly seen as a disastrous period in English history. Edward, faced military defeats, political crises and civil war. The king’s downfall was due in part to his reliance on his ‘favourites’, Piers Gaveston and Hugh Despenser, who were rumoured to be his lovers.
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Make your own Victorian Christmas cracker
Find out how to make your own Victorian Christmas cracker and learn the history behind one of England's favourite festive traditions.
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Explore how Down House and Gardens, Charles Darwin's home, has altered in the decades since it passed to English Heritage using sliders to see 'then' and 'now' photographs.