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MUSSABINI, Scipio Africanus (1867-1927)

Blue Plaque commemorating athletics coach Scipio Africanus Mussabini at 84 Burbage Road, Herne Hill, London SE24 9HE, London Borough of Southwark.

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Gifts exchanged between Victoria and Albert shed light on passionate relationship

Romantic and risqué birthday presents exchanged between Queen Victoria and Prince Albert will be on display at their holiday home, Osborne, from Friday, 24 May.

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Passionate presents show Queen Victoria in a new light

Romantic and risqué birthday presents exchanged between Queen Victoria and Prince Albert will be on display at Osborne on the Isle of Wight on Friday (24 May) as English Heritage celebrates the 200th anniversary of their births. Celebration: Victoria & Albert’s Birthdays at Osborne will provide an intimate glimpse into the private romantic lives of the royal couple at their seaside retreat.

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Bob Marley awarded English Heritage Blue Plaque

Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley has been honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque, joining the likes of Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, George Frideric Handel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Bob Marley awarded English Heritage blue plaque

Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley has been honoured with an English Heritage blue today (Tuesday 1 October), joining the likes of Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, George Frideric Handel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The plaque marks number 42 Oakley Street, the Chelsea house where Marley lived in 1977. It was while living here that he and the Wailers finished recording their album Exodus, which featured some of his biggest hits, including 'Jamming', 'Waiting in Vain', 'Three Little Birds' and 'One Love'. With this address as his Chelsea home, Marley said he regarded London "as a second base," often playing football with his bandmates at the pitches in nearby Battersea Park.

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Muppets creator Jim Henson receives London blue plaque

Marking 85 years since Henson’s birth, the puppeteer, producer and director's former home in Hampstead is honoured with a London blue plaque

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New research reveals Roman ‘wrestler’ figurine actually depicts African warrior

A lead figurine of a wrestler produced during the Roman era is now understood to be an African warrior, new research by English Heritage has revealed. The figurine, discovered a century ago at Wall Roman Site in Staffordshire, was first thought to depict an enslaved person, and later a wrestler, but the charity has now discovered evidence that the figurine originally carried a spear in one hand, finally revealing its true identity as an African warrior. The figurine is on display at Wall Roman Site’s museum until the end of October when the museum will close for the winter.

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New research reveals Roman ‘wrestler’ figurine actually depicts African warrior

A lead figurine of a wrestler produced during the Roman era is now understood to be an African warrior, new research by English Heritage has revealed. The figurine, discovered a century ago at Wall Roman Site in Staffordshire, was first thought to depict an enslaved person, and later a wrestler, but the charity has now discovered evidence that the figurine originally carried a spear in one hand, finally revealing its true identity as an African warrior. The figurine is on display at Wall Roman Site’s museum until the end of October when the museum will close for the winter.

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Blue Plaque for lawyer who enshrined ‘war crimes’ in international law

The lawyer Hersch Lauterpacht, who played a key role in prosecuting the Nazis at the Nuremberg trials and whose belief that sovereign states should be held accountable for crimes against their own people led to lasting change in international law, has been commemorated with a blue plaque at his former home in Cricklewood, north west London.

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GIFTED TO THE NATION: THORNBOROUGH HENGES “THE STONEHENGE OF THE NORTH”

• Neolithic henges join Dover Castle and Kenwood in the National Heritage Collection • The site will be removed from Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register • English Heritage provides more public access to the landscape