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BEECHAM, Sir Thomas, C.H. (1879-1961)
Blue Plaque commemorating conductor and impressario Sir Thomas Beecham at 31 Grove End Road, St John's Wood, London NW8 9NG, City of Westminster
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New poems tell the untold stories of English Heritage
English Heritage has announced a new poetry programme in collaboration with the charity’s recently appointed Poet in Residence, Jacob Sam-La Rose.
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BEECHAM, Sir Thomas, C.H. (1879-1961)
Blue Plaque commemorating conductor and impressario Sir Thomas Beecham at 31 Grove End Road, St John's Wood, London NW8 9NG, City of Westminster
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BEECHAM, Sir Thomas, C.H. (1879-1961)
Blue Plaque commemorating conductor and impressario Sir Thomas Beecham at 31 Grove End Road, St John's Wood, London NW8 9NG, City of Westminster
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Sir Arthur Pearson Receives English Heritage Blue Plaque
Sir Arthur Pearson, newspaper publisher and founder of St Dunstan’s (Blind Veterans UK), has been commemorated with a blue plaque today (26 June). The plaque marks the Grade II* listed house on Portland Place in Marylebone where he lived with his wife and some of the blinded servicemen supported by St Dunstan’s in the later years of the First World War and just afterwards.
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A brief history and description of Harry's Walls, an unfinished artillery fort begun in 1551 to guard against attack from France and Spain.
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TILBURY FORT STARS IN NEW BBC ONE SERIES WITH TOM HARDY
Essex's Tilbury Fort has been transformed into the historic streets of Wapping for BBC One's mini-series Taboo, starring Academy Award nominee Tom Hardy.
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Clifford's Tower is one of the best-loved landmarks in York. It is the largest remaining part of York Castle, once the centre of government for the north of England.
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In 597, St Augustine arrived in England to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. Virtually every modern description of this mission mentions Queen Bertha of Kent. She has gone down in legend as the Christian queen who influenced her pagan husband, King Æthelberht, in Augustine’s favour. But who was Bertha?
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As Whitby Abbey is illuminated for Whitby Goth Weekend, we take a look at how far back gothic subculture can be traced through the centuries.