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Dame Peggy Ashcroft commemorated with a blue plaque
Actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft is remembered at her childhood home in Croydon with a blue plaque.
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Abram Games Receives English Heritage Blue Plaque
One of the most important graphic designers of his generation, Abram Games, has been commemorated with a blue plaque today (3 April). The plaque marks the house in Golders Green that was his design studio, plus a workshop for his mechanical designs and a busy family home from 1948 until his death nearly half a century later. It was here that he designed the iconic Festival of Britain symbol in 1951, an emblem that was seen country-wide on posters, badges, stationery, street decorations, medals, tickets, and even embossed on soap and chocolate.
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Kenilworth Castle rebuilt in Minecraft after standing in ruins for over 300 years
Kenilworth Castle – one of England’s greatest fortresses – has been rebuilt for the first time in Minecraft. English Heritage is running workshops this summer so visitors can build famous castles in the shadow of the real thing.
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Work starts to save the Iron Bridge
Work starts this week on vital repairs to the world’s first iron bridge, English Heritage announced today (Monday 13 November) as the charity revealed a €1m donation towards the £3.6m conservation project and launched a crowd-funding campaign to help save one of the wonders of the modern world.
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English Heritage’s historic memorials and Black Lives Matter
Our statement on the statues within our care and diverse representation within the London Blue Plaques Scheme
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Blue plaque for lesbian landmark, the Gateways Club
A new blue plaque at 239 King’s Road, Chelsea, marks the building that was once home to the Gateways Club. For over fifty years (c.1931–1985), this basement club was London’s best-known and longest-lived lesbian social venue, becoming a vital haven and discreet landmark for generations of LGBTQ+ women.
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Description of Corbridge Roman Town
The exposed English Heritage site (about 1.8 hectares) represents only a tiny fraction – the central nucleus – of the Roman town built around the site of successive forts.
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Meet artist Alan Kitching, one of the world’s leading practitioners of letterpress typographic design and printmaking.
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ARCHER, John Richard (1863-1932)
Blue Plaque commemorating civic leader and pan-Africanist John Richard Archer at 55 Brynmaer Road, Battersea, London SW11 4EN, London Borough of Wandsworth
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Blue Plaque commemorating artist and London Underground map designer Harry Beck at 14 Wesley Road, Leyton, London E10 6JF, London Borough of Waltham Forest.