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Hark! English Heritage Reveals Christmas Carols are Being Sung to the Wrong Tune
Move over Mariah Carey and make way Wham!; traditional Christmas carols have endured the test of time in celebrating the festive season, but not as we know them. In fact many of these historic songs were actually sung to very different tunes. English Heritage has been exploring the many misconceptions about this historic tradition, and why most of what you think you know about carols is probably wrong!
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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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Explore the gardens at Witley Court. Survivor of a devastating fire in the early 20th century, Witley's romantic gardens are full of delights. A spectacular lake, a vast fountain of Perseus and Andromeda, and colourful French parterre are just some of the highlights of what was one of the grandest estates in England.
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Stonehenge is famous for its alignments with the sun, but did you know that the ancient monument may have also been carefully designed to align with the movements of the Moon?
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BARING, Evelyn, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841–1917)
Blue Plaque commemorating Evelyn Baring, Earl of Cromer.
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Jawaharlal Nehru, first prime minister of independent India, is commemorated with a blue plaque at 60 Elgin Crescent, where he lived in 1910–11 and 1912.
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20 Questions Quiz: The Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest
Test your knowledge of the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest
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Animating Stonehenge: Setting the scene for the ‘Early Man’ film
We caught up with animator Andy Symanowski to find out how Early Man brings the Stone Age to life. Andy has worked with Aardman for over twenty years on projects like the Academy Award®-winning Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Shaun the Sheep.