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How to Take Tea like a Georgian
Food Historian Annie Gray explores the history of Georgian tea-taking, and how it became what we now call Afternoon Tea.
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What Became of the Monks and Nuns at the Dissolution?
Between 1536 and 1540, on the orders of Henry VIII, every abbey and priory in England was forcibly closed. Discover what happened to the many thousands of monks, nuns and friars whose lives were changed forever by the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
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Blue Plaque commemorating rescuer of prisoner from Auschwitz, Charles Coward, at 133 Chichester Road, Edmonton, London N9 9DF, London Borough of Enfield.
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CUNNINGHAM, Laurie (1956-1989)
Blue plaque commemorating England international footballer Laurie Cunningham at 73 Lancaster Road, Stroud Green, London N4 4PL, London Borough of Haringey.
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How to celebrate Christmas like a medieval monk
Christmas has been celebrated on 25 December since the early 4th century. But the way Christmas is marked has evolved over the years. Dr Michael Carter, Senior Properties Historian, reveals how evidence from medieval monasteries gives an insight into how Christmas was celebrated in the Middle Ages, a time viewed by many as the 'heyday' of festive frolicking.
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English Heritage celebrates innovation through the ages with ingenious!
English Heritage also reveals the top 10 inventions of all time, as voted by the British public
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Seminal Match Girls’ Strike of 1888 commemorated with English Heritage Blue Plaque in East London
One of the most important strikes in modern British history has been commemorated by English Heritage with a blue plaque today (5 July 2022). The blue plaque was unveiled at the site of the former Bryant and May match factory in East London where in early July 1888 around 1,400 of the predominantly female workforce walked out in protest at the dismissal of a number of their co-workers.
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Romans to blame for no-body-hair trend, says English HEritage
From painful waxes to irritating shaves, we can trace the modern obsession with hair removal back to the Romans, English Heritage has said today (24 May), as the charity displays a collection of tweezers used to remove armpit hair from Roman men and women in a new museum at Wroxeter Roman City, Shropshire – a Roman town once as large as Pompeii. Amongst over 400 artefacts, most of which have never been on display, other objects related to Roman cleanliness and beauty practices include a strigil (skin scraper), perfume bottles, jet and bone jewellery, make-up applicators and amulets for warding off evil. The new museum at Wroxeter opens to the public tomorrow.
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Contemporary art installation at Belsay Hall
A new contemporary art installation featuring the haunting voice of Turner Prize winning artist Susan Philipsz comes to Belsay Hall.