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Winter Solstice sunrise to be live streamed from Stonehenge
The winter solstice sunrise at Stonehenge will be live-streamed this year, as English Heritage cannot host the usual celebrations at the prehistoric stones due to the pandemic.
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The trailblazing female barrister and champion of women’s rights, Helena Normanton, has today been commemorated with an English Heritage London blue plaque. Erected almost 100 years after she passed her Bar finals (on 26 October 1921), the plaque marks 22 Mecklenburgh Square, Normanton’s home from 1919 to 1931, the period when she was forging her legal career. Whilst living there, she funded her training and supplemented her income by letting rooms in the large property.
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Blue Plaque for Yehudi Menuhin
Violinist and conductor who brought classical music into the spotlight honoured by English Heritage
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Angela Carter receives English Heritage blue plaque
English Heritage has commemorated the legacy of award winning novelist Angela Carter with a blue plaque at her former home in Clapham. It was at this house, 107, The Chase, that Carter spent the last sixteen years of her life. She often tutored her then student, Kazuo Ishiguro, at the kitchen table and received fellow writers – J.G. Ballard, Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie – as guests.
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Travelling back in time, your class will become detectives to discover what life was really like for those who lived and worked here. Finding clues on their exploration of the castle, your students will piece together the evidence to work out how Carlisle Castle has changed over time.
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Get historic cheese back on the menu this Christmas, says English Heritage
With shortages at supermarkets in the run-up to Christmas a growing possibility, English Heritage is calling for the return of historic cheese to the Christmas dining table. The charity is also encouraging the public to support local cheese makers, many of whom have been hard hit during the pandemic and are keeping history alive through the traditions of cheese making.
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Untold Stories – Poetry at English Heritage
Untold Stories was a poetry programme that explored new ways to bring poetry to English Heritage sites. The programme included the commissioning of new poems related to English Heritage sites, a poetry exchange, the launch of our poetry fellowship, and a public competition that offered opportunities for everyone to explore our past through poetry.