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Blue plaque for Barbara Pym's Pimlico home
The home that saw the beginnings of the celebrated novelist’s literary career is to be marked with a new plaque
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History of Fireworks: Displays which went off with a Bang!
From monks playing with gunpowder to a disastrous pyrotechnic display designed to impress Elizabeth I, here are 4 tales from the long history of fireworks.
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Home of Charles Darwin - Down House
The great scientist’s country-house home and ‘outdoor laboratory’
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Blue Plaque for Churchill’s Favourite Spy
English Heritage has today (16 September) unveiled a blue plaque to Christine Granville, the Polish Second World War special agent who Winston Churchill once called his "favourite spy". The new plaque marks 1 Lexham Gardens Hotel (then the Shelbourne Hotel) in Kensington – the hotel was Granville’s London base after the war, in the centre of the city’s post-war Polish community.
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History meets legend at Tintagel Castle
A bronze sculpture inspired by both the legend of King Arthur and Tintagel Castle’s royal past is the centrepiece of a new visitor experience which explores the history of the Cornish castle and the crucial role legends have played in shaping the site visitors see today. The new interpretation will go on public display from Friday 29 April.
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A history of Ranger’s House, the Georgian villa that was the official residence of the Rangers of Greenwich Park during the 19th century, and is now home to the world-class Wernher Collection.
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Read this brief history of women’s suffrage in England - the fight for women to gain the vote on the same terms as men. We explore the individuals and organisations involved in the fight for women’s suffrage, the impact of the First World War, and the legislative reforms of 1918 and 1928 that granted women the right to vote after decades of campaigning.
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Hadrian’s Wall: History and Stories
Hadrian's Wall was a rich and vibrant place. It was a border, but it was also a place where borders were crossed. Here, soldiers and civilians from across Europe and North Africa met, traded and served together at the north-western frontier of the Roman Empire.
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Apsley House is the product of two very different architectural styles, those of Robert Adam and Benjamin Wyatt.
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Blue Plaque commemorating comedian Tony Hancock at 20 Queen's Gate Place, South Kensington, London SW7 5NY, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.