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Blue Plaque for Silver Screen Icon Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn, the Oscar-winning star of Roman Holiday and one of the most enduring icons of film and fashion, has been honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque. The plaque marks 65 South Audley Street, Mayfair – where Hepburn lived in a flat with her mother from about 1949 to 1954, as she launched her stage and screen career.
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MENON, V.K. Krishna (1896-1974)
Blue Plaque commemorating diplomat VK Krishna Menon at 30 Langdon Park Road, Highgate, London N6 5QG, London Borough of Haringey.
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MILNER, Alfred, Lord Milner (1854-1925)
Blue plaque commemorating Alfred Milner, Lord Milner, at 14 Manchester Square, Marylebone, London W1U 3PP.
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MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Blue Plaque commemorating composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at 180 Ebury Street, Belgravia, London SW1W 8UP, City of Westminster.
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Blue Plaque commemorating architect John Nash at 66 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3BN, London Borough of Camden.
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RUSSELL, Fred (1862-1957) a.k.a. Thomas Frederick Parnell
Blue Plaque commemorating ventriloquist Fred Russell A.K.A Thomas Frederick Parnell at 71 Kenilworth Court, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, London SW15 1EN, London Borough of Wandsworth.
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Overseas trade and an extensive commercial infrastructure made Britain in the 19th century the most powerful trading nation in the world. Its manufactures were sold on every continent through a vast network of free trade.
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An extraordinary number of innovations in the study, cultivation and display of plants were made during the Victorian period. At the same time there was an explosion of interest in gardening, which became a national obsession.
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Predominant at the start of the 19th century, by the end of the Victorian era the Church of England was increasingly only one part of a vibrant and often competitive religious culture. The period also saw the greatest burst of church building since the Middle Ages.
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Audio tour of Chiswick House Gardens
Explore these stories of the Chiswick House Gardens through the eyes of creative writers, including Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and former Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion, in this downloadable audio tour.