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Charles Darwin's bedroom recreated at Down House
Dress up in period costume, sit on Victorian furniture and discover Darwin's personal life with new hands-on interpretation at Down House in Kent.
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Wish You Were Here? Postcard Sending is in Terminal Decline
The humble postcard – a communication staple for over 150 years – is at risk, English Heritage warned today (10 July) as new research commissioned by the charity reveals that only 8% of adults send a postcard once a year and 52% never send them at all. In a bid to revive the once popular British holiday tradition and inspire children to take up postcard-writing, English Heritage has commissioned three limited edition postcards, designed by children’s illustrators Nick Sharratt and Sir Quentin Blake, which will be available to collect for free at eighteen historic sites as part of their Great British Summer events.
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Berry Pomeroy and the ‘Other’ Seymours
How an extravagant but unfinished castle tells a story of family rivalry and competitive housebuilding in 17th-century England.
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Blue Plaque commemorating psychoanalyst and pioneer of child analysis Melanie Klein at 42 Clifton Hill, St John's Wood, London NW8 0QG, City of Westminster.
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The Women’s Freedom League was a suffragist and equal rights campaigning organisation that worked on the principles of passive resistance and non-violence. Formed after a split in the Women’s Social and Political Union, it had its former headquarters at 1 Robert Street, Strand, which is marked with an English Heritage blue plaque.
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The Women’s Freedom League was a suffragist and equal rights campaigning organisation that worked on the principles of passive resistance and non-violence. Formed after a split in the Women’s Social and Political Union, it had its former headquarters at 1 Robert Street, Strand, which is marked with an English Heritage blue plaque.
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Queen Victoria's Hindustani Diary on display for the first time at Osborne
A Hindustani diary written by Queen Victoria under the guidance of her servant Abdul Karim has gone on display for the first time.
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Banks East Turret - Hadrian's Wall
Imposing and well-preserved turret with adjoining stretches of Hadrian's Wall.