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Blue Plaque commemorating artist and London Underground map designer Harry Beck at 14 Wesley Road, Leyton, London E10 6JF, London Borough of Waltham Forest.
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English Heritage unveils Blue Plaque to Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales has today (Wednesday 29 September 2021) been honoured with an English Heritage London blue plaque. Unveiled by Diana’s former flatmate Virginia Clarke, the plaque marks Coleherne Court on the Old Brompton Road, where Diana lived at Flat 60 at the time of her engagement to the then Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, in 1981. Diana described her time at Coleherne Court as one of the happiest of her life and it was from this flat that she took her first steps onto the world stage. The princess, who would have turned 60 this year, used her huge, international profile to speak out on humanitarian issues and raise awareness of charitable causes.
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New blue plaque commemorates sanctuary for stranded South and East Asian women
A house in Hackney which, in the early twentieth century, sheltered hundreds of stranded and sometimes abandoned South and East Asian nannies – known as ayahs – has been commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque, the charity announced today (16 June).
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Blue plaque commemorating first woman to sit in Parliament, Nancy Astor, at 4 St James's Square, St James's, London SW1Y 6JU, City of Westminster.
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On the centenary of John Singer Sargent’s death, we are gathering together, for the first time, 18 of his magnificent portraits at Kenwood. All depict women who were part of the transatlantic marriage phenomenon of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when American heiresses married into the British aristocracy. Heiress: Sargent’s American Portraits features some of Sargent’s finest works and reveals the important contributions these women made to politics, the arts and society. With loans coming from institutions in Washington, Boston and Houston as well as private collections on both sides of the Atlantic, the exhibition will offer visitors the rare opportunity to enjoy Sargent’s brilliant works in the splendour of Kenwood.
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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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Victoria & Abdul costumes to go on show at Osborne
The costumes from 'Victoria & Albert' will be displayed in Queen Victoria's Indian-inspired Durbar Room at Osborne for a limited time.
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FIRST, Ruth (1925-1982) & SLOVO, Joe (1926-1995)
Blue Plaque commemorating South African freedom fighters Ruth First and Joe Slove at 13 Lyme Street, Camden, London NW1 0EH, London Borough of Camden.
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HOLTBY, Winifred (1898–1935) & BRITTAIN, Vera (1893–1970)
Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby were writers and reformers. A plaque at 58 Doughty Street, Holborn, marks the address they shared in the early 1920s.
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Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Quiz
Put your knowledge of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to the test with our 20-question quiz.