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New Technology Unlocks Old Buildings
Previously unseen artefacts, rarely opened archaeological stores, and hard-to-see masterpieces are today revealed for the first time online thanks to a major new partnership between English Heritage and Google Arts & Culture.
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Bob Marley awarded English Heritage Blue Plaque
Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley has been honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque, joining the likes of Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, George Frideric Handel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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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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Lady Diana Spencer, later Princess of Wales honoured with blue plaque
A plaque honouring Diana, Princess of Wales marks Coleherne Court on the Old Brompton Road, where Diana lived at Flat 60 at the time of her engagement to the Prince of Wales in 1981.
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One year on since the collapse of part of the east wing at Hurst Castle in Hampshire, and English Heritage announced today that it has completed the stabilisation of the damaged section. The conservation charity will soon complete a new sea defence which will protect the east wing for the next 50 years. English Heritage will then go on to undertake a major study to ascertain how best to protect this most challenging of heritage sites, at the forefront of sea level rise and climate change.
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It may be considered the ultimate fashion faux pas, but English Heritage is calling on the nation to forego the sartorial sensibilities of the 21st Century and be inspired by the Romans as it launches the first Socks and Sandals Day today (Friday 8 July 2022) to mark the 1900th anniversary of the commencement of the building of Hadrian’s Wall. Anyone who shares a snap of themselves on social media today sporting the socks and sandals look can also spend this new national day enjoying – for free – one of English Heritage’s Roman sites; they’ll also be in with a chance of winning a pair of special Roman-themed socks designed by artist Luke Edward Hall.
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'ASTONISHING' DIGITAL RECONSTRUCTION REVEALS DOVER CASTLE ENTRANCE HIDDEN FOR 800 YEARS
- Model took more than 800 hours to complete and shows many features of the castle long since destroyed - New research underpins major new attraction, 'Dover Castle Under Siege', at Kent landmark - Castle's northern defences open to visitors as never before from 22 July
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Stonehenge and the A303 - Consultation Response
English Heritage, Historic England and the National Trust respond to the proposed A303 Stonehenge tunnel.
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Victorian garden toilet restored to former glory at Brodsworth Hall
The privy was buried under a mound of ivy and experts say its discovery provides insights into 19th century social history.
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Women's Voluntary services founder honoured with Blue Plaque
Working out of her Westminster headquarters, Stella Reading's WVS brought together a million volunteers and provided much needed aid during the Second World War.