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Things to do on a weekend on the Northumberland coast
Things to do on a weekend on the Northumberland coast, including Lindisfarne, a boat trip around the Farne Islands, Dunstanburgh Castle and Warkworth Castle.
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History of Carrawburgh Roman Fort
Visible today only as earthworks, Carrawburgh – known to the Romans as Brocolitia – was one of 16 large forts along the 73-mile long Hadrian’s Wall. Nearby stands the fascinating temple dedicated to the god Mithras, built by soldiers of the garrison.
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Mary Katherine Middleton lived at Belsay Hall in the early 20th century. She was one of the early women candidates for Parliament, standing in 1924 as a Conservative candidate for Wansbeck, Northumberland. Her story reveals how the pre-war period and the First World War fostered new opportunities for women in politics in the 1920s, the barriers in their way, and the legacy of the first women to stand for Parliament.
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Animating Stonehenge: Setting the scene for the ‘Early Man’ film
We caught up with animator Andy Symanowski to find out how Early Man brings the Stone Age to life. Andy has worked with Aardman for over twenty years on projects like the Academy Award®-winning Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Shaun the Sheep.
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Thomas Becket, Henry II and Dover Castle
On 29 December 1170 Archbishop Thomas Becket of Canterbury was murdered in his cathedral by four of Henry II’s knights. Ten years later, Henry II embarked on a massive rebuilding of Dover Castle. How were his actions, and Becket’s murder, connected?
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Divine Retribution at the Jewel Tower, Westminster
How the 14th-century monks of Westminster Abbey interpreted the ‘wretched death’ of their hated next-door neighbour, the Keeper of the Palace of Westminster, as celestially ordained.
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Elizabeth Russell, Keeper of Donnington Castle
Elizabeth, Lady Russell, successfully petitioned and bribed Queen Elizabeth I to make her keeper of Donnington Castle – England’s first known female keeper of a castle. It was a post she defended with acts of rioting, physical violence and clan warfare.
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Birdoswald Roman Fort: History and Stories
Explore the stories of Birdoswald Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall, including the lives of those who lived there and the how we know so much about the fort's 2,000-year history.
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A Journey into Witchcraft Beliefs
The history of witchcraft is complex, and often raises more questions than it answers. Where did witches come from? And did they always arrive on broomsticks? We asked Professor Diane Purkiss to take us inside the minds of ordinary people and intellectuals in medieval and early modern England to reveal how the figure of the witch was born.