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Meet English Heritage's latest jouster: Olympic Champion Victoria Pendleton
Victoria Pendleton launches English Heritage’s Medieval Knights Season
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Eugenics – meaning ‘good breeding’ – was coined in 1883 by Sir Francis Galton to describe ‘the science which deals with all influences which improve the inborn qualities of a race’. We explore the controversial and changing ideas about eugenics, and some of the figures with blue plaques who supported or opposed it.
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1066 and a Real Game of Thrones
The death of a king 950 years ago today opened the most important year in English history. Roy Porter, Properties Curator for English Heritage in the South East of England, takes a look at the significance of this historic date, 950 years after the Norman Conquest.
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An Introduction to 20th Century England
An overview of the years 1901-2000 in England, from the Edwardian era to the Cold War.
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In autumn 2021 a new play was performed at Porchester Castle that drew on the events of the Haitian Revolution. To accompany the production of ‘The Ancestors’, we examine the connections between Haiti and Portchester and a few of the key events and characters of the revolution.
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HORSLEY, Sir Victor (1857-1916)
Blue Plaque commemorating neuroscientist Sir Victor Horsley at 129 Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 6AP, London Borough of Camden.
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HORSLEY, Sir Victor (1857-1916)
Blue Plaque commemorating neuroscientist Sir Victor Horsley at 129 Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 6AP, London Borough of Camden.
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Re-opening doors for the 200th anniversary of the battle of Waterloo
In this, the 200th anniversary year of the Battle of Waterloo, Wellington Arch and Apsley House will re-open their doors.