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Terms and conditions for pre-booked tickets relating to the reopening of sites in 2020.
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Find out about Saturnalia, the Roman festival that inspired Christmas traditions we still continue today!
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Six New Blue Plaques for Women in 2020
Second World War spies, suffrage organisation headquarters and one of Britain’s most important 20th-century artists will be among six new blue plaques honouring women this year.
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Six New Blue Plaques for Women
English Heritage plans to unveil six plaques honouring women this year, the charity announced today (4 March). Second World War spies, suffrage organisation headquarters and one of Britain’s most important twentieth-century artists will be among the six new plaques, with the first addition to the scheme dedicated to botanist and leader of women in the armed forces, Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, today.
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An extraordinary number of innovations in the study, cultivation and display of plants were made during the Victorian period. At the same time there was an explosion of interest in gardening, which became a national obsession.
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Groundbreaking female archaeologists
Find out about some of the groundbreaking female archaeologists who worked on sites now cared for by English Heritage, and discover how their investigations have enriched our understanding of the past.
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Discover the black figures whose achievements and contributions to society are celebrated with London’s blue plaques.
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The history of Osborne, the private home of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on the Isle of Wight, built as an escape from court life in London and Windsor.