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Blue Plaque for 'NYE' Bevan and Jennie Lee

Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan and Jennie Lee, respectively founders of the NHS and the Open University – as well as husband and wife – were today honoured with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at the house in Chelsea where they lived when the National Health Service Act became law in November 1946.

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Kids choose 10 key moments in history

The Battle of Hastings, V-E Day and the invention of the World Wide Web were all chosen as key moments in history. Best-selling children's author and illustrator Liz Pichon will bring the top moments to life through a 21st Century Bayeux Tapestry and nationwide competition.

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Eight ghosts - Eight authors - eight historic sites

English Heritage announces a new collection of eight chilling ghost stories Mark Haddon, Jeanette Winterson and Sarah Perry are among those inspired by English Heritage properties across the country

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Neurologist James Samuel Risien Russell receives English Heritage London blue plaque

One of Britain’s first black British consultants, pioneering neurologist James Samuel Risien Russell has today been commemorated with an English Heritage London blue plaque. The plaque marks 44 Wimpole Street, the impressive house which served as J. S. Risien Russell’s home and private practice from 1902 until his death in March 1939.

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Astronomer Couple Receive London Blue Plaque

Walter and Annie Maunder, champions of amateur astronomy, have been commemorated with a new plaque by English Heritage. The plaque marks 69 Tyrwhitt Road in Lewisham, where the couple lived from 1907 to 1911.

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Ahoy! English Heritage recruits its first female pirate

A female pirate will take to the rigging at English Heritage properties for the first time this summer, the charity announced today (Tuesday 19 July 2022). Sword fighting 18-year-old Freyja Eagling will be the first woman to pick up a pistol and choose a life of piracy with English Heritage. Starting at Pendennis Castle in Cornwall on Tuesday 26 July, Freyja will also visit Dover Castle in Kent and Scarborough Castle in North Yorkshire as part of English Heritage’s new series of summer events, Pirates!

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Leading stage actress of 20th century commemorated with blue plaque

Actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft, remembered at her childhood home

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Dame Peggy Ashcroft commemorated with a blue plaque

Actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft is remembered at her childhood home in Croydon with a blue plaque.

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Rare Roman gladiator knife handle discovered at Hadrian's Wall

A rare Roman knife handle cast in the shape of a gladiator has been discovered in a river at Corbridge Roman Town on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.