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Five Minutes With Historical Performer Kate Vigurs
What does a historical performer do? How do you bring alive the stories of thousands of women during WWI? And what is a FANY?
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RUSSELL, Fred (1862-1957) a.k.a. Thomas Frederick Parnell
Blue Plaque commemorating ventriloquist Fred Russell A.K.A Thomas Frederick Parnell at 71 Kenilworth Court, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, London SW15 1EN, London Borough of Wandsworth.
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On selected weekends during 1 May to 25 September we will be bringing the story of the House and Service Wing to life with live interpretation in the open air.
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English Heritage announces Blue Plaque for Peter Cushing on Star Wars Day
Peter Cushing (1913-1994), the actor best known by many for his performance as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars, is to be honoured with an English Heritage Blue Plaque.
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Kids make history by 'taking over' Stonehenge this summer
For the first time in its 4,500-year-old history, children are invited to step inside the stone circle at Stonehenge and discover it without any grown-ups, as part of English Heritage's new Kids Takeover summer season.
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Back with a bang - restored first world war gun to fire again
One hundred years after guns on the White Cliffs first successfully repelled a German Zeppelin raid, Dover Castle will once again resound to artillery fire following the restoration by English Heritage of a rare anti-aircraft gun used in the First World War, thanks to a grant of £272,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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A summary of the current state of research on Rievaulx Abbey, which has a long history of antiquarian and archaeological research
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We’ve collected the stories of ordinary people to open a window onto life in Dover during the long, gruelling days during the Dunkirk evacuation.
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Medieval magic: Meet the Enchanted Circus
Performers Nicole and Martin use theatre & acrobatics to bring folk tales to life. We found out more ahead of their run at three of our castles this summer.
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One of a number of forts built in the 1850s and 1860s to protect Portsmouth and its harbour against a French invasion. Largely unaltered, the parade ground, gun ramps and moated keep can be viewed.