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Blue Plaque commemorating artist and illustrator Audrey Beardsley at 114 Cambridge Street, Pimlico, London SW1V 4QF, City of Westminster.
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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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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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The artist C.R.W. Nevinson (1889-1946) – remembered chiefly for his harrowing portrayals of the First World War – and his revered journalist father, Henry Nevinson (1856-1941) have been commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque.
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Lady Worsley’s Scandalous Story
A remarkably scandalous story from the history of Appuldurcombe House
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Ballet star Rudolph Nureyev honoured with Blue Plaque
Nureyev's blue plaque was unveiled on the building he considered his London home.
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MUSICIANS’ BLUE PLAQUES IN LONDON
Take an English Heritage tour of Musician's blue plaques in London.
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VEREKER, John, Viscount Gort, V.C. (1886-1946)
Field Marshal Viscount Gort VC (1886–1946), the Commander-in-Chief at Dunkirk, is commemorated at the house in Belgravia where he lived in the 1920s.
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Chaplin, Dickens and London Poverty
Discover how Charlie Chaplin and Charles Dickens responded to London poverty in their work.
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Between 1917 and 1918 Private Arthur William David Roberts (1897–1982) kept a diary of his military service, later using his daily entries to write an extended narrative of his experiences in France. His story remained unknown and unpublished until a chance find 20 years after his death.