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Why do we remember, remember the fifth of November? Explore the true story behind why we celebrate Bonfire Night, discover who Guy Fawkes was, and find out why fireworks are such an important part of the celebrations on the 5th November.
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Voice of the Nation’s Gardeners, ‘Mr. Middleton’, Honoured with English Heritage Blue Plaque
BBC radio gardening correspondent and much-loved national figure, Cecil Henry Middleton, has been commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque. It marks 17 Princes Avenue in Tolworth, where ‘Mr. Middleton’ captivated millions, becoming the voice of the famous ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign.
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Built in the late 14th century more as luxury residence than fortress, Donnington Castle was pressed into service in the English Civil War, when the Royalist garrison endured a 20-month siege.
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Lord Hastings, Richard III and an Unfinished Castle
How William Lord Hastings’s ultra-fashionable castle at Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, was left incomplete following his summary and shocking execution by the future Richard III.
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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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Chaplin, Dickens and London Poverty
Discover how Charlie Chaplin and Charles Dickens responded to London poverty in their work.
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The extensive ruins of this 13th-century priory, once a holiday home for monks from Durham, lie on the site of the hermitage of retired merchant and sailor St Godric.
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In 597, St Augustine arrived in England to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. Virtually every modern description of this mission mentions Queen Bertha of Kent. She has gone down in legend as the Christian queen who influenced her pagan husband, King Æthelberht, in Augustine’s favour. But who was Bertha?
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ABERCROMBIE, Sir Patrick (1879-1957)
Blue plaque commemorating the pioneer of town and country planning, Sir Patrick Abercrombie, at his former home Flat 1, 63 Egerton Gardens, Brompton, SW3 2BZ, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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COPEMAN, Sydney Monckton (1862-1947)
Blue Plaque commemorating immunologist Sydney Monckton Copeman at 57 Redcliffe Gardens, Chelsea, London SW10 9JJ, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.