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Blue plaque commemorating poster artist and designer Abram Games at his former home at 41 The Vale, Golders Green, Barnet, NW11 8SE, London Borough of Barnet.
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LIND, Jenny (1820-1887) a.k.a. Madame Goldschmidt
Blue Plaque commemorating Jenny 'Madame Goldschmidt' Lind at 189 Old Brompton Road, South Kensington, London SW5 OBA, Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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Hans Sloane was a physician whose vast accumulation of biological specimens and artefacts formed the basis for the British Museum’s collection.
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BARING, Evelyn, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841–1917)
Blue Plaque commemorating Evelyn Baring, Earl of Cromer.
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Clothes that kept us warm and dry through history
Fashion Historian Amber Butchart explores some of the clothing our ancestors have worn to keep warm and dry through history, long considered one of the main reasons that humans wear clothes.
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On the eve of the Battle of Hastings anniversary and the annual re-enactment of that battle, a new English Heritage podcast reveals that the person who directed the very first re-enactment in 1932 was the country’s first self-proclaimed female pageant master and someone who subverted the gender norms of the inter-war years.
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English Heritage Resumes Work to Save Historic Sites
English Heritage has started its first conservation projects since lockdown, including major works at Pevensey Castle in Sussex, a Saxon shore fort intrinsically linked to the Battle of Hastings. The project, to remove the extensive vegetation growth that covered parts of the castle has revealed key historical features, previously hidden from both visitors and historians alike. Evolving from Roman fort to Norman castle, and even put back into action during the Second World War, Pevensey Castle is most famous as the landing place for William the Conqueror’s army in 1066. But important elements of this historically important site have been hidden away for decades, including an entire Roman bastion – standing at over 9 metres tall.
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The stone memorial marking the spot where – according to tradition – King Harold fell at the Battle of Hastings has been moved by English Heritage to a new location following a new study of the 1066 battlefield and abbey.
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Portchester Castle's prisoner of war stories told for the first time
A new exhibition at Portchester Castle uncovers the identities of some of the 2000 African-Caribbean soldiers imprisoned at the castle during the 18th century.