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Historically, same-sex female attraction or sexual contact was not a criminal offence. Because it wasn’t recognised, evidence for lesbianism or female bisexuality is often difficult to find. However, in the 18th century, among fashionable women, a cult of same-sex ‘romantic friendship’ was accepted, even if to some contemporary observers it appeared ‘queer’
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The life of a medieval Carthusian was very different from that of other monks. In a Carthusian priory, each monk lived alone in a substantial house, called a cell.
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MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Blue Plaque commemorating composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at 180 Ebury Street, Belgravia, London SW1W 8UP, City of Westminster.
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Blue Plaque commemorating body builder Eugen Sandown at 161 Holland Park Avenue, Holland Park, London W11 4UX, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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SZABO, Violette, G.C. (1921-1945)
Blue Plaque commemorating Secret Agent Violette Szabo G.C. at 18 Burnley Road, Stockwell, London SW9 0SJ, London Borough of Lambeth.
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Medieval Privateers and Dartmouth’s First Castle
How Dartmouth’s first castle, John Hawley’s ‘fortalice’, was built as much from a desire to protect the town’s notorious privateers from retaliation as to increase national security.
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Blue Plaque commemorating author James Joyce at 28 Campden Grove, Holland Park, London W8 4JQ, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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Blue plaque commemorating poet Rudyard Kipling at 43 Villiers Street, Charing Cross, London WC2N 6NE, City of Westminster.
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Learn about the educationalist and campaigner for Indian independence Sister Nivedita and discover her blue plaque at 21A High Street, Wimbledon, London, SW19 5DX.