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England's New Lenses Exhibition
A new photography exhibition opens this August at Wrest Park showcasing fresh perspectives by young photographers on four English Heritage sites: Wrest Park in Bedfordshire, Tintagel Castle in Cornwall, Middleham Castle in Yorkshire and Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland.
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Blue Plaque for Artist Barbara Hepworth
English Heritage has unveiled a new blue plaque commemorating one of the 20th century’s greatest artists and ground-breaking sculptor, Barbara Hepworth, alongside her first husband and critically acclaimed fellow sculptor John Skeaping.
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Ferguson’s Gang and Stonehenge
How the drive to save the Stonehenge landscape in the 1920s inspired five young women to form a mysterious band who battled to save England’s threatened buildings and landscapes.
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A description of Down House, now filled with many family portraits, furniture and personal possessions from Charles Darwin’s day.
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History of Chesters Bridge Abutment
The remains of the two successive Roman bridges at Chesters encapsulate some of the main developments in the history of Hadrian’s Wall.
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England’s cannons are at risk, English Heritage warned today (Thursday 29th March) after the charity identified that due to sea spray and salty air, historic guns in coastal locations face a twenty-fold increase in their rate of deterioration.
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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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DOOR TO THE PAST: SOLDIERS’ GRAFFITI DISCOVERED ON CASTLE DOOR
Georgian door at Dover Castle contains around 50 individual etchings, including name initials and chilling depictions of hangings