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Marital Strife and Anthropoid Coffins at Farleigh Hungerford
How one castle’s remarkable concentration of horrors offers insights into crime and punishment in the Tudor period, bizarre Stuart embalming practices, and macabre – and disgusting – thrill-seeking in the 19th century.
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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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The new plans to regenerate York’s Castle Gateway area combined with the deep attachment many have for the mound at Clifford’s Tower means that English Heritage has decided not to proceed with the proposed visitor building at the base of the mound.
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Musical comedians Flanders and Swann honoured with English Heritage Blue Plaque
Musical comedians Michael Flanders (1922-1975) and Donald Swann (1923-1994), who delighted West End audiences with their humorous hit songs in the 1950s and 60s, have today (5 September) been commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque. The plaque was unveiled at 1 Scarsdale Villas, Kensington, in the garden studio of which the pair once lived and worked.
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English Heritage and the artist Jeremy Deller are marking 100 years since Stonehenge was donated to the nation with a day of celebrations at the ancient stones. Curated by Deller, Friday 26 October will be full of music and art, an inflatable Stonehenge, an anniversary tea party, as well as a few surprises.
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New Neolithic and Bronze Age exhibition curated in partnership with British Museum
Powerful, ceremonial objects—including among the most prized objects in the British Museum’s collection of ancient Britain and Europe—will go on display at Stonehenge
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Graphic designer Abram Games commemorated with London blue plaque
English Heritage unveils a blue plaque to the graphic artist ahead of a major retrospective at the National Army Museum.
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Building bridges: Installation of Tintagel Castle’s new bridge begins
The new footbridge at Tintagel Castle is beginning to take shape, English Heritage announced today (18 June), as sections of the dramatic steel crossing have started to be installed at the coastal site, ahead of the castle re-opening this summer.
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Martha Gellhorn Receives English Heritage Blue Plaque
The war correspondent and writer Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998), who reported on conflicts from the Spanish Civil War to the Vietnam War, has been commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque today (3 September).