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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 8 | History Defined

Notting Hill carnival’s ‘founding spirit’ to be honoured with blue plaque

Journalist and activist Claudia Jones among five women whose life and legacy will be marked by English Heritage

The Guardian - UK

Violinist Yehudi Menuhin and activist Claudia Jones to receive blue plaques

Also being honoured are suffragettes Emily Wilding Davison and Sophia Duleep Singh.

The Independent UK

‘Founding spirit’ of Notting Hill Carnival among new blue plaque names in London

English Heritage has revealed six people whose names will be enscribed on blue plaques around the capital this year.

The Independent UK

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James Corden forced to scrap home sauna plan due to Neolithic monument

The Gavin and Stacey star bought Templcombe House in 2020 and is expected to move there with his family when he returns to the UK later this year after quitting the Late Late Show

The Independent UK

Grade I listed ex-church hits the market - for less than a one-bedroom flat in London

St Andrew's Church near Stowmarket, Suffolk, is on the market for £600,000, which is less than the price of a one-bedroom flat in London or a tiny terraced house in Brighton

Daily Mirror

Washed away: can Britain’s crumbling castles be saved from the sea?

From Tintagel in Cornwall to the remote Orkney isles, heritage experts are battling to preserve the UK’s historic sites from coastal erosion

The Guardian - UK

International arts project celebrating Hadrian's Wall to be shown in Northumberland National Park

Frontier Voices aims to explore what Hadrian's Wall means to those who live close to it

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Suffragists set for English Heritage blue plaque honour in Westminster

Campaigners for votes for women will be recognised with an English Heritage blue plaque at their Westminster HQ.

Evening Standard

Organisation which records thoughts of British public receives blue plaque

Mass Observation project was started to capture the public’s real opinion as opposed to the perception of it as presented in newspapers.

The Independent UK

Abbey illuminated with bats to mark 125 years of Dracula novel

Whitby Abbey stands silhouetted over the town and is associated with the Bram Stoker gothic horror.

The Independent UK

Airbnb donates £1.25m to English Heritage to ‘boost heritage tourism’

Housing campaigner says rental giant’s donation is a ‘cultural greenwashing’ to offset their poor publicity over the housing crisis

The Guardian - UK

Spectacular or scandalous? The UK’s first modernist home goes on sale for £3 million

High and Over was built by the architect Amyas Connell for his professor Bernard Ashmole between 1929 and 1931.

Evening Standard

400-year-old plaster friezes at Hardwick Hall protected for future generations

The home of Bess of Hardwick has undergone extensive work in recent months.

The Independent UK

Haunted castles you can visit from Greater Manchester

These castles are full of ghost stories and strange goings-on

Manchester Evening News

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BBC news pioneer receives Blue Plaque as the broadcaster celebrates 100 years

Grace Wyndham Goldie brought politics and current affairs to TV screens and was directly responsible for early televised election coverage

Liverpool Echo

Visit castle with 'dramatic' views, café and unique shop less than an hour from Liverpool

Views from the top stretch as far as 30 miles

The Guardian - UK

English Heritage to host ghost story tours at five monasteries

Tours at sites in north of England aim to be academically rigorous and shed light on the ruins’ deeper histories

The Guardian - UK

Stonehenge exhibition highlights similarities between ancient British and Japanese cultures

The parallels suggest the communities are ideologically closer than one might imagine

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UK's heritage castles at risk unless England can hold back the tide

English Heritage identifies six most vulnerable sites as climate change intensifies coastal erosion

The Independent UK

Cornish castle linked to King Arthur at risk from rising sea levels

Tintagel Castle is one of several sites at risk of collapsing into the sea without urgent work to protect them from climate change.

Manchester Evening News

Full list of the shops and supermarkets closed on Queen's funeral bank holiday Monday - including Asda, Aldi and Primark

Many businesses have chosen to close on the day of the Queen's funeral

Wales Online

UK heritage attractions - including Stonehenge - to close for Queen's funeral

Queen Elizabeth II's funeral is next Monday

Chronicle Live

Tourist attractions across North East to close on Monday to pay tribute to Queen

The National Trust and English Heritage have both confirmed that their sites will be closed on Monday September 19 as a mark of respect to the late Queen Elizabeth II

Manchester Evening News

English Heritage and National Trust sites to close for Queen’s funeral as ‘mark of respect’

Sites across the UK will be closed to pay tribute to the Queen

The Independent UK

Heritage sites across the UK to close for Queen’s state funeral

Monuments, museums, art galleries, stately homes and historic gardens will shut as a mark of respect on Monday September 19.

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