A story just published by Gardening For Health says the Royal Horticultural Society are trying to trace relatives of detainees at the WWI Ruhleben …
Captain Scott’s South Pole images saved for nation
Photographs taken by Captain Scott on his final expedition to the South Pole have been saved for the nation thanks to £704,000 lottery …
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Blue Plaque for Dame Gracie Fields in Islington
Dame Gracie Fields (1898-1979), one of Britain’s most successful and best loved performers, is honoured with a blue plaque at 72a Upper Street, …
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Lancelot ‘Capability‘ Brown remembered with Blue Plaque
Lancelot ‘Capability‘ Brown, is to be commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque at Wilderness House, Hampton Court Palace, his home from 1764 …
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Carlisle link to 111 year-old Christmas pudding
A letter to the Editor of the Carlisle Journal has become key to the history of a recently discovered 111 year-old Christmas pudding. Headed, …
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Artist’s Reaction by Derek Eland opens
An intimate and powerful installation called, In Our Own Words: Soldiers’ thoughts from Afghanistan, has been created by the Cumbrian artist Derek …
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‘From Exile to Freedom’ by Polish Expats Association, Worcester
A collection of oral history, photography and written stories examining the unique experience of Polish expats is to open in Worcester. The project …
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Exhibition: Churchill’s Finest Hour 1940 – 1945
Bletchley Park is to host a photographic exhibition called “Churchill’s Finest Hour 1940 – 1945”, produced by Danish photographer, Niels …
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Blue plaque unveiled on former home of Arctic explorer, John Rae
Blue plaque unveiled on the former home in London of Arctic explorer John Rae. The English Heritage blue plaque, at 4 Lower Addison Gardens, …
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Performance on a mountain in Cumbria
Two street artists have helped celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Lake District and the launch of the Lakes Alive’s summer season of outdoor shows, …