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Princess Dianas former London apartment is now an official historical site

Joanna Lumley: How underrated Jean Muir gave me my modelling start in the 1960s The British designer is being honoured with one of English Heritages famous blue plaques, to be unveiled by her favourite model – Lumley 26 June 2021 • 6:00am Jean Muir has been called one of the finest dressmakers Britain has ever produced Credit: Paul Grover for the Telegraph / National Museum Scotland Could there be a better moment for a Jean Muir revival? With exceptionally good antennae, English Heritage a...

Enid Blyton has enchanted millions of young readers with thousands of stories Childrens author has been linked to racism is updated Blue Plaque information English Heritage vowed to review all plaques for links to contested figures  It said today: Well continue to update our website so that the story behind each plaque – and each person – is told in full EHs critics say her books should be seen in context of time they were written

A new English Heritage art collection aims to reflect the long history of African people in England.

An 18th-century black man has been reimagined as a master in a painting intended to better represent Britain’s diverse history

Exhibition: The African Diaspora in England NEW PORTRAITS depicting six historic figures from the African diaspora with links to English Heritage properties will be unveiled today at six sites for a new nationwide exhibition. Painting our Past: The African Diaspora in England will portray people connected with English Heritage sites and whose stories – many of which are not widely known – the charity wants to bring to life and share with its visitors. From Roman Britain to the 20th centu...

A new English Heritage art collection aims to reflect the long history of African people in England.

FROM NEXT month, new portraits depicting six historic figures from the African diaspora will be unveiled for a new nationwide exhibition

The plaque has been put on the outside of her former London home.

Last modified on Thu 29 Apr 2021 01.12 EDT Caroline Norton, a woman at the centre of one of the most publicised court cases of the 19th century and an “unsung hero in the fight for women’s rights”, is being celebrated with a heritage blue plaque in London. “She was appallingly treated having been found innocent in a case of adultery with the prime minister,” said Fraser. The politician was Lord Melbourne, against whom Norton’s husband, George Norton, brought a cour...