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As good as gold … why toothpicks and hair locks are the new treasure

Everyday objects are the real key to our past. Now a change to the law could fill our museums with them, says Kate Mavor, chief executive of English Heritage

The Guardian - UK

Home village hopes ‘greatest Welsh thinker’ finally receives his dues

Events to mark 300 years since birth of Richard Price, a radical who ‘helped build the modern world’

The Guardian - UK

A proud shark, an uncertain scientist and a broken dog statue – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

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Huw Edwards unveils Blue Plaque to ‘mathematical genius’ Richard Price

BBC News At Ten presenter Edwards said the memorial to Price goes ‘some way’ to giving him the ‘recognition he deserves’ 300 years on from his birth.

The Independent UK

London’s oldest terraced house gets Blue Plaque for philosopher and preacher

London’s oldest surviving terraced house will get the capital’s first blue plaque of the year in memory of the 18th century radical and preacher who lived there.

Evening Standard

Memorial to St Cuthbert restored to Lindisfarne after nearly 500 years

English Heritage to unveil new monument after original removed during Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries

The Guardian - UK

Ancient Anglo-Saxon and Christian artefacts to go on display for first time on Holy Island

Britain's first known prayer bead necklace is one of many treasures making their first appearance at Lindisfarne Priory

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Hadrian's Wall attraction in Northumberland one of sixteen English Heritage sites that had record year in 2022

Corbridge Roman Town had a 41% increase in visitors in 2022

Chronicle Live

English Heritage attracts record-breaking visitors in 2022

Tintagel Castle in Cornwall and Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire among 10 sites to see their highest-ever visitor numbers

The Independent UK

English Heritage sees record visitor numbers at various sites in 2022

Tintagel Castle in Cornwall and Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire were among the 10 sites to see their highest ever visitor numbers last year.

The Independent UK

‘Stonehenge of the North’ opens to the public

Thornborough Henges will open to the public from Friday

Evening Standard

Forgotten ‘Stonehenge of the north’ given to nation by construction firm

Two sections of the Thornborough Henges come off Historic England’s at-risk register after donation

The Guardian - UK

Thornborough Henges site deemed ‘Stonehenge of the North’ opens to public

Thornborough Henges have been described as ‘probably the most important single ancient site between Stonehenge and the Orkney Islands in Scotland’

The Independent UK

‘Stonehenge of the North’ opens to public as site is gifted to the nation

Thornborough Henges have been described as ‘probably the most important single ancient site between Stonehenge and the Orkney Islands in Scotland’.

The Independent UK

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Bristol Post

Bombed-out Bristol church at Temple Gardens to reopen to the public

It underwent major repairs and restoration work

Wales Online

Pranksters commemorate Rishi Sunak's £100 fine for not wearing seatbelt with blue plaque

Jokers install English Heritage-style plate on a lamppost

The Independent UK

Pranksters erect ‘blue plaque’ commemorating Rishi Sunak’s seatbelt fine

Blackpool lamppost adorned with English Heritage-style mockup in wake of PM’s PR fiasco

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

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

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

Daily Mirror

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Chronicle Live

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

Evening Standard

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.

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