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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

Manchester Evening News

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.

The Independent UK

Commemorative tea towel? Not for Roman souvenir hunters

Exhibition shines light on items brought back by those posted to Hadrian’s Wall 2,000 years ago

The Guardian - UK

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New exhibition to display Hadrian’s Wall’s oldest souvenirs

The collection, which features keepsakes from almost 2,000 years, includes one of the wall’s earliest souvenirs – the Rudge Cup.

The Independent UK

Diane Haigh obituary

Architect who updated the fabric of the Royal Festival Hall in line with the spirit rather than the letter of its original design

The Guardian - UK

Rare orchid flourishes in Charles Darwin’s gardens after two-year project

Unusually the violet helleborine is only pollinated by wasps and is thriving thanks to nectar that is irresistible to the insects

The Guardian - UK

Exhibition documents decline of Cornwall’s Launceston castle

New exhibition tells the story of a Cornish castles’ decay from a seat of aristocratic power to squalid prison for local rebels

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Medieval whale bone discovered at land-locked castle goes on display

A concentration of the bones were found scattered near the kitchen uncovering the exotic diet of the castle’s then-residents.

The Independent UK

London home of Dadabhai Naoroji gets Blue Plaque honour

The prominent Parsi nationalist was an influential political and intellectual force in both India and Britain

The Hindu

UK summer days out: beat inflation with great deals on visits and shows

From train travel to West End theatre, there are big savings to be made – here are some of the best bargains

The Guardian - UK

Not a bouncy castle: Hadrian’s Wall fort rebuilt in wild colour

Installation on remains of Roman structure in Northumberland is part of wall’s 1,900th anniversary celebrations

The Guardian - UK

‘Weird, wonderful’: rare dig at Arthur’s Stone writes new story of neolithic site

Visitors flock to Herefordshire burial plot that inspired CS Lewis amid excitement at what is being found

The Guardian - UK

English Heritage signs up its first female pirate

Freyja Eagling, 18, has been practising her sword fighting for more than a year.

The Independent UK

Match Girls’ Strike of 1888 commemorated with blue plaque in East London

In July 1888 around 1,400 of the Bryant and May match factory’s female workforce walked out in protest.

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The Guardian - UK

Inside the lair of the She-Wolf of France: why you should visit Castle Rising

Norfolk seat of the Plantagenets and once home to Isabella, wife of King Edward II, this fortress is a trip that satisfies the mind, lifts the spirit and takes its visitors back in time

Manchester Evening News

Viral tweet shows blue-plaque home of Chorlton’s own Danger Mouse

The show had millions of viewers during its run

The Independent UK

Chineke! Junior Orchestra to mark 250 years since landmark legal slavery case

The Chineke! Junior Orchestra is made up of ethnically diverse musicians aged between 11 and 22.

The Guardian - UK

Summer solstice crowds flock back to Stonehenge after Covid hiatus

Pagans and party-goers head back to Salisbury Plain in their thousands as site reopens for annual festivities

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The Independent UK

Gardeners’ World host unveils blue plaque for first female landscape gardener

Fanny Wilkinson paved the way for women to enter the gardening profession.

The National (Scotland)

Queen projected onto Stonehenge to mark Jubilee - prompting widespread mockery

ENGLISH Heritage has been widely mocked online after it projected pictures of the Queen onto Stonehenge.

Evening Standard

Tributes to the Queen light up Marble Arch and Stonehenge for Platinum Jubilee

Images of the Queen throughout her 70 year reign have been beamed onto the side of Marble Arch and Stonehenge to mark her Platinum Jubilee.

Daily Mirror

Man sick of paying for electricity moves into windmill and says he won't pay bill again

James Forsyth, 66, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, bought the 1830s windmill and hopes it will be functional by 2023, cutting out his £200-a-month electricity bill

Evening Standard

To buy or not to buy: Sir Laurence Olivier’s childhood home is for sale in Dorking

The legendary English actor spent the first three years of his life in the four-bedroom house.

Chronicle Live

'Vampire' couple from North East help break Dracula world record

More than 1,300 goth enthusiasts have descended on Whitby for an event celebrating the 125th anniversary of Bram Stoker's Dracula

The Guardian - UK

Record-breaking vampires at Whitby Abbey mark 125 years of Dracula

A fanged crowd of 1,369 broke the Guinness World Record for vampire gatherings in celebration of Bram Stoker’s classic novel

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