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Why English Heritage is encouraging adults to dress up

Research shows our imaginations grow richer with age so the charity is giving grownups a chance to have fun

The Guardian - UK

Newcastle's 'transformational' stadium wish backed by developer next door as club undergo review

Newcastle United are exploring the possibility of one day expanding St James' Park and the club can count on the support of the developer who owns a Grade II listed building beside the East Stand

Chronicle Live

Pop art fans put up their own blue plaque to pioneering painter after English Heritage snub

Devoted fans of a pioneering female pop artist are putting up their own blue plaque in her memory after being snubbed by English Heritage.

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18th century ice cream from days before freezer making comeback

The Georgian favourite is said to be reminiscent of biscotti or nougat

Wales Online

English Heritage said no to Dutch loan request for ‘fragile’ Vermeer painting

Exclusive: Decision to not lend work for major exhibition taken despite assurances risk of damage was ‘negligible’, FoI reveals

The Guardian - UK

Castle with dramatic 360° views, café and unique shop less than an hour from Liverpool

Enter the historic castle and explore 4,000 years of history

Liverpool Echo

Stonehenge's summer solstice orientation is seen in monuments all over the UK in amazing photos

Stone circles and ancient tombs dot much of the UK landscape. As the summer solstice reaches Stonehenge, photographer Josh Dury shares other Neolithic monuments that face the sun.

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Where is Stonehenge? 8 facts about the English Heritage site and summer solstice hotspot

Where is Stonehenge and other facts about the iconic landmark you may not know, as thousands of people head to Amesbury for the summer solstice

Daily Mirror

Thousands from across UK gather at Stonehenge to mark first day of summer

The summer solstice is the only occasion of the year members of the public are allowed into the sacred monument, where the sun can be seen rising next to the Heel Stone

Daily Mirror

Stonehenge Summer Solstice 2023 entry, timings and travel

Here is everything you need to know about this year's Summer Solstice festival

Bristol Post

Past senses: English Heritage signs point out historic sites’ sounds and smells

Playful takes on cautionary Ministry of Works signs encourage visitors to have a sensory experience

The Guardian - UK

Visitors told to experience historic sites with senses as phones ‘overstimulate’

The charity has added signs with messages such as: ‘Beware this view will live long in the memory.’

The Independent UK

The writing is on the wall for women and blue plaques

Letters: Emma Dally suggested her grandmother, Gwen Mullins, to English Heritage, to no avail. Plus letters from Jean Davies, Kate Levey and Ian Dawson

The Guardian - UK

Blackadder portrait appears at historic mansion house leaving visitors scratching their heads

The oil painting shows Rowan Atkinson's BBC sitcom character in his Elizabethan attire

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Blue plaques should be for unsung heroines too

Letters: Erika Rushton, Jeanne Rathbone, Steve Morphew and Toby Wood respond to English Heritage’s call for more women to be nominated

The Independent UK

Women with body hair remain a cultural taboo, and I can’t see it changing

As English Heritage unearths evidence that the Romans were just as obsessed with tweezing and plucking as many of us today, Ellie Muir asks whether we’ll ever get over our rejection of body hair

The Independent UK

Suffragette Indian princess commemorated with plaque by English Heritage

Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was the daughter of the last ruler of the Sikh empire.

The Guardian - UK

More women needed on London blue plaques, says English Heritage

Charity calls for public to nominate notable women for project, with 85% of plaques currently honouring men

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The Guardian - UK

From the Romans to Sex and the City: how body hair went out of fashion in the UK

Britons have less body hair than ever before, say historians, as exhibition on Roman hair removal opens

The Guardian - UK

Romans, lend me your shears: empire brought hair removal to Britain, says English Heritage

Revamped Wroxeter Roman City in Shropshire will display beauty items including a strikingly large number of tweezers

The Independent UK

English Heritage castle closes due to ‘terrifying’ bee swarms

Cornish castle’s website states it has ‘closed due to unforeseen circumstances’

Daily Mirror

'Terrifying yet amazing' swarm of bees invades town and forces popular castle to close

Tourist site Restormel Castle was forced to close after a swarm of bees engulfed Lostwithiel in Cornwall, with a video showing the flying insects surrounding a house roof

The Guardian - UK

Elain Harwood obituary

Architectural historian who championed the preservation of England’s postwar buildings and the brutalist style

Chronicle Live

Seasonal bus service linking Newcastle with three Northumberland beauty spots returns this summer

The X75 will connect Newcastle city centre with Belsay Hall and Wallington with four return services every Saturday until September 2

The Independent UK

Charles III added to new ruler of rulers by English Heritage

The King has joined the list of kings and queens printed in date order on the classic classroom ruler.

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