Archive for: April 2015
Built almost two millennia ago to house a garrison of some 500 troops, Chesters Roman Fort is one of the most impressive visitor attractions in the North East. Members’ Panellist Rob Scott takes us on a whistle-stop tour, and tells us why a visit there makes for an ideal family day out...
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Many of London’s blue plaques bear the names of famous people who need absolutely no introduction – Sir Winston Churchill, John Lennon and Virginia Woolf. But there are other plaques that honour unsung – or at least undersung – heroes who have made a considerable impact in a particular field...
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The latest English Heritage blue plaque has just gone up in London – to a foundational figure in the UK’s secret services.
This is Mansfield Cumming – first Chief of the foreign section of the Secret Service Bureau, which was the predecessor of MI6.
Cumming was in charge of foreign intel...
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