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Astronomer couple honoured with English Heritage blue plaque

English Heritage have unveiled a blue plaque in honour of a couple who championed amateur astronomy and aimed to make the subject field more accessible for women. Annie and Walter Maunder, who completed important work on sunspots, solar photography ...

16 Mar 2022 at 12:25

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Ulster History Circle Unveil Blue Plaque to Commemorate Much-Loved Derry Musician James MacCafferty

An Ulster History Circle Blue Plaque to Derry musician, James MacCafferty, was unveiled on Saturday (April 23). The Plaque was erected at James’ lifelong home, 25 Francis Street, Derry: the house where MacCafferty was born and lived for eighty ...

26 Apr 2022 at 15:33

English Heritage blue plaques to tell working class stories

A women’s suffrage organisation, Britain’s first professional female landscape gardener and a mostly self-taught physicist are among those to be commemorated with blue plaques this year. English Heritage said it aims to tell the stories of ...

17 Feb 2022 at 16:25

Self-taught physicist behind telecommunications theory honoured with blue plaque

English Heritage has unveiled a blue plaque in honour of the self-taught physicist behind the theory of telecommunications. Oliver Heaviside, who has been celebrated for his theories which advanced electronic communications, has been ...

22 Apr 2022 at 01:25

Designer behind London Underground seat fabric honoured with blue plaque

English Heritage has unveiled a blue plaque in honour of the designer behind the London Underground seat fabric. Enid Marx, who was celebrated for her industrial textile designs, has been commemorated outside her home in Islington, ...

05 Apr 2022 at 17:25

Derry News

Legacy of Derry musical legend James MacCafferty lives on

The dulcet tones of aspiring young singers from the MacCafferty School of Music can be heard in the corridors of the Millennium Forum 27 years after the passing of founder, James MacCafferty, as preparations for this year’s ...

27 Jan 2022 at 19:33

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Judi Dench hails ‘heroic’ Ada Salter as blue plaque unveiled

Dame Judi Dench has described Ada Salter as a “heroic woman” as a blue plaque was unveiled to the former green space campaigner. The Oscar-winning actress, 88, is patron of the Salter Centenary, which last year celebrated ...

08 Mar 2023 at 08:15

Plans to expand official blue plaque scheme beyond London

The official blue plaque scheme could soon be expanded beyond London to include all of England, under new plans. While eye-catching plates commemorating famous and notable historical figures can currently be seen on ...

06 Sept 2023 at 00:01

‘Founding spirit’ of Notting Hill Carnival among new blue plaque names in London

A female activist known as the “founding spirit” of the Notting Hill Carnival is among the people whose place in history will be marked with a blue plaque this year. Equality campaigner Claudia Jones, who pioneered ...

26 Jan 2023 at 00:01

First official blue plaque outside London honours NHS matron

The woman credited as the “first black matron” in the NHS has had her achievement marked with a blue plaque following an expansion to the scheme. Daphne Steele is being honoured at the former St Winifred’s ...

23 Feb 2024 at 13:48

Ceramics pioneer Clarice Cliff honoured with blue plaque 125 years after birth

Ceramics designer Clarice Cliff will be honoured with a blue plaque at her former Stoke-on-Trent home. The art deco pioneer is being commemorated 125 years after her birth at the flat at 20 Snow Hill in ...

26 Apr 2024 at 00:01

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

The Match Girls’ Strike of 1888 has been commemorated with a blue plaque at the site of the former Bryant and May match factory in east London. In early July 1888 around 1,400 of the Bryant and May ...

05 Jul 2022 at 16:20

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