Radical Spaces: 6 buildings used by deaf and disabled people over 800 years
The Heritage Lottery Funded project History of Place explores the history of deaf and disabled people and the places associated with those lives.Read more read more
Author Archives: English Heritage
8 Unusual war memorials
First World War memorials range from simple stone crosses to monumental bronzes; from village halls to Read more read more
How the vote was won
This year marks 100 years since the Representation of the People Act 1918 granted women over 30 with certain property qualifications the right to vote. We take a look at some of the key people, places and moment in the campaign.Read more read more
Reclaration: the new heritage
Beneath London’s Southbank Centre, a landmark brutalist monument, lies a completely different kind of heritage.Read more read more
In Suburbia: Cottage Exhibitions
During the 20th century a number of houses have been built for demonstration purposes as much as occupation. One idea that caught the public imagination was for an area of dwellings in a variety of designs that could be visited as a temporary exhibitio… read more