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Northern Ballet's Romeo & Juliet returns to Yorkshire
Discover the iconic love story of Romeo & Juliet as if for the very first time. The beloved adaptation by Christopher Gable CBE and Massimo Moricone, which was broadcast by the BBC and enjoyed sell-out performances in the UK and overseas, was forced
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Four Norfolk suffragettes who changed the society we live in
In 1913, my grandfather was Rector of North Tuddenham. It was his practice to write an annual letter to his parishioners. That year he opened his letter with the comment that ‘politics has no place in a communication between parson and parishioners
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The Hampshire enigineer who helped to win the Battle of Britain
Born in Waterlooville on March 8, 1909, Beatrice Shilling was the daughter of butcher Henry Shilling (1852-1936) and Annie (‘Nancy’) née Dulake (1873-1954), and as a child, exhibited every indication of being a tomboy, from spending her pocket money
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Dorset fossil hunter features on new Royal Mail stamps
A set of stamps charting the age of the dinosaurs and recognising the work of 19th century fossil hunter Mary Anning have been released by Royal Mail. The palaeontologist features on the stamps, along with three of her discoveries, including a
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Ring discovered in Norfolk field by metal detectorist to be sold at auction
A gold ring found by a metal detectorist in a field in Norfolk is expected to fetch more than £14,000 at auction. Retired carpenter Alan Rumsby unearthed the jewellery, that was buried at a depth of nine inches, in Roydon near Diss in Norfolk.
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Last remnant of aviator Amy Johnson’s doomed aircraft saved for posterity
The only known existing fragment of wreckage from the last plane flown by pioneering British aviator Amy Johnson in 1941 has been secured for posterity by a British war museum in Kent. The 83-year-old segment of the plane’s parachute exit door,
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Peter Pan-inspired boating lake protected with Grade II registration
A boating lake inspired by Peter Pan, and dreamt up by a wealthy friend of the book’s author JM Barrie, has been registered at Grade II. Scottish playwright and barrister Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie inherited an estate in what is now the Suffolk village
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The legacy of Victorian physician Sir William Jenner
A physician and anatomist named Jenner (but not to be confused with the famed Edward Jenner - 1749-1823 - the one who discovered vaccination), our Jenner was Sir William Jenner (1815-98), someone who merits our remembrance for his selfless achievements
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Helena Normanton: the first woman to practice as a barrister in England
In a corner of St Wulfran’s churchyard in Ovingdean, east of Brighton, is the neglected grave of an extraordinary woman – Helena Normanton. She was the first woman to practice as a barrister in England, a considerable achievement considering the legal
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How a horse made Jedediah’s fortune
The sale of a horse for £5 was the unlikely catalyst for Jedediah Strutt (1726-1797) to become yet another Derbyshire industrialist who could lay claim to be one of the founders of the modern factory system. Strutt was born in 1726 into an established
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Cotswold Great: Outspoken Dorothea Beale
A single-minded pioneer of women’s education, educational reformer, campaigner for women’s rights including the right to vote, and an authoress, Dorothea Beale was born in London but made her biggest impact by far in the Cotswolds where she revolutionised
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The Essex woman who excelled in the art of crime novels
She was born in Oxford, but was very much of Essex. Dorothy L. Sayers was a scholar, playwright, poet, editor, essayist, translator, lecturer, theologian, churchwarden, critic, and writer of detective stories, perhaps the most esteemed exponent of
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The life of Sir Bobby Charlton
Stephen Roberts pays tribute to a beautiful player of the beautiful game/ He was a footballer who ranks among the pantheon of the game’s greatest, someone who could glide across a pitch yet had venom in either boot. Words such as ‘hero’ and ‘legend
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REVIEW: Shrek the Musical, Cheltenham Everyman: until Sunday, March 17
This spectacular fairy-tale musical romance tells the love-story we all want to hear: the one where a tendency to flatulence is as unimportant as good looks, says Katie Jarvis ‘What are we going to see again?’ asks Ian, who has been working
