A brief introduction to Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital
The Foundling Hospital can be seen as the birthplace of children’s social care- responsible for the health and education of the children for whom it became the parent.
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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.
Reclaration: the new heritage
Beneath London’s Southbank Centre, a landmark brutalist monument, lies a completely different kind of heritage.
5 Firsts that changed the world
England’s historic places have seen some of the world’s most important scientific advances and discoveries – what must it have been like to be the first?
5 Places Where Sporting History Happened
There’s a place that saw the highest jump, fastest run, the first game, the biggest crowd – these ordinary places represent our amazing sporting history.
5 Stellar Women of Space Science
We’ve collaborated with The Royal Society to celebrate and record the stories of groundbreaking women of science. These 5 out-of-this-world women who made cosmic waves in the world of astronomy.
5 Memorials that Chart Life and Loss in the First World War
There are few towns or villages in Britain that do not have a public memorial to commemorate those who diedContinue Reading
10 of the Best Gin Palaces
Our relationship with gin goes back to the 17th century, and much as the drink has evolved, so have the places associated with it.