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Trabi Safari

June 19, 2013June 18, 2020 Jonny Mardling 0 Comments 'checkpoint charlie', 'trabi safari', 'trabiworld', 'wall ride', 'wild east', berlin, ddr, dresden, gdr, trabant, trabi, zwickau

The Trabant was, according to Dan Neil in Time, one of the 50 worst cars of all time. And whilst

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UK and Ireland 

Shaw at Home – The International Shaw Society Conference

June 19, 2013June 18, 2020 Jonny Mardling 0 Comments 'ayot st lawrence', 'bernard shaw', 'corno di bassetto', 'gbs', 'george bernard shaw', 'international shaw society', 'national trust', 'new statesman', 'shaw society', fabian, geneva, iss, lse, Pygmalion, shavian

It is not hard to see why George Bernard Shaw chose what is now referred to as “Shaw’s Corner” as

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UK and Ireland 

Henry VIII’s Britain – Hampton Court Palace

June 12, 2013June 18, 2020 David Ross 0 Comments 'cardinal wolsey', 'christopher wren', 'hampton court', 'henry viii', 'tudor palace', maze

Part of a series about places associated with this most controversial of kings. To start off with Henry VIII’s Britain,

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UK and Ireland 

Hidden Britain – Croyland Abbey

June 12, 2013June 18, 2020 David Ross 0 Comments 'St Bartholomew', abbey, Aethelbald, crowland, croyland, Guthlac, Turketyl

Croyland Abbey is a lovely 8th century abbey, parts of which have survived as the parish church of Crowland village.

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UK and Ireland 

Beeston Castle

June 1, 2013June 18, 2020 David Ross 0 Comments 'beeston castle', cheshire, fortress, ranulf

One of the most striking castles in England may hold a legendary treasure. The castle is Beeston, in Cheshire, a

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UK and Ireland 

What is Heritage?

June 1, 2013June 18, 2020 David Ross 0 Comments 'british heritage', 'heritage', definition

Hi, my name is David Ross, and I have the pleasure of being the Heritage Editor for The History Herald.

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Europe 

Das Museum in der Runden Ecke

January 28, 2013June 17, 2020 Bob Mardling 0 Comments 'Runde Ecke', ddr, gdr, Leipzig, museum, Staatssicherheit, Stasi, stasiland

Literal translation “The museum in the round corner”. The city of Leipzig in Saxony is universally regarded to have been

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Europe 

La Coupole

October 20, 2012June 16, 2020 Jonny Mardling 0 Comments 'la coupole', 'v2 rocket', v-2, v2

The V-2 rocket was one of the perceived “Wonder Weapons” or “Wunderwaffe” that it was hoped would get Germany back

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Europe 

The Vasa

October 13, 2012June 16, 2020 Jonny Mardling 0 Comments stockholm, vasa

On the 16th January 1625 King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden signed a contract for the construction of four new

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Europe 

Colditz Castle

October 13, 2012June 16, 2020 Bob Mardling 0 Comments 'Airey Neave', 'pat reid', 'pow camp', 'prisoner of war', colditz, oflag

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the historical gems of the former East Germany have gradually become

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