
Rebecca Preston
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Historian @EnglishHeritage London blue plaques scheme. Also Senior Research Fellow @SurveyofLondon @BartlettArchUCL and co-convenor Women's network @TheSAHGB
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Latest episode of the SAHGB podcast, this time me and Matthew Lloyd Roberts are talking architecture and television with gillian darley and Tom Dyckhoff open.spotify.com/episode/6MN2Ll…

Christina Broom and John Thomson, two of the earliest pioneers of photojournalism who captured groundbreaking images of street life and political upheaval, are being honoured with blue plaques at their former homes By Sean Coughlan bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…]


Today's second English Heritage blue plaque was for John Thomson, who photographed Street Life in London and overseas in China, Thailand and Cambodia. Now viewing at 15 Effra Road, Brixton #Bristol #JohnThomson #Photography #StreetLifeinLondon



Today, Britain’s first female neurosurgeon, Diana Beck, will receive a blue English Heritage plaque, 99 years after becoming a doctor. She worked at The Middlesex Hospital (a former UCLH hospital).


Fascinating to host this unveiling for English Heritage and hear all the wonderful stories of Diana Beck’s grit, humour and hard work #blueplaque



Lovely event English Heritage hearing from Chris Bryant about the value of visiting the UK’s heritage places from ancient burials to houses to churches. The Minister urged us to share the joy of this work with young people and encourage them in



Today social justice activist and housing rights campaigner, Olive Morris, has been commemorated with a blue plaque in Brixton. 🔵 The unveiling was organised by Shout Out Loud in collaboration with South Central Youth The Black Curriculum The Advocacy Academy




