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Full List of Figures Honoured by New London Blue Plaques
English Heritage honours nine figures spanning literature, science, activism, and military strategy, highlighting their lasting impact on London’s cultural and social history.
- English Heritage is installing nine new blue plaques across London this year, honouring Sir Laurence Olivier, Brigadier Dudley Clarke, and Julia Margaret Cameron among others.
- Under the scheme, nominations come from the public and nominees must be deceased for at least 20 years, have at least one surviving Greater London building, and have made an exceptional impact.
- Also honoured are filmmaker Jill Craigie, anti-racism activist Kamal Chunchie, and journalist Duse Mohamed Ali, recognised for their influential films and work in racial equality and housing.
- The plaques are installed on buildings to commemorate notable figures, and English Heritage says installations require approval from property owners where their subjects lived or worked.
- Matt Thompson said the new plaques represent an astonishing range of achievement, framing this year’s selection as shaping London as a place of ideas, creativity and reform.
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