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Rachel Aked

@RachelAked

Love to think outside the box. Freelance PR based in Sussex, but likes to travel! Specialising in Antiques, Travel, Heritage and Gardens

Joined November 2010
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Mr Turner takes a bow as gallery tops visitor increase league. @NE_Museums @LaingArtGallery @RachelAked @Beamish_Museum @nationaltrust @EnglishHeritage @Belsay_Hall @durhamcathedral @NT_Gibside @WallingtonNt @LocomotionSHD chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor…

Laing art gallery sees surge in visitors from blockbuster exhibition

Visitor numbers to the Newcastle gallery grew by more than 50% after it hosted paintings by JMW Turner

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A gold and diamond ring with links to royalty, Hollywood and a 'creator of genius' has gone on display today at Canons Ashby, Northants bit.ly/3Mp7muI
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Brexit staff shortages scupper plans to reopen Clarence House to the public | King Charles III | The Guardian theguardian.com/uk-news/arti…

Brexit staff shortages scupper plans to reopen Clarence House to the public

Palace officials have struggled to find the workers needed to open the doors at the king’s London home this summer

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great to see @HandelHendrix featured
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@DCMS24 May 2024
Blue plaques surprise, inspire and intrigue us. Now it’s time to tell more stories of amazing individuals in local communities As @HistoricEngland open nominations for new plaques across the country, @thehistoryguy explains why the famous scheme is so important Find out more historicengland.org.uk/listi…
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📢 We're hiring! 📢 The role: Second World War Anniversary Project Manager, 18 month FTC Hours: Full time, flexible working available Salary: £43,200 a year plus benefits Closing date: 26th May Find out more: ow.ly/ZPcy50RFWE9 @paulargooder
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great mention for @HandelHendrix along with other fabulous house/ museums
BBC Culture (@BBC_Culture) profile pictureBBC Culture@BBC_Culture9 Apr 2024
From Elvis to Frida Kahlo: 10 remarkable artists' homes and gardens that are also museums bbc.com/culture/article/2024…
From Elvis to Frida Kahlo: 10 remarkable artists' homes and gardens that are also museums

From Elvis to Frida Kahlo: 10 remarkable artists' homes and gardens that are also museums

From Dalí's surreal home to Derek Jarman's seaside cottage and Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul, these homes and gardens are shrines to their extraordinary owners.

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We have a Press Officer vacancy in my lovely team at the moment. Come and work for an amazing charity, doing impactful work, in and around some of the greatest palaces ever built 🎉 We’d love to hear from early career comms professionals - please share! hrp.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mo…
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to be sold @NoonansAuctions
London Live (@LondonLive) profile pictureLondon Live
@LondonLive22 Mar 2024
Replying to @LondonLive
be offered at Noonans Mayfair auction house on 10 April and is expected to sell for between £80,000 and £120,000. Sub Lt Easton served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War and was trained in the disposing of unexploded mines.
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We want to say a huge thank you to every single one of you who visited and supported us this past year! 👏 We welcomed more visitors than ever in 2023, and we're so excited to share more with you this year!
The Natural History Museum building from the outside against a blue sky with white clouds.

ALT The Natural History Museum building from the outside against a blue sky with white clouds.

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From first timers to familiar faces – thank you! ✨ We’re so incredibly proud that @alva_uk has named us the most visited attraction in the UK! It was our absolute pleasure to welcome so many of you through our doors in 2023 🏛❤ 📸 The British Museum seen from the west.
The front exterior of the British Museum colonnades and East Residence, with grey skies overhead, and a rainbow.

ALT The front exterior of the British Museum colonnades and East Residence, with grey skies overhead, and a rainbow.

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been a busy few days setting up media interviews for @alva_uk @bernarddonoghue for the launch of the 2023 Annual figures
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@guardian18 Mar 2024
Visitors to UK attractions increasing but still below pre-Covid levels theguardian.com/uk-news/2024…

Visitors to UK attractions increasing but still below pre-Covid levels

Figures show many still ‘out of the habit’ of visiting museums, galleries, cathedrals, castles and country houses

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looking forward to seeing the posters on my next visit to @HandelHendrix
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Ronald ‘Taffy’ Morris, from Rhondda Cynon Taf, was on a daring World War Two raid in enemy waters that has been compared to Dambusters bbc.in/3O6hYQf

World War Two raid on Japanese boats compared to Dambusters

Medals won by a Welshman who took part in a daring war mission could fetch £80,000 at auction.

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Join us as we go through the keyhole... 🏠 Handel Hendrix House in Soho is where the baroque composer Handel wrote many of his masterpieces, including Jephtha currently on stage at the Royal Opera House Tour: 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB Show: bit.ly/491XLnp

Hendrix Handel House | The Royal Opera House | Jephtha

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Thanks @bernarddonoghue for your help with this amp.theguardian.com/travel/2… @alva_uk @vanessathorpe @guardian

Elves, faux snow and special effects: UK gears up for immersive Christmas events

’Tis the season for splashing out on a high-end immersive Christmas experience with live actors that will set you back £149

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RAF ace Solomon Joseph claimed 13 aerial victories in WW1, winning the Distinguished Flying Cross twice in a matter of weeks, aged 25. In WW2 his company made parts for Spitfires and Lancasters. His gallantry awards are coming up for sale historyfirst.com/medals-of-b…
Medals of Britain's leading Jewish fighter ace of WW1 up for sale - History First

Medals of Britain's leading Jewish fighter ace of WW1 up for sale - History First

The gallantry awards of the highest-scoring British Jewish fighter ace of the First World War — hailed for his daring exploits against large enemy formations — are going on sale at an estimate of...

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Thank you @jshurvell for the great piece on @HandelHendrix
Joanne Shurvell (@jshurvell) profile pictureJoanne Shurvell@jshurvell25 Aug 2023
Of London's many excellent museums, I highly recommend the Handel Hendrix House. The two musicians lived in adjoining townhouses in Mayfair, not at the same time of course! forbes.com/sites/joanneshurv…
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Former Royal Marine sells gallantry medal for record £160,000 to help wellbeing of service personnel. @RachelAked chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor…

Former Northumberland marine sells gallantry medal for record sum

Brad Malone wants to set up an eco-retreat to help people including veterans

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Thanks @RecCollMag for mentioning the jamming sessions @HandelHendrix
Record Collector Mag (@RecCollMag) profile pictureRecord Collector Mag@RecCollMag2 Aug 2023
The London Handel Hendrix House has talk/workshop/jams in #JimiHendrix's bedroom on 5 Aug., 2 Sept., 7 Oct., 4 Nov., 2 Dec.
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Image from Record Collector Mag (@RecCollMag)
Image from Record Collector Mag (@RecCollMag)
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Busy day yesterday with medal sale @NoonansAuctions bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-so…

Sheffield soldier's WWI medals including Victoria Cross sell for £220k

A Sheffield soldier received Britain's highest accolade for valour in the face of the enemy in 1917.

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