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N FROM ENGLISH HERITAGE? literary, you can see properties which influenced authors as well as diaries available to do with the place. For actors and actresses, plays are sometimes performed for no or little extra charge. While musicians may see instruments in their natural habitats and hear music performances. People interested in technology (computers and modern gadgets) will love the 3D reconstructions of parts of buildings on computers as well as becoming involved on touch screens. You can also see what technology people had in the past. I couldn’t forget all you foodies who will want to see what food people ate and get to take home some recipes for you to try out from the past. You may think that your days of going places with your parents is over but for me, it is only the beginning. English Heritage membership costs around £50 each with six children entering free for every parent. Taking into account the cost of admission normally, you should just get membership which gets you into hundreds of places free, hundreds more discounted and lots of discounts off events. After the first year, you also get free access to Scottish, Welsh and New Zealand Heritage. IGNIS 13