Image: Audrey Hepburn (CC BY-SA 4.0 ETH Library Zurich)
The actress is among cultural icons recognised by the English Heritage scheme in 2025
London’s Blue Plaque scheme is to celebrate cultural icons across the capital this year.
Announced by the programme’s organiser English Heritage, the most recent additions include Audrey Hepburn.
The actress’s early years in London, during which she transitioned from ballet to acting, will be commemorated with a blue plaque in Mayfair.
Also recognised will be Marc Bolan, the frontman of glam rock band T. Rex. Bolan’s plaque will mark one of his west London addresses.
British novelist Barbara Pym, British artist Graham Sutherland, and Jamaican poet Una Marson are also to be recognised.
English Heritage Curatorial Director, Matt Thompson, said the selected figures have been recognised for “[helping] to shape the London we know today. Their contributions not only had a profound impact on their fields but also continue to inspire generations.”
The organisation is currently working with the property owners and all blue plaques are subject to full owner approval.
The scheme runs on public suggestions, the main conditions of acceptance for which are that a subject should have been deceased for at least 20 years, and at that least one building in Greater London in which they lived or worked should survive with a substantially unaltered exterior.
