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... that Joseph Wright of Derby's painting, The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus (detail pictured), was only sold after his death, when all of his possessions were auctioned at Christie's?
... that the fashion designer Vivienne Westwood was born in Tintwistle in 1941?
... that in 1855 three passengers, believing they had arrived at their destination, fell to their deaths when they stepped from a train that had halted on Dinting Viaduct?
... that Joan Waste, blind since birth, was burnt to death in 1556 for being a Protestant in Derby during the reign of Bloody Mary?
... that Stenson is home to the Stenson bubble?