10/6/2016

Hipster druids, holy pilgrims and questions for the dead: Artists respond to Museums at Night October 2016

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Artists including Bedwyr Williams and Marcus Coates will be summoning, conjuring and creating for Museums at Night October 27 - 29. Here's how Bedwyr Wiliams...

9/30/2016

Radical poster pioneer Paul Peter Piech celebrated at People's History Museum

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A major force in the development of the radical protest poster whose roots were in the world of corporate promotion is celebrated at the People's History...

9/26/2016

Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond dives headlong into mental health at the Wellcome Collection

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The Wellcome's new exhibition takes the 13th century Royal Bethlem Hospital as a focal point for a boundary-pushing exhibition, says Rachel Teskey Eva...

9/23/2016

Jarvis Cocker's curated a new exhibition in London based on his 90s art series Journeys to the Outside

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Jarvis Cocker is revisiting the spirit of his Channel 4 series, Journeys to the Outside, in a new exhibition at The Gallery of Everything © Joas Souza,...

9/23/2016

Grunts and Grapples: These are the stars who made wrestling great for four decades in Britain

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It's been almost 30 years since wrestling was cancelled on ITV. But the stars live on in a new exhibition featuring a film by Jeremy Deller © Courtesy...

9/22/2016

This is the only surviving artificial leg made in Glasgow for a limbless First World War soldier

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In 1916, Sir William Macewan, the Regius Professor of Surgery at the University of Glasgow, used a speech at Glasgow City Chambers to warn that “a generation...

9/21/2016

Three men volunteered to defuse 17 unexploded mines dropped over London near the start of the Blitz

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The George Cross medal given to Richard Moore, a mine disposal volunteer who helped to seek out 17 unexploded parachutes during five September days in 1940,...

9/19/2016

These extraordinary maps show 50 years of war from both sides of early 20th century conflicts

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A new exhibition brings together some of the most important pictorial war maps of the 20th century - including the Boer War, Russian Civil War and two World...

9/19/2016

Roman gold finger ring with intaglio of Roman god Mercury among treasures declared in Wales

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A new set of archaeological treasures have just been declared after being found in Wales. Here are three of them A Roman gold finger ring © National Museum...

9/15/2016

"It costs £8 for a potato": The London locations where Bridget Jones's Baby was filmed

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Back in the city for a third outing, the latest Bridget Jones film visits locations it might not have been allowed into back in 2001, say its producers Renée...

9/15/2016

"It holds vast cosmic forces": Shuttle astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman shows up at Scottish town's science-art exhibition

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Jeffrey Hoffman, the five-mission shuttle astronaut and savior of the Hubble Space Telescope, was a surprise visitor to the Merz Gallery, in Sanquhar, for its...

9/14/2016

Object of the Week: Jeremy Bentham’s 184-year-old skin sitting in a box in London

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Jeremy Bentham's skin sits inside University College London, the institution he helped found © Wellcome Images and Wellcome Library, London The philosopher...

9/13/2016

The Victorian Society's Top Ten Endangered buildings of 2016

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The Victorian Society reveals its Top Ten endangered buildings of 2016 Old Bute Road Railway Station in Cardiff is just one of many buildings in need of help...

9/13/2016

10,000 miles on a dream: Keith Cunningham, the Royal College of Art great whose works were left unseen

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A new exhibition in London, Unseen Paintings, is about to reveal some of the works left by artist Keith Cunningham in his studio following his death in 2014....

9/9/2016

Benny Lynch, Scotland's "greatest ever sporting legend", honoured in Glasgow on anniversary of famous win

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On September 9 1935, Benny Lynch fought at a tea hall which had been converted into a 7,000-capacity arena in Manchester, and beat his flyweight rival Jackie...

9/8/2016

The search is on for Britain's lost public sculptures as Historic England protects five more artworks

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A ventilation shaft and a woman carrying a basket of hens on her head are among five artworks given new listed statuses by Historic England, who are...

9/8/2016

Tooth enamel of Bedlam burial ground bodies finds first DNA of the bacteria behind the Great Plague

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Archaeologists suspected a mass gave within the Bedlam burial ground, where 42 individuals were found last summer, contained victims of Britain’s last bubonic...

9/5/2016

Winston Churchill's wooden speech box, cow medal and books: Ten things from his Chartwell home

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Curators at Chartwell, Winston Churchill's Kent home, have launched a £7.1 million appeal to buy many of his personal items and open more of the property...

9/5/2016

The typo in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone which makes rare first editions worth a fortune

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London booksellers Peter Harrington have been inundated with emails since it emerged that a rogue wand, misprinted on a first edition of Harry Potter and the...

9/2/2016

Could archaeologists be about to uncover an early Bronze Age settlement on the cliffs of Seven Sisters?

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After a century of searching, a National Trust-backed set of excavations expects to find evidence of the Bronze Age on some of Sussex's most scenic hills The...

9/2/2016

Made in Sheffield: From skeletal hands to the world's fastest sled, nine of the best steel city inventions

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Evoking the Crystal Palace exhibitions which once showcased British ingenuity, curators have turned the Millennium Gallery into a hall of Sheffield's greatest...

9/2/2016

"I hardly ever think about where it's gonna go": Britain's 14-year-old "Old Master" on his North Norfolk inspiration

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Kieron Williamson - perhaps Britain's best and most talked-about young painter - is preparing for his next exhibition. The build-up, as a new BBC One...

9/1/2016

"He engaged the whole world": Brian May and the creators of Freddie Mercury's blue plaque on his childhood home in London

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Freddie Mercury’s former Queen bandmate, Brian May, and artists Frank and Sue Ashworth on the newly unveiled blue plaque at the star’s childhood home Freddie...

8/31/2016

Laser light show and new concert footage to feature in new V&A Pink Floyd exhibition

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The band's members and Pink Floyd's Creative Director, Aubrey 'Po' Powell, have been involved in a major new exhibition opening at the V&A next year ©...

8/31/2016

Object of the Week: The big 19th century Bengal tiger at the front of Leeds City Museum

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In 1862, William Gott – a wealthy Leeds industrialist – bought a tiger which had been shot by a decorated soldier in the Himalayas 16 year earlier The Bengal...

8/25/2016

Deprivation and deportation: What the teeth of the soldiers found in a mass grave in Durham can tell us

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The teeth of the soldiers discovered in a mass grave in Durham have already given experts an idea of what their lives were like. Dr Pam Graves, of the...

8/24/2016

This test platter was used for group masturbation by an 18th and 19th century gentlemen's club

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This test platter, from the University of St Andrews, was at the centre of a bizarre act carried out by Beggar's Benison - a collective in Scotland between...

8/23/2016

Archaeologists might have found a Roman oven at a former fort annexe in Scotland

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Pottery from northern Gaul and bolt-heads used for target practice have been found at a fort annexe used by civilians and military personnel © GUARD...

8/23/2016

A huge mysterious structure has been discovered under the largest Neolithic rubbish dump in Scotland

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The "sheer size and scale" of a set of huge slabs have surprised archaeologists in one of the final trenches dug at a historic site on an Orkney ness A...

8/18/2016

A century-old First World War minesweeper lies well preserved at the bottom of the sea off the Dorset coast

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An untouched World War One vessel has been granted special protection on the seabed of Dorset Diver looking at the engine of the Arfon - the First World War...

8/17/2016

"Horribly reminiscent of a Paul Hollywood challenge": Archivists reveal recipe by Rebecca Dixon, the Mary Berry of the 19th century

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Object of the Week: Britain’s love for baking spans centuries. Records at the University of Leicester’s Special Collections contain tips and tricks for the...

8/17/2016

"It's so grand": Theatre masters Dreamthinkspeak on life in Blackpool's famous Winter Gardens

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Taking Blackpool’s listed 19th century Winter Gardens Hotel as their home, theatre-makers Dreamthinkspeak’s new work features a woman who spends 50 years...

8/16/2016

Archaeologists have found an officers' toilet in a replica German trench made in the Hampshire countryside in World War One

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A deep pit where officers could relieve themselves and a brazier for keeping the injured warm have been discovered at a World War One site in Hampshire Wessex...

8/15/2016

Three of England's oldest shipwrecks can still be seen on sand and mud in Devon

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A medieval fishing boat and two 18th century merchant ships on sand and mud have been given protected status A close up of part of the Axe Boat's hull,...

8/12/2016

Wonder Materials: Graphene and Beyond at Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry

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Could a carbon revolution be about to happen? The first major exhibition on the magical material strongly suggests the future is graphene The UK's first...

8/11/2016

Hunter-gatherer bones at unique Scottish site of human remains shows enduring appeal of prehistoric marine diet

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The unique island home of Britain’s only 5th century human remains shows marine diets and large-scale agriculture overlapped in Mesolithic times A selection...

8/9/2016

Thumbpots and roundhouses: Unravelling the mysteries of the Scottish Iron Age with the Whithorn Trust

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The Whithorn Trust in Scotland was nominated in the community section of this year’s British Archaeological Awards. The trust’s Graeme Cavers explains why...

8/9/2016

Another side of the enigma: David Bowie's tour photographer on a new exhibition featuring unseen portraits

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Denis O'Regan was David Bowie's long-term tour photographer. A new tour of 40 of his photos, including many unseen shots, shows Bowie in stadiums, deserts and...

8/8/2016

French Portrait Drawings: Ten works from the British Museum's upcoming exhibition

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Taken from the British Museum’s French portrait drawings, a new exhibition illustrates the power of the medium between the Renaissance and the 19th century...

8/5/2016

Archaeologists have found a plunge pool which could have been part of a healthy living fad in the late 19th century

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A plunge pool could have been created during a pre-war period when people valued the health benefits of jumping into cold water A 17-month revamp of Delapre...

8/5/2016

Public appeal launched to keep 18th century china and huge vase in museum collection

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Some of the most striking china ever produced in Britain could be lost from public collections if a fundraising bid fails The Northumberland Vase - which...

8/4/2016

Photo-punk: Images from the Birth of Punk and a guitar attacked with an axe by the Damned

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Images of the birth of the movement in the UK are as fresh as ever, say the photographers who first portrayed punk Punk fans in 1977 © Ian Dickson As well as...

8/3/2016

Object of the Week: An 18th century ivovy dildo hidden for 100 years in a Paris convent

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Possibly French in origin and owned by a rich woman during the 18th century, this dildo stands up to inspection in the Science Museum's collection © Science...

8/3/2016

A dozen delightful designs: Twelve of the best classic creations at London's Design Museum

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The Design Museum is hoping the public will help raise the final £1 million for its new home by sponsoring their favourite objects. Here are 12 of the best...

7/28/2016

Object of the Week: The Jules Rimet trophy lifted by England after their 1966 World Cup triumph

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The original World Cup trophy was stolen in Brazil in 1983. Now the England duplicate - created following security concerns - is going on display for one day...

7/27/2016

The Odyssey: Florence Welch on the film accompanying Florence & the Machine's How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful album

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Created with Director Vincent Haycock, Florence and the Machine's film, The Odyssey, is a seven-part accompaniment to the band's third album Crowds watching...

7/26/2016

"He emanated grace": Bobby Moore's daughter on her father and creating a "beautiful, significant" artwork to celebrate the 1966 World Cup

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Ahead of the 50th anniversary of England's World Cup win this Saturday, Bobby Moore's daughter, Roberta, has commissioned a sculpture of the former England...

7/25/2016

11,000 pints of beer: Museum launches appeal to save thousands of coins from political upheaval of 4th century

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A hoard from a time of power politics in Roman Yorkshire would have been enough to buy 2,000 fish or pay a labourer for six years Finder David Blakey with the...

7/22/2016

Three axes were buried in a field in Wales in an Early Bronze Age ritual gift to the gods

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A medieval ring, a 13th or 14th century brooch frame and a 16th century pin have also been declared treasure © National Museum Wales Back in the Arreton phase...

7/21/2016

Archaeologists have found medieval graffiti deep-carved into Lincoln Cathedral

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Archaeologists will look to complete missing parts of the history of the 11th century Lincoln Cathedral after finding two bodies and medieval graffiti © Allen...

7/20/2016

Object of the Week: A crumpled glimmer of medieval gold discovered in a field in Wales

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A wealth of treasures have been declared by Her Majesty's Coroner in Wales – including important early medieval gold © National Museum of Wales Karina...

7/15/2016

Festival of Archaeology 2016: Eleven events bringing our archaeology to life

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It's Festival of Archaeology time with hundreds of events nationwide. Here's a starter for ten (plus one) of events happening across the UK Dig Rothley!...

7/15/2016

Grave Encounters: The UK's best heritage cemeteries and graveyards

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Despite their macabre nature, cemeteries and graveyards offer a wealth of incredible architecture and captivating stories. Britain holds some of the oldest,...

7/14/2016

“You always find the best stuff on the last day”: Unearthing a medieval tile floor at Westgate Oxford

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Archaeologist Ben Ford from Oxford Archaeology on a discovery during the Westgate excavation, which won the Best Archeological Project category at the British...

7/11/2016

"Archaeology is pure pleasure": "Britain's Pompeii" and mesolithic pendant among victors at British Archaeological Awards 2016

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The British Archaeological Awards have honoured some of the best stories to have come out of Britain's history. Archaeology may be "pure pleasure", but these...

7/8/2016

A human jawbone with teeth has been found placed in a massive whalebone vertebra at a prehistoric cairn in Orkney

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Prehistoric Scots put the human jawbone inside a whalebone in a “ritual of foundation or abandonment” This photo shows the burial assemblage of red deer...

7/8/2016

This belt buckle was found in the simple grave of a Roman soldier in Leicester

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The belt worn by a Roman man in Leicester shows he could have been an authority figure or a member of the elite This belt buckle found in Leicester is...

7/8/2016

This is what the community used to look like on a tiny archipelago in the Inner Hebrides

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On the most westerly point of mainland Scotland, a group of four islands – the Small Isles – have a population of 200 today Grubbing cabbages by traditional...

7/7/2016

Terry's Chocolate Apple and Rowntree's in the trenches: York and Australia linked by Chocolate Story

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The Chocolate Oranges being eaten on World Chocolate Day earned their popularity by fending off the dinner table challenge of the Chocolate Apple © Visit...

7/6/2016

Object of the Week: The First World War Mark IV tank used in Steven Spielberg's War Horse

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The Mark IV tank - a cameo star of Steven Spielberg's War Horse - has travelled to France for the Somme commemorations © Tank Museum The Tank Museum’s...

7/6/2016

This is the 17th century pistol of the Baron who escaped the Civil War by dressing as a woman but was caught after asking for a shave

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The 1st Baron Delamer had quite a life, including a spell imprisoned in the Tower of London and an ambassadorial role with Charles II. His pistol is a beauty...

7/5/2016

Barnsley arts centre says town's "Pound Shop of the North" tag is great - and calls on residents to send in objects

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What are the everyday objects of the town of Barnsley? A new exhibition aims to spark a few ideas Last year, a now-defunct tourist board account, Visit...

7/4/2016

British Archaeological Awards 2016: Winners to be announced on July 11

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The British Archaeological Awards announces winners across five major categories at the British Museum on July 11 The British Archaeological Awards will be...

6/29/2016

Object of the Week: A 5,000-year-old figurine which curators thought was lost forever in Orkney

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This Neolithic human figurine was found at Skara Brae, in Orkney, in the 1860s. But it was only recently rediscovered during a search of the collections at...

6/29/2016

Arms, eyes and masks: Ten chilling exhibits from the Science Museum's World War One Wounded exhibition

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Ten million combatants were killed during World War One. Double that number were wounded, with millions left disabled, disfigured or traumatised. Victims and...

6/28/2016

Seventeen sculptures are taking over London's Square Mile in a display of heads, "anti-monuments" and more

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From huge heads to delicate paper chains, Sculpture in the City is a 17-work takeover of the Square Mile. Here are some of the works to look out for this time...

6/27/2016

Artist puts 40-part choral performance through oval of 40 speakers at 900-year-old castle

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The Throne Room of Bishop Auckland's 900-year-old castle is the setting for Janet Cardiff's latest haunting work - a circular set of speakers playing a sacred...

6/23/2016

Scotland's set of 6,000-year-old axeheads from the Italian Alps have gone on public display

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Made out of alpine rock and extracted near prehistoric Turin and Genoa, Scotland's jade axeheads have come out of storage - along with a new sculpture Artist...

6/23/2016

A big societal change? The hi-tech clothing that changes colour to show air pollution

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Amid air pollution concerns in which the figures seem uniformly grim, a new form of clothing resembling illuminated origami could help © Nick Harrison Artist...

6/22/2016

A land artist has created a solstice work in his 55-acre intergalactic artland in rural Scotland

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In the centre of an extraordinary 55-acre Scottish artland he created, artist and landscape designer Charles Jencks has made a new mosaic for a three-day...

6/22/2016

Incomparable Romano-British settlement in Devon shows early Britons enjoyed Mediterranean diet

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Some of the first evidence of the Romans in the south-west outside of Exeter has been discovered by archaeologists in a rural Devon village. They seem to have...

6/21/2016

This 17th century fire engine would have weighed half a tonne and squirted six pints of water

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A major exhibition marking the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London opens this week – and one of the star exhibits will be a 17th century fire engine...

6/21/2016

"Brave and unpretentious": The Liverpool artist who made the artwork for Jake Bugg's new album On my One

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What's it like when a star musician picks your artwork for their new album? Nathan Pendlebury says Jake Bugg's call has been "a kick up the arse" © Nathan...

6/20/2016

This huge hoard of hack silver is still revealing details of life in Roman Scotland - almost 200 years after it was first found in Aberdeenshire

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The field where a Roman hoard was originally discovered during the 19th century has revealed a far vaster collection of artefacts - including evidence of the...

6/17/2016

The great British seaside museum collections come together for Seaside Heritage project

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An exciting new project is bringing together museums with collections that tell the story of the great British seaside A detail of a 1933 postcard from the...

6/17/2016

Cows, sunflowers, toilets and bunnies: As the new Tate Modern opens, here are 19 of its best events and exhibitions

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A weekend of celebrations are marking Tate Modern's new £260 million Switch House extension. Here are 19 hits from the first 15 years of the gallery The...

6/17/2016

Story of largest Saxon cemetery ever found in Wessex revealed 42 years after its discovery

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The largest Saxon cemetery ever found in Wessex contains cremations, inhumations and warrior burials Found in Collingbourne Ducis in Wessex, this skull shows...

6/15/2016

Getting ready for action: Veteran recalls D-Day as piece from huge ocean pipe is revealed in Hampshire

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A remnant from PLUTO, the huge World War Two underwater pipeline, will be shown to the public near the site where it once supplied petrol to the Allied armies...

6/15/2016

Daydreaming with Kubrick: Big-name Somerset House exhibition to reinterpret Stanley Kubrick's career

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From a taxidermied snake by Polly Morgan to new music from Mick Jones, Beth Orton and Jarvis Cocker, a new exhibition will summon the spirit of Stanley...

6/14/2016

A drunken orgy and Zeus's sons: Mat Collishaw's Folly at a pond and banqueting house in Yorkshire

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Set near Ripon in Yorkshire, Mat Collishaw's pair of new installations are set in a banqueting house and over a pond Wild partying and peace collide in Mat...

6/14/2016

Object of the Week: A Bronze Age man's pot found in a deep burial pit in Worcestershire

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This prehistoric pot was discovered in a large burial pit in the Worcestershire town of Evesham © RSK Environment Ltd Found in a deep V-shaped ditch which...

6/13/2016

Archaeologists are about to discover where Henry I was buried at Reading's huge medieval abbey

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The spot where Henry I was buried is almost certain to be revealed as archaeologists begin to scan his former powerhouse at Reading Abbey Reading Abbey, where...

6/9/2016

A circular prehistoric monument built by early Welsh farmers for ritual performance has been found in Wales

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A circular monument with an entrance has been discovered in a prehistoric landscape in the Vale of Glamorgan A circular monument has been discovered in the...

6/7/2016

Archaeologists might have found a winged statuette of the Roman god Victoria in Gloucester

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A retired Roman veteran could have owned a statuette of the formidable Victoria whose wing has been discovered in Gloucester, say its finders This 14cm long...

6/6/2016

Bletchley veterans take front seat as Colossus codebreaker springs back to life

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Veterans from the codecracking compound at Bletchley Park say retracing their heroics is an "incredible" experience on the anniversary of D-Day Colossus...

6/6/2016

Romans ate porridge, pasta and bread, imported opium poppy and had fleas at a fort near Glasgow

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Archaeologists have used 2,000-year-old sewage to deduce that Romans enjoyed carbs and battled with worms and fleas on the Scottish frontier This head of a...

6/3/2016

Rievaulx Abbey: The unseen treasures from the first Cistercian abbey in the north of England

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Unseen artefacts from one of the most important monastic remains in Europe have gone on display in a new museum at Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire. Here are...

6/2/2016

A free lunch, alphabet practice and Roman promises: Ten of the tablets from 2,000 years ago found in London

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Only 19 legible tablets had been found in London before archaeologists discovered hundreds at a site in the city. Here are ten of them Tablet 6, 65-80 AD...

6/2/2016

Object of the Week: The world's oldest postage stamp, as carried in a bomb-proof briefcase

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The world's first sticky stamp has temporarily moved from London's Postal Museum to New York © The Postal Museum Only a handful of sheets of the world’s first...

6/1/2016

Marilyn Monroe's "vulnerability and humanity" shown in glittering display of personal items on star's 90th birthday

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On what would have been Marilyn Monroe's 90th birthday, curators say items from her collection suggest she was a poet who wanted to write a book A London...

6/1/2016

"It's absolutely incredible": Britain's oldest hand-written invoice found among hundreds of Roman tablets in London

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Invoices, disputes, food orders and London's wax-etched messages from the north have been discovered in an incredible haul of writing tablets This tablet is...

5/31/2016

Lower half of Parliamentarian captain's Civil War body could be exhumed by archaeologists at Nottingham Castle

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There is a "strong likelihood" that a body found at Nottingham Castle belonged to a Captain killed in a post-siege fight between prisoners and...

5/27/2016

Post-punk London, wrestling and strippers: See the shots of photographer Dick Scott-Stewart

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Wrestlers, strippers and cross-dressers feature among Dick Scott-Stewart's works - as a new Museum of London display demonstrates Vicky Scott's Fantasy...

5/24/2016

Curator's Choice: A classic 19th century trombone made by saxophone forefather Adolphe Sax in Paris

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Jo Santy, of the Musical Instruments Museum in Brussels, on a trombone with six independent valves and seven bells, made by Adolphe Sax in Paris in 1876...

5/24/2016

Win a copy of Jutland 1916: Twelve Hours to Win the War

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To mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland we have copies of Jutland 1916, the new book by Angus Konstam to give away Jutland 1916 - Twelve Hours...

5/23/2016

Save the Armada Portrait: Public appeal launched to save £10 million painting of Elizabeth I

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The Save the Armada Portrait fundraising appeal is targeting £8.6 million in the Queen’s 90th birthday year © Courtesy Art Fund This is the Armada Portrait of...

5/23/2016

Shaped from the Earth: Sheffield Ceramics to take centre stage at Millennium Gallery

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Sheffield potter Penny Withers brings together work by a wide range of city-based makers for a summer ceramics show at the Millennium Gallery Hanne...

5/20/2016

1066 Battle of Fulford grounds to open to public as crowdfunding campaign begins in Yorkshire

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A pattern of footprints could be found this summer near a Viking bank from the 11th century Battle of Fulford The Battle of Fulford was part of the 11th...

5/20/2016

"Daunting is an understatement": The battle by archaeologists to save a burnt-out mansion

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The disastrous fire at the 18th century mansion of Clandon Park looks set for a happy ending - and the rediscovery of many amazing artefacts A view into the...

5/19/2016

Archaeologists have found at least nine coffins beneath a school playground in Edinburgh

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"Complex cemetery" containing adult and child burials could date from 600 years ago © City of Edinburgh Council Archaeologists say they have found the...

5/17/2016

Archaeologists reveal details of huge fort built by Romans on route into London 2,000 years ago

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Archaeologists believe a vast fort commanding the route from London Bridge was built by Romans as an emergency measure to secure London as a 1st century...

5/17/2016

Burke's skeleton to human body parts: New app opens up University of Edinburgh’s Anatomical Collections

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A free app offering a virtual tour of the University of Edinburgh’s Anatomical Museum and historic Old Medical School building at Teviot Place - and the...

5/17/2016

Pin-ups, crystals, sci-fi, Magritte and Ballard: The surreal imagery of artist Martin Rayment

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Artist's Statement: Martin Rayment combines vintage found imagery, detailed pen-and-ink work and collage techniques to produce prints that have a surreal,...

5/13/2016

Enter the Secret Garden: Sculpture and sound meet in a Regency Brighton landscape

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Set in a historic secret garden in Brighton and coinciding with the city's festival month, sculptor Hamish Black's Blackbird sculpture has been described as a...

5/13/2016

"Coronation Street meets Last of the Summer Wine": Bedwyr William creates festival work with Macclesfield yogi

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Sunday mornings in Macclesfield have improved the flexibility of Bedwyr Williams, whose new film, Flexure, will premiere at a Georgian chapel for the town's...

5/12/2016

Object of the Week: A pair of Victorian carving knives with handles modelled as Shakespeare and Lord Byron

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Quality cutlery designs for the Victorians, who would eat with the help of carvings of William Shakespeare and Lord Byron Joseph Rodgers & Sons, cutlers...

5/10/2016

100 years since the Battle of Jutland: UK exhibitions mark the greatest sea battle of the First World War

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Amazing objects, images and stories as the UK's best museums and heritage sites mark 100 years since the Battle of Jutland The Second Division at Jutland,...

5/10/2016

More Anglo-Saxons - including a warrior and a high-status woman - have been found by archaeologists in Wiltshire

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A six-foot warrior and a high-status woman were part of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery excavated in south-east Wiltshire The warrior skeleton found by archaeologists...

5/9/2016

A kitchen story, a quarry, bones and gaming pieces: These medieval finds have been found at a Suffolk school

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Excavations at a Suffolk school have revealed a series of objects from across the centuries - including a kitchen © Suffolk Archaeology A school site in an...

5/6/2016

Archaeologists in "extraordinary" search for remains of abbey where Alfred the Great was buried

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The latest excavations in the grounds of King Alfred the Great took place over an exciting weekend in a Hampshire garden Local residents within the precincts...

5/6/2016

From cave art to graffiti and Berlin to Dumfries, street artists create giant murals for "a world without borders"

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With her street art group Recoat, Amy Whiten painted a series of murals across Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games 2014. Her latest work is a giant mural at...

5/5/2016

A huge complex from the Roman army's invasion and a pit containing a pig's head have been found at a Devon crematorium

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A mystery pig's skull and a roundhouse built by the invading Roman army have been discovered during a dig to create a car park © AC Archaeology Two “classic”...

5/5/2016

Breastfeed: Artist creates series of powerful portraits of "strong, nurturing, fragile" mothers

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Artist Leanne Pearce has created Breastfeed, a series of powerful portraits of breastdeeding. The 34-year-old University of Sunderland graduate wants these...

5/4/2016

Lost Stanley Spencer sketchbook found by The Hepworth Wakefield during research for summer exhibition

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Hepworth Wakefield reveals lost sketchbook of Sir Stanley Spencer ahead of major summer exhibition The Cedar, Cookham from Stanley Spencer's sketchbook, 1907....

5/3/2016

Middle Earth Map annotated by JRR Tolkien acquired by Bodleian Libraries

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The Bodleian has scooped the definitive version of Middle Earth - a map annotated by JRR Tolkien Detail of the map of Middle-earth, annotated by JRR Tolkien...

5/3/2016

Thousands of people return to Victorian lake which Rudyard Kipling's parents named him after

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Fish jugglers, mermaids and a tightrope walker inspired by a post-slavery hero - there's a renaissance at Rudyard Kipling's lake. Here are some vintage photos...

4/29/2016

Art Fund Museum of the Year 2016: A look at the five finalists

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The Museum of the Year 2016 finalists include a 100-acre garden and the world's oldest psychiatric hospital Victoria & Albert Museum, London The...

4/29/2016

Famous Somme football charge recreated on anniversary of fire which destroyed WWI collection

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One of the most famous episodes from the first day of the Battle of the Somme is being recreated in England and France © Tim Richardson A year ago, a fire...

4/28/2016

A cobbled floor from 200 years ago has been uncovered beneath an ancient seat in Cornwall

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Archaeologists have found the floor and central wall of a collapsed ancient deer house in Cornwall Working in all weathers, a team of archaeologists have...

4/28/2016

"Cheap at twice the price": Artist takes Routemaster bus to streets of Aberdeen as festival kicks off

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Turner Prize winners, a brightly-coloured bus and innovative local artists combine for a five-day festival Doug Fishbone, seen here on his Thames River Booze...

4/27/2016

End of Empire: Yinka Shonibare MBE on his new exhibition at Margate's Turner Contemporary

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As his new exhibition opens at Turner Contemporary, the artist discusses the EU Referendum, the First World War and adopting a reconciliatory approach Yinka...

4/27/2016

Object of the Week: The news sheets relating the King's surrender days after the fall of Newark in the English Civil War

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In March 1645, news sheets confirmed that Newark had been taken during a Civil War clash These news sheets, published days after the fall of Newark, relate...

4/26/2016

Sicily: British Museum's Culture and Conquest exhibition paints colourful portrait of 4,000 years on an island

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Greeks, Romans, Vandals, Goths, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans: the history of Sicily’s conquerors reads as a roll call of the great ancient civilisations...

4/26/2016

Metamorphosis: Experts say 21st century is seventh age of William Shakespeare's works

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Four hundred years after William Shakespeare’s baptism, a new exhibition suggests digitising his work only creates the latest stage in its metamorphosis...

4/22/2016

Shakespeare 400: Art and theatre meet in spectacular Compton Verney and Royal Shakespeare Company exhibition

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Astonishing art and theatre combine in a powerful exhibition at Compton Verney with the Royal Shakespeare Company Kristin and Davy McGuire, Ophelia's Ghost ©...

4/22/2016

Shakespeare's Dead: Deathbeds, leering skulls and the folio that started it all

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Death is eternal in Shakespeare. From Desdemona’s deathbed to a tomb of books, the words repeatedly reflect a time when death had a deeply religious context,...

4/22/2016

A man of note: The artwork behind William Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet's £20 note

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A new Bank of England Museum exhibition revisits the beautiful artwork of the Shakespeare £20 series D note issued in 1970 - and remembers designer Harry...

4/22/2016

Win a copy of Where's Warhol, the new illustrated take on Where's Wally by Laurence King

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Where’s Warhol (Laurence King Publishing) is the latest and most unique take on the ever popular Where’s Wally. Win a copy in Culture24's competition ©...

4/21/2016

Comedies, histories and tragedies: Inside a magnificent 17th century Willliam Shakespeare Third Folio

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This Third Folio of William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories and Tragedies was published in 1685. Adam Douglas, Senior Books Specialist at leading rare books...

4/21/2016

In Search of Anne Brontë: Win a copy of the first biography of the youngest Brontë in more than half a century

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Celebrate Charlotte Brontë's 200th anniversary by winning the new book on the life of her sister, Anne © Courtesy The History Press While Charlotte and Emily...

4/21/2016

In Search of Anne Brontë: On Charlotte's birthday, revisiting the life of the sibling rival of the "Queen of Yorkshire"

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In Search of Anne Brontë is the first biography of the youngest Brontë in over half a century. Author and historian Nick Holland reveals the sincere woman...

4/21/2016

"It was miraculous": The moment when conservators found John the Baptist in Shakespeare's Schoolroom

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Leading Art Conservator Mark Perry on finding a new figure in a rare medieval wall painting at Shakespeare’s Schoolroom and Guildhall in Stratford-upon-Avon...

4/20/2016

Looking for Shakespeare: A Heritage trail in search of The Bard

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To celebrate Shakespeare 400 we look the best places to visit and the finest collections to seek out when tracking down William Shakespeare. Follow our guide...

4/20/2016

Archaeologists have found a Roman child's stone coffin and a mosaic at a former villa site in Wiltshire

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Rug designer Luke Irwin and Historic England Archaeologist Dr David Roberts on the incredible discovery of what could be one of the country's largest Roman...

4/19/2016

"A rescue intervention": 20 years on, report reveals medieval shoes, cutlery and more found at Scottish shopping centre

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A new report shows the medieval shoes, pottery, cutlery and antlers found during a shopping centre development in Scotland A forest of piles, including one...

4/19/2016

Archaeologists excavate two hidden Roman baths beneath the streets of Bath

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Two hidden Roman baths are excavated in Bath as part of a new Roman Baths learning centre © Bath and North East Somerset Council In a dark passage below Bath,...

4/19/2016

Object of the Week: William Shakespeare's First Folio, as owned by King George III

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George III's copy of the First Folio will spend the 400th anniversary of its writer's death in Newcastle - open at A Midsummer Night's Dream © Courtesy Garry...

4/18/2016

Archaeologists discover skeletons of cows and pony, domestic oven and industrial complex at medieval Scottish townhouse

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From wells to a pony, a huge dig at the 13th century Town House in the Scottish town of Irvine has produced some amazing archaeological finds. Claire...

4/18/2016

Power games over the sky: Artist Hajra Waheed brings first solo UK show to BALTIC

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Hajra Waheed grew up under strict regulations including the prohibition of photographic and video documentation by civilians. Born in Canada, she was raised...

4/15/2016

Anglo-Saxon graves and Neolithic pits and monuments found at MOD army base where anti-tank weapons were tested

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The graves of men, women and children could have contained members of the same families on Salisbury Plain This workbox was found in the grave of a woman on...

4/15/2016

Shamans packed skulls with clay and burnt brains inside them in prehistoric Europe

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Modified red deer heads from the Early Holocene provide the earliest known evidence of shamanic costume. Now archaeologists have recreated them This is how a...

4/15/2016

Win a copy of Face: Shape and Angle, Helen Muspratt Photographer

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As Pallant House Gallery shows the photographs of pioneering photographer Helen Muspratt we have copies of her monograph to give away to lucky winners Face:...

4/13/2016

Artist uses X-ray scans of King Richard III's skull to create a forensic record of his remains

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Alexander de Cadenet has used X-rays of the skull of Richard III to create a series of vanitas artworks more than 500 years after the king's death © Alexander...

4/11/2016

Curator's Choice: Lovers, guns and African goddesses as Sokari Douglas Camp takes inspiration from Botticelli

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Taking a leaf from the revisions of Botticelli, Sokari Douglas Camp’s new works breathes life into antique forms, says October Gallery’s Gerard Houghton...

4/11/2016

Huge pink granite Pictish stone moves into Scotland's oldest independent museum

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Between the 3rd and 9th centuries, Scotland was the place to go if you wanted to see artists working in stone Try the 3D model of the Craigellachie Stone The...

4/8/2016

A guaíza: The tiny sculpture of a face found by archaeologists at an indigenous Dominican Republic house

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Described by its finders as "enigmatic", this sculpted face was buried by a house in the Dominican Republic, as archaeologist Alice Samson, from the...

4/7/2016

New copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio emerges on Scotland's Isle of Bute

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A prized Shakespeare First Folio, once owned by an 18th century editor, bears the fingerprints of its former owners © Mount Stuart A new copy of Shakespeare’s...

4/7/2016

Beasts, a salient pig, Wilfred Owen's poetry and Magna Carta: 12 of the Bodleian Library's best

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The most expensive printed book ever sold at auction - sold for $14.2 million - is part of the collection at the Bodleian, where it's in fine company This...

4/6/2016

Object of the Week: A Polynesian fertility sculpture designed to carry a human skull and bones

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This recast of A’a, at the British Museum, comes from a skull-carrying sculpture which has been shown across the world and was admired by Henry Moore ©...

4/6/2016

Mysterious Culloden skull could have belonged to battlefield casualty who was charging forward or on hands and knees

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The Statistical Account for Scotland from the 1746 Battle of Culloden includes 1,794 references to locals picking up bullets and fragments of armour, seeking...

3/31/2016

The work of a genius: Dulwich Picture Gallery to hold exhibition on artist Winifred Knights

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Dulwich Picture Gallery is at it again - this time uncovering the genius that was painter Winifred Knights Winifred Knights, Self-portrait, 1920, Pencil on...

3/30/2016

Object of the Week: One of the oldest female neanderthal skulls in Britain - blood vessel folds still visible

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The left and central sections of this skull were found by a local doctor in Swanscombe, Kent in 1935 and 1936. The right was discovered by archaeologists 20...

3/30/2016

Daughter of World War Two RAF hero who fled SS in Norway creates exhibition in his honour

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Nicknamed Olly, a Norwegian man left his family without telling them and fled the SS to help the RAF during the Second World War. Now his story is being told...

3/29/2016

"Being Viking is a way of life": Images released of most important Viking hoard in Scotland for more than 100 years

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More than ten centuries after it was buried in a field, CT scans have allowed archaeologists to release images of a hoard of 9th and 10th century treasures...

3/29/2016

"Supermodel" mirrors and body-bracing iron Tudor corsets: Shaping the Body exhibition goes beyond bum implants

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Corsets made of iron and mock-up kitchens are part of a display predating the age of sophisticated surgery in York A mid-Victorian corset (1860-75) has a...

3/24/2016

Industrial Revolution and the Great War to the Beatles and One Direction: Inside the Museum of Brands

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The Museum of Brands and Packaging is perhaps the most comprehensive collection on Britain's social history. Founder Robert Opie tours the collection's new...

3/24/2016

A plaque has been unveiled in Leicestershire honouring the horse which won the 1914 Grand National

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A plaque has been unveiled in Leicestershire for the horse which defied outsider odds to win the Grand National more than a century ago © Courtesy LCC A...

3/24/2016

An extraordinary world: The story of London's newly rehomed Museum of Brands and Packaging

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Now in its impressive new Notting Hill home, the Museum of Brands and Packaging officially opens its Time Tunnel this weekend. Founder Robert Opie tells us...

3/24/2016

Flight

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Scotland's National Museum of Flight reopens in time for the Easter weekend. Here are some of the spectacular exhibits to expect © Neil Hanna Aircraft and...

3/24/2016

Archaeologists say 4th century pottery piece is rare symbol of Christianity in Roman Britain

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A 4th century piece of Christian symbolism from Roman London has gone on public display for the first time since its 1970 discovery © Adam Corsini / Museum of...

3/24/2016

What's your favourite tractor? From the South Pole to Bollywood, Coventry celebrates mud and glory

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Not every museum has room for a tractor. Coventry Transport Museum will welcome dozens this summer, including one which made it all the way to the South Pole...

3/22/2016

Lost medieval castle found on industrial Glasgow site is "most significant archaeological discovery in a generation"

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A lost medieval castle has been found beneath a site heavily used during the Industrial Revolution and beyond © GUARD Archaeology Archaeologists say the...

3/21/2016

Immersive 3D digital grave reconstruction marks one year since Richard III re-interment

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A new piece of 3D kit allows us to see the skeleton and grave of Richard III in dramatic detail The interactive digital model of Richard III in his grave can...

3/18/2016

Dozens of Iron Age skeletons found at prehistoric Yorkshire settlement could reveal burial rituals 2,500 years ago

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Archaeologists expect tests on a set of 75 square barrow graves from the Arras culture of Iron Age Yorkshire to reveal more about life 2,500 years ago © MAP...

3/18/2016

Hidden histories of a million wartime women: WVS records to go online

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The Royal Voluntary Service is to digitise a new collection of records showing the vital work of the Women's Voluntary Service on the home front in World War...

3/17/2016

"It looked pretty normal at first": Young archaeologist recalls finding 11,000-year-old pendant at Star Carr

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The archaeologist who found the possibly shamanic pendant at Star Carr last month initially thought it was an ordinary stone © Suzy Harrison The student...

3/16/2016

Dozens of skeletal remains sent for tests after being discovered by archaeologists at Aberdeen Art Gallery

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Fifty-two skeletons from a medieval friary have been sent for tests alongside other artefacts after being found beneath the exhibition space at Aberdeen Art...

3/14/2016

Susan Hiller to extend her 'Homage to Joseph Beuys' with new participatory art project

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Susan Hiller seeks museums and galleries to help her realise a participatory art project based on Britain's Holy Wells Susan Hiller © Carla Bore Artist Susan...

3/14/2016

A Mesolithic social territory: Archaeologists examine bloodstones in forest on north-west coast of Scotland

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Charcoal-producing platforms, roundhouses, tools and evidence of hunter-gathering have been found at a site on the north-west coast of Scotland © ARO The tiny...

3/14/2016

Victorian Pastoral: Garden Museum acquires early Gertrude Jekyll photographs

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As well as a garden designer, Gertrude Jekyll was a keen photographer with an eye for rural traditions, as these Victorian platinum prints reveal Gertrude...

3/11/2016

Archaeological dig planned as metal detectorist discovers untouched Bronze Age burial mound

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Dig Ventures is planning its next crowd-funded archaeological dig following a major Bronze Barrow discovery by an amateur archaeologist Copper-alloy socketed...

3/11/2016

"It was an awesome moment": Artists climb 7th century cathedral to create series of artworks

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A group of artists have spent more than a year enjoying unprecedented access to Ely Cathedral, built in the 7th century and once a Benedictine abbey. Caroline...

3/11/2016

Lost medieval village could have been found off M74 near Glasgow, say archaeologists

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Cadzow, the community which moved south to become Hamilton, has left its traces by a motorway near where the important Netherton Cross was found...

3/10/2016

Guns and armour discovered at Scottish battlefield where Jacobites routed government more than 300 years ago

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Spoils from the first Jacobite uprising have resurfaced at one of Scotland's best-preserved battlefields during excavations by archaeologists and metal...

3/10/2016

Historic London: 15 pictures showing how the streets of London looked over the last century

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Look closely enough and you can still see historic features around the modern capital. Take a tour with Street View-style app Historic London Buckingham...

3/8/2016

RAF Museum invites you to take a closer look as they dismantle their Battle of Britain aircraft

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The RAF Museum is taking its historic Battle of Britain aircraft apart - and you are invited to film, photograph and take a closer look Inside the Spitfire at...

3/7/2016

International Women’s Day 2016: 19 must-see exhibitions by women artists

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For international Women's Day, we give you 19 of the best exhibitions by Women artists in UK galleries in 2016 Mona Hatoum at Tate Modern, London, May 4 –...

3/4/2016

Archaeologists to excavate Lindisfarne in search of the elusive original monastery

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The mysterious original medieval monastery at Lindisfarne - founded by King Oswald in 635 and destroyed by the Vikings in 793 - could be about to give up its...

3/2/2016

Inside the home of an art-aholic: The Hepworth Wakefield's massive bequest from a private collector

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The Hepworth Wakefield is to reveal its recent bequest of artworks amassed by a private collector in London with a summer exhibition Tim Sayer in the art...

3/2/2016

Victorian Abstract: Georgiana Houghton's Spirit Drawings to go on show at The Courtauld

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The Courtauld prepares to show how Victorian medium Georgiana Houghton pre-empted Abstract Art with her Spirit Drawings Georgiana Houghton, The Eye of God,...

3/1/2016

Archaeologists discover previously unknown Anglo-Saxon industrial island in Lincolnshire

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Middle Saxon writing tools and a woman's name carved into a tablet have been found at a previously unknown industrial island This sceat was discovered on an...

3/1/2016

Killer fashion: Lethal dress laced with arsenic to be unveiled at York Castle Museum

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Curators in York don protective gloves to handle a Victorian dress laced with arsenic Ali Bodley with the lethal Victorian gown © York Museums Trust A lethal...

3/1/2016

Giant headless statue of King James and stones from a 12th century monastery: Rievaulx Abbey's stores set for May opening

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Rievaulx Abbey's stores are the place for 12th century stones and a giant statue of King James, beheaded during the Dissolution of the Monasteries Rachael...

2/29/2016

Object of the Week: A colossal Chinese Buddha statue which has just gone on display at the British Museum

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Object of the Week: This week it's a 1,400-year-old, 19-foot Buddha which has just taken up residence on the centre well of the North Stairs at the British...

2/29/2016

Object of the Week: A 16th century bowling ball used to judge a man's character

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Object of the Week: Split and distorted, this willow bowling ball was used in a variety of games at a 16th century mansion © Crossrail This wooden ball, found...

2/26/2016

Egyptologists use hospital CT scans to find 3,000-year-old fingerprints on prehistoric coffins

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Ancient Egyptians were obsessed by life and had an urge to ensure its perfect continuation. Cambridge is the go-to place for coffins illustrating how they did...

2/26/2016

Here's the science: six artists collaborate with six biologists for illuminating show at QUAD

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Science and art combine in a meeting of cells, code and more at Derby QUAD boredomresearch, AfterGlow (2016), video still © boredom research Towards the end...

2/25/2016

"That's what archaeology is all about": Mesolithic shaman's necklace in Yorkshire could be earliest art from period found in Britain

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Carvings on a fragile necklace found near Scarborough are telling archaeologists about the first permanent settlers of Britain after the last Ice Age - and...

2/25/2016

"It's a sort of build-up of gunge": Public tours of tunnels beneath Brighton's Royal Pavilion

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Stretching along 60 subterranean metres beneath George IV's exotic pleasure palace, limewash is the only constant on the walls of the Royal Pavilion's dark...

2/24/2016

Giant coffins and Gas Contamination Rooms: Nine pictures from the Bank of England's photographic vault

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The rediscovered coffin of giant 18th century bank clerk William Jenkins and a view of VE Day from the roof are among the photos in the Bank of England's...

2/24/2016

Object of the Week: An American Civil War buggy owned by a priest from Armagh

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Object of the Week: This week we bring you an American Civil War buggy which belonged to a priest from Co Armagh who received the dying and wounded © PressEye...

2/23/2016

Andy Warhol brings stardust to the Ashmolean in Oxford with 100 hardly-seen works

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A new exhibition at the Ashmolean shows how Warhol's experiments kept arts writers busy for decades - and features a marathon film of the Empire State Tower...

2/22/2016

Rosé, Red Rum and the voice of racing: The archive of commentator Peter O'Sullevan is going on display in London

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Known as the voice of racing until his death in July 2015, Peter O'Sullevan was also the Chair of a gallery where some of the best bits of his archive are...

2/22/2016

"They crave experiences that are human": Is this algorithm and phone-free London space the future of bookshops?

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A new bookshop in London aims to leave digital distractions behind and seize upon a perceived technological tipping point (Left to right) Jessica Fogarty,...

2/19/2016

From Liverpool to London, the two "thoughtful and detailed" major exhibitions telling stories of the Pre-Raphaelite

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London's Leighton House Museum and Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery have just opened two major Pre-Raphaelite exhibitions Pre-Raphaelites on Paper: Victorian...

2/19/2016

Fame and fortune: Win an Andy Warhol print

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Art is what you can get away with, according to Andy Warhol - but you could also bag yourself a special print inspired by the great artist © King & McGaw...

2/18/2016

Metre-wide wheel found at Must Farm shows Bronze Age transport and technological ingenuity, say archaeologists

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Archaeologists have found a large intact wheel at Must Farm's astonishing time capsule of Bronze Age Britain © Cambridge Archaeological Unit / Dave Webb An...

2/18/2016

Finds in Ancient Egyptian rubbish dumps inspire "world's largest archaeological project"

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Touted as the world’s largest archaeological project, an online search for clues is crowd-sourcing the details of ancient lives in Egypt - from 19th century...

2/16/2016

Archaeologists investigate remnants of building at site of Scotland's Massacre of Glencoe

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The remains of a building from a mass murder in the Scottish highlands could have been found on the 324th anniversary of the shocking massacre The remnants of...

2/12/2016

"Without doubt, Chester is the city of love": Is the walled city the place to be this Valentine's Day?

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Could Chester be the city of love? Historians in the city think so - and have put some shiny ancient symbols on display for Valentine's Day Love is in the air...

2/12/2016

All aboard the Mail Rail: A horse's sick note and cats with pensions at the £26 million Postal Museum

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When the Postal Museum’s new home opens in Clerkenwell next year, the ride next door – Mail Rail, a one-mile loop through the disused miniature tunnels of...

2/11/2016

A Lover’s Trail for Valentine's Day: Lost relics and old haunts of passion

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Art, letters, books, literature and natural beauty in a Valentine's Day celebration of love The Scandalous © Philipp Weissenbacher Rodin’s provocative...

2/11/2016

El Anatsui review: From Nigeria to London, celebrated artist brings complex creations to October Gallery

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Ghanain master alchemist El Anatsui counts tropical woods and railway sleepers among his materials. His new exhibition, at London’s October Gallery, is a rare...

2/11/2016

Archaeologists find lamb bone and limpet offerings in coffin of Bronze Age woman on Orkney island

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Saved from the sea on the coast of an Orkney island, a cist contains a woman who had grave goods placed over her feet A cist made of beach flags contained the...

2/10/2016

A map of a British city in AD200: Archaeologists plot ancient York based on 19th century plan

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An atlas which has taken 43 years to compile has created a view of how York might have looked more than 1,800 years ago Dr Peter Addyman compares maps of York...

2/9/2016

A connection with prehistory: Artists create film about one of UK's first Neolithic ritual monuments

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A huge prehistoric monument overlooking Brighton, left unexcavated since the 1930s until a community dig in 2014, is the subject of a new film © Red Earth On...

2/5/2016

The 4.5 billion-year-old space rock which can be yours to own: Artist puts fragment of Russian meteor on eBay

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A necklace made from a fragment of a huge Russian meteor which fell to earth in 2013 is being auctioned by a British artist on eBay today Artist Rosalind...

2/3/2016

Archaeologists discover one of Roman Britain's earliest surviving frescos beneath City of London street

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Roman builders left fragile fresco remains deep beneath street level in London, say archaeologists One of 16 sections of the decorative fresco from 1st...

2/2/2016

Radical Craft: Alternative Ways of Making - Outsider Art at Chichester's Pallant House Gallery

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A selection of images from Pallant House Gallery in Chichester - a home for outsider art and works by artists facing barriers to the art world Radical Craft:...

1/28/2016

Small but worldly maps exhibition makes sense of human wandering at London's Store Street gallery

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You are Here, Bloomsbury gallery Store Street's exhibition of artists interpreting maps ranges from gold leaf to the kaleidoscope in an exploration of human...

1/27/2016

England expects: Seven striking First World War posters which urged men to enlist

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Within months of World War One breaking out, it became clear that recruiting enough volunteers to win the war was a huge task. The Parliamentary Recruiting...

1/27/2016

Lost bottles of whisky from 1940s shipwreck resurface in house on Scottish island

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Two intoxicating looted treasures of a secretive 1940s export booze cruise have been found on an island 75 years after their shipwreck Only eight bottles of...

1/26/2016

Tattoo London: The Museum of London is about to go inside the studios of four of the city's best tattoo artists

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Original art, new works made by tattooists for the exhibition and photography and film aim to show life as a London tattoo artist in the new Museum of London...

1/26/2016

Alison Britton: Content and Form traces 40 years of maverick ceramics at the V&A

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The V&A celebrates the pots of Alison Britton, a pivotal figure who helped redefine the course of craft practice in the late 20th century Alison Britton,...

1/26/2016

Queen's House: Behind the scenes as England's first classical building gets ready to reopen

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Orazio Gentileschi’s Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife, originally commissioned by Charles I almost 400 years ago, and ceiling designs by 2009 Turner Prize winner...

1/25/2016

Burns Night: Robert Burns' desperate letter to his lover featuring the song Ae Fond Kiss

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This is the final letter that Robert Burns wrote to Nancy McLehose, with whom he had a brief affair, containing the famous song, Ae Fond Kiss © NLS The poet...

1/25/2016

Artist's Statement: Becky Dodman on psychedelic contemporary knitting and the 90s dance and rave scene

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Becky Dodman’s year-long project, Metamorphosis, explores experimental themes of transformation and culture through psychedelic contemporary knitwear © Dom...

1/22/2016

The Astronomer and the Witch: Paranoia, fear, imprisonment and a 17th century European witch trial

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One of the greatest scientists in history, Johannes Kepler, saved his mother from being burned as a witch almost 400 years ago. Ulinka Rublack, author of The...

1/22/2016

Winston Churchill, Barbara Hepworth, a boar, a donkey and a gorilla: 16 UK public art sculptures

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As Historic England announces listed status for dozens of post-war sculptures, here are 16 of them to look out for Winston Churchill Statue (1958-59),...

1/21/2016

A Dragon Robber with a missing foot: Brothers discover UK's oldest Jurassic dinosaur on Welsh beach

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Two brothers have found 40 percent of the skeleton of the rare and exciting 200 million-year-old “dragon robber” dinosaur on a beach in the Vale of Glamorgan...

1/21/2016

Hunter-gatherers engaged in violence "very similar to war", say Cambridge archaeologists examining brutal prehistoric massacre

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A set of massacred skeletons in a lake in Kenya show that human nature is all about resources, archaeologists say The skeleton of a man found lying prone in...

1/21/2016

Ditchling Museum launches "slightly bonkers" plan to make massive prints with vintage steamroller

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Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft wants to take a steam roller on the road to create a "theatre of printing" The first print of Ditchling Museum of Art +...

1/20/2016

How did we get here? Punk.London: 40 Years of Subversive Culture reignited at The 100 Club

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A year-long celebration of Punk Music in London has launched with a celebration at the 100 Club A grooup of punk girls pose by the river, London (1980) ©...

1/20/2016

Object of the Week: A bust based on a cast of Isaac Newton's face made at his death

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Object of the Week: This week we bring you a terracotta take on Isaac Newton's death mask, held at the National Maritime Museum © National Maritime Museum,...

1/20/2016

War, peace, fines and summits: Six images from the movement to achieve equality for women

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A new exhibition considers the effects of war on women and their responses during several wars in the first half of the 20th century, as well as their...

1/19/2016

Crystal Palace's dinosaur conservation work restores Iggy the Iguanodon to his former glory

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Conservation work to repair the historical Crystal Palace dinosaurs has reconditioned one of the park's most famous extinct residents The restored Iguanodon ©...

1/18/2016

Artist's Statement: Dr Emma Neuberg, the founder of Slow Textiles, on pushing the boundaries of textiles

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Artist’s Statement: Emma Neuberg is a Doctor of Printed Textiles and the founder of Slow Textiles, a solidarity group of thousands of textile artists Emma...

1/15/2016

Potters Choice: 13 beautiful ceramics chosen by The Leach Pottery

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The Leach Pottery begin their 2016 schedule with an exhibition of contemporary pots selected by John Bedding, Joint Acting Director of the Pottery A...

1/15/2016

A 19th century pub argument, late-night drinking and a shooting: The tale of one of the last duels in Britain

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Curator's Choice: Hannah Griffiths on the foliage-covered Isle of Wight gravestone of a man shot in a 19th century duel 200 years have taken their toll on the...

1/14/2016

Shakespeare, Darwin, human dissection and oracle bones: Ten of Cambridge University's greatest treasures

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As an exhibition prepares to mark 600 years of Cambridge University Library, take a look at some of the treasures from 3,000 years of human thought The Origin...

1/14/2016

New John Dee discovery reveals resemblance to mother and mysterious 'dwarf'

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Tantalising clues about the family of Tudor magician John Dee emerge from a newly deciphered manuscript The writing found inside a 1547 treatise on how to...

1/13/2016

Florence Nightingale's letter about "vision" which called her to nursing set for first display in public

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Florence Nightingale’s call to nursing detailed in a newly discovered letter © Leeds Museums and Galleries An unseen letter from Florence Nightingale...

1/13/2016

Object of the Week: Fertility figures from an ancient civilization in Bronze Age Pakistan and India

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This week we bring you a set of sculptures which could have been fertility figures in prehistoric Asia © Courtesy Horsham Museum and Art Gallery Found by an...

1/13/2016

A home from 2,000 years ago: the Iron Age roundhouse excavated by archaeologists in a Northamptonshire village

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An Iron Age roundhouse is at the centre of a settlement from more than 2,000 years ago excavated in Welford Nine trenches were dug at a site in Welford in...

1/12/2016

Roman discoveries shock archaeologists at Northampton's 12th century Delapre Abbey

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High-quality pottery has predated archaeologists' expected finds by 1,000 years at a former monastery Iain Soden (right) with Councillor Tim Hadland, of...

1/11/2016

"Pretty spectacular" finds at Roman cemetery show Carlisle "wasn't just a place where hairy barbarians were selling cows", say archaeologists

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Carlisle was a significant Roman settlement, say archaeologists excavating area associated with town of Luguvalium A honey jar cremation urn found in a burial...

1/11/2016

In Pictures: Flying Scotsman returns to steam for the first time in a decade

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In Pictures: Flying Scotsman in steam once again In the early hours of Friday morning engineers prepared to light the fire of Flying Scotsman, as it prepared...

1/11/2016

"Best-preserved Bronze Age dwellings ever found in Britain" discovered in Cambridgeshire

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A 3,000-year-old roundhouse offers an unprecedented appreciation of life in Bronze Age Britain Wood specialist Mike Bamforth examines the base of a Bronze Age...

1/8/2016

Stunning images of space from the Natural History Museum's Otherworlds exhibition

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Stunning images from our solar system as featured in a new Natural History Museum exhibition by artist, curator and writer Michael Benson who has...

1/8/2016

Faeces and lice combs show Roman toilets and baths failed to stop spread of intestinal parasites

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Faecal parasites increased and fish sauce spread tapeworm during rule of Roman empire Experts say toilet seats such as this 2,000-year-old example, found at...

1/5/2016

The big guns: Arsenal of B98 German destroyer from World War One Battle of Jutland heads to Portsmouth

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A century after the Battle of Jutland, two guns from Orkney are about to form part of a powerful exhibition in Portsmouth © NMRN This is what curators call...

1/4/2016

Skeleton of middle-aged man found beneath school playground in Scotland could have belonged to executed pirate

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Pirate could have been discarded in shallow grave on wasteland, say archaeological team who found prehistoric settlement at London school The skeleton of a...

1/4/2016

"Mental cases", parasites, brandy injections and food complaints: First World War hospital ship diaries go online

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More than 200 war diaries of hospitals and hospital ships for soldiers and animals have been put online, covering the First World War to 1920 © National...

12/22/2015

The Beautiful South: The best exhibitions to see in the South East of England in 2016

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The best exhibitions to see in the South East in 2016 - updated throughout the year Oxfordshire Andy Warhol, Farah Ashraf Pahlavi © The Andy Warhol Foundation...

12/21/2015

Object of the Week: The score for Deck the Halls copied by Jane Austen in her family music book

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© Jane Austen's House Museum Jane Austen played the piano and sang throughout her life. She and her family carefully copied music by hand into personal...

12/21/2015

Brontë Society and National Portrait Gallery combine for Brontë200 celebrations

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Major exhibitions, displays and events mark the bicentenary of the birth of Charlotte Brontë in 2016 Charlotte Brontë by George Richmond, 1850 © Copyright:...

12/18/2015

Scientists use skulls to show how "Last Common Ancestor" between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals might have looked

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Scientists aim to solve controversies surrounding human evolution and fill out blank fossil record The virtual fossil of the Last Common Ancestor, as seen by...

12/18/2015

"We definitely didn't expect to find any skeletons": Medieval male "suffered greatly" with two broken legs, arthritis and bone infection

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An unfortunate medieval man suffered broken legs, osteo-arthritis and osteomyelitis, say archaeologists surprised at skeletal discoveries Two skeletons were...

12/18/2015

Decapitated body with head between legs found among unusual Roman burials at new armed forces site

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The alignment of a set of graves found at Worthy Down suggests they could have been steeped in tribal traditions One of the burials found at Worthy Down,...

12/16/2015

"Blow up revolting art": The disappearing public artworks Historic England wants the public to help find

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Where did Britain's lost artworks go? A public appeal hopes to track down the post-war sculptures which have disappeared The Armada Way murals, by Edward Pond...

12/16/2015

Shipwrecks and stolen cloth: Scots could have treated pirates of medieval Europe leniently

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Aberdeen excelled on European stage but was embroiled in medieval pirate controversy, papers show A tolerance of piracy extended to the highest levels of...

12/15/2015

David Bowie Is: V&A curators praise Groninger Museum as blockbuster exhibition opens in the Netherlands

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As the V&A's exultant exhibition opens in the Netherlands, curators say the display shows how Bowie was the master of his own myth The Alessandro...

12/14/2015

The best exhibitions to see in Wales in 2016

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We've scoured the land to bring you our recommendations of the best exhibitions to see in Wales in 2016 with everything from an archaeological fact and...

12/11/2015

Pre-Raphaelites to head home to Liverpool for major Walker Art Gallery show

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The Pre-Raphaelites' strong connections to Liverpool are explored in a major 2016 exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery In the Grass, about 1864–5, Arthur...

12/10/2015

"Significant" Viking hoard revealed at the British Museum for launch of Annual Treasure Report

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A significant Viking hoard is the star find at the launch of the Annual Treasure Report The Watlington Viking Hoard © PAS A Viking Hoard dating from the time...

12/8/2015

Archaeologists discover earliest British gun flints on Clan island off coast of Scotland

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Archaeologists scale cliffs to challenge view of clan island as being "on edge of the world" A Northern Lewis outpost occupyied a far more prominent position...

12/8/2015

Object of the week is Sobek, a 2,500-year-old mummified Nile crocodile

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Object of the week: Sobek, a 2,500-year old crocodile worshipped in life by the ancient Egyptians and mummified with all due reverence after death “Sharp of...

12/8/2015

William Shakespeare's last will and testament among key documents going on public show at Somerset House

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Six of the nation's most important Shakespeare documents will go on show in London next year From citizen and businessman to family man, servant to the King...

12/7/2015

Stonehenge was part of monument in Wales before being dragged to Wiltshire, say scientists

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Stonehenge was originally part of a monument between two Welsh quarries, say scientists searching for structure in Pembrokeshire Coast National Park © Adam...

12/7/2015

Terrified family gift ghostly book to Brighton's most haunted house

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Terrified family offload haunted book on spooky Preston Manor in Brighton The haunted ledger, now residing at Preston Manor in Brighton © Royal Pavilion and...

12/4/2015

World's first mass produced comic strip to go on show at The Hunterian in 2016

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World's first mass produced comic strip to go on show in 2016 Hunterian Art Gallery exhibition A detail from the first page of Glasgow Looking Glass, 1825 ©...

12/4/2015

Curators say mystery sculpture of veiled lady discovered in storeroom "counterbalances negative portrayal of women"

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"Ornate charm" of newly-discovered sculpture counterbalances negative portrayals of women in historic art, says curator A Veiled Lady has faced curators in...

12/3/2015

Young Viking era woman buried in timber coffin beneath lost York church goes on display

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Young woman could have lived during rule of Canute, appointed 999 years ago A total of 15 trenches were excavated in the Swinegate area of York in 1989 and...

12/2/2015

National Museum Cardiff lines up major Treasures and Adventures in Archaeology exhibition

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National Museum Cardiff lines up major 2016 exhibition exploring the wonder of archaeological discovery The Crystal Skull of the Musée du quai Branly, Paris ©...

12/1/2015

Lost underwater cities from Ancient Egypt to be revealed in British Museum exhibition

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Major archaeological exhibition to show "beauty and strength" of Late Pharaonic art and culture and cosmopolitan qualities of Ancient Egyptian society ©...

12/1/2015

Time capsule buried in Newcastle 21 years ago is removed from the ground - complete with letters, coins and cross-stitch

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Maps, pamphlets and football magazines found in time capsule from 1994 buried under lawn Young people from Newcastle helped unearth a time capsule outside...

12/1/2015

An abandoned Roman villa: The Otford site which was systematically demolished in the 4th century

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Initially excavated during the 1930s, this Kent villa was abandoned around 1,700 years ago A large Roman villa was revealed in Otford in May © Kevin Fromings...

11/30/2015

Traces of 1st or 2nd century Roman building found by archaeologists in Chester

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Foundations of building from nearly 2,000 years ago to be given to county museums Archaeologists excavating the slots or cill beams at the junction of two...

11/30/2015

COP 21: Artists come together to launch Festival of Climate Ideas alongside conference

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Artists unite for international programme as UN Climate Change Conference begins in Paris Memorial Day for Lost Species takes place today, coinciding with the...

11/27/2015

"He knew how much was riding on this": Winston Churchill's "finest hour" speech among a million documents in archive of former Prime Minister

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Letters to Stalin, Gandhi and HG Wells among million-document Churchill archive The final page of Churchill's celebrated finest hour speech, delivered in...

11/27/2015

Curator's Choice: Jo Hatton chooses a taxidermy toy terrier at London's Horniman Museum

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Curator’s Choice: Jo Hatton, Keeper of Natural History at the Horniman Museum and Gardens in London, on a taxidermy toy terrier © Horniman Museum and Gardens...

11/27/2015

Happy birthday Winston Churchill: Five rooms and objects telling Churchill's wartime story

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On Winston Churchill’s 141st birthday, Phil Reed, the Director of London's Churchill War Rooms, takes a look at the rooms and objects which tell the tale of...

11/26/2015

A gold medieval ring, a silver finger band and Roman soldiers' pay: The new archaeological treasures of Wales

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Medieval metalwork and daily pay for Roman soldiers reflected in new archaeological treasures This late 15th century gold coin was found in the Vale of...

11/25/2015

Why didn't Samuel Pepys destroy his incriminating diary? Writer knew his words would end up in print, says expert

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Dr Kate Loveman, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Leicester's School of English, says Samuel Pepys suspected his famous diary would be printed - and...

11/24/2015

Museum prepares to strike gold in public phase of conservation for Jersey's Le Catillon II Hoard

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Archaeologists allow public to see important phase of conservation work on remarkable Le Catillon II Hoard The Jersey Hoard is the world's largest collection...

11/23/2015

Late medieval artefact found in Llanbadoc declared as treasure, could have belonged to knight

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Welsh or English knight could have owned sword around time of medieval battle fought by Owain Glyndwr's men This late medieval silver inscribed mount, dating...

11/23/2015

The Drawing Year: The Royal Drawing School postgraduate exhibition

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A selection of drawings from the Royal Drawing School ’s postgraduate programme, The Drawing Year 2014–15 The Drawing Year is a highly subscribed postgraduate...

11/23/2015

Observing the Weather: The Lightbox to explore John Constable and the science of clouds

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John Constable's scientific approach to capturing the nuances of clouds and weather conditions will be explored in an exhibition at The Lightbox in Woking in...

11/23/2015

DNA results on Roman Londoners show culturally diverse population from North Africa and beyond

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Four Roman Londonders carried links to Europe, Africa and Eurasia, suggests most detailed DNA picture ever put together from the period This Roman woman was...

11/20/2015

Victoria Beckham's Barbed Wire Love painting goes on public display in Brangelina artist's Bournemouth show

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Dom Pattinson, whose art was given to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a wedding present by George Clooney, exhibits in Bournemouth © Dom Pattinson The links...

11/20/2015

200-year-old token found on Dorset beach probably belonged to famous fossil-finder Mary Anning, say researchers

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Destitute female fossil-finder who made great discoveries during early 19th century remembered by token on beach The name Mary Anning and the date shown on...

11/20/2015

Pot of the Week: The Bell Ringer's Jug of St Giles Church, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Our Pot of the Week this week is a beautiful bell ringer's jug from the collection of Brampton Museum in Newcastle-under-Lyme © Brampton Museum In the...

11/18/2015

Object of the Week: Forceps and a scoop used for performing a 17th century lithotomy

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This week we bring you a set of operating implements from a mid-17th century surgeon’s collection © Royal College of Physicians Richard Kettlebuter - or...

11/18/2015

Natural History Museum to open new Human Evolution Gallery

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The Natural History Museum is to tell the story of human evolution in a new permanent gallery opening December 18 Neanderthal and homo-sapien models in the...

11/18/2015

Object of the Week: The family of a 16-year-old World War One hero learn of his posthumous honour

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This week we bring you a picture of the family of a national hero who was one of the youngest members of the Royal Navy at the Battle of Jutland © NMRN...

11/16/2015

Species "undiscovered" after Natural History Museum CT scans mouse-sized mid-Jurassic fossil found on Isle of Skye

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Fossilised teeth found on Isle of Skye could turn three species into one A tiny, 170-million-year-old fossil on the Isle of Skye has led researchers to...

11/16/2015

13,000-year-old hunter-gatherer bone in Georgian cave reveals "major new piece in human jigsaw", say scientists

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Yamnaya culture of Bronze Age Europe owed half its ancestry to different gene pool, say scientists discovering "major new piece in human ancestry jigsaw"...

11/16/2015

Sun Ra travels the jazz spaceways again at Nottingham Contemporary

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Mark Sheerin travels the spaceways to find jazz in outer space courtesy of Nottingham Contemporary's Sun Ra tribute The cover shot of Sun Ra's Impulse LP,...

11/13/2015

A Brief History of Underwear: V&A announces revealing Undressed exhibition in 2016

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Pants you can count the days on, Queen Victoria's mother's cottons and more heading for the V&A Gwyneth Paltrow wearing a trompe l’oeil corset dress,...

11/13/2015

Matching slabs of stone from Roman Britain town found by archaeologists more than a century apart

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Slab sections found in 2013 belonged to sign Boudica could have destroyed, confirm experts Two Roman sign pieces have been confirmed as coming from the same...

11/12/2015

British Museum uses Google Street View technology to put thousands of objects online and curate Museum of the World

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11/12/2015

Pablo Picasso's glass goat briefly revealed to public alongside robot Japanese bartender

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Glass Picasso goat and drink-dispensing robot butler stand side-by-side with global silver Assistant Curator Sarah Rothwell, from National Museums Scotland,...

11/11/2015

Wiltshire Museum launches £8K appeal to buy Anglo Saxon gold coin from 'dawn of English Christianity'

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Wiltshire Museum in Devizes is fundraising to buy an Anglo-Saxon gold coin found in nearby East Grafton The East Grafton Anglo Saxon Coin Wiltshire Museum is...

11/10/2015

See some of the bizarre and brilliant drawings from the huge new French Revolution Digital Archive

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Stanford University and the Bibliothèque nationale de France have teamed up to put thousands of drawings from the 18th century French Revolution online. The...

11/10/2015

Bodleian Library acquires and publishes famous 'lost' Shelley poem and pamphlet

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A lost revolutionary poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, published in 1811 and considered lost until 2006, has been acquired by the Bodleian in Oxford Copy of the...

11/9/2015

"Very rare and extremely cool": X-rays to begin on thousands of 17th century letters which were never read

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X-rays used in dentistry to reveal "accidental archive" of letters from all levels of society more than 300 years ago © The Signed, Sealed, & Undelivered...

11/6/2015

Pot of the Week: A Barnstaple ware harvest jug from the Museum of English Rural Life

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Pot of the week: A delightful harvest jug from the Museum of English Rural Life in Reading A Barnstaple ware harvest jug. 1838. © MERL...

11/6/2015

Win David Remfry's We Think The World of You, People and Dogs Drawn Together

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Win a copy of David Remfry's We Think the World of You, People and Dogs Drawn Together © Royal Academy David Remfry (born 1942) is best known for his...

11/6/2015

Mythologised and misunderstood: Photos of former residents of remotest part of the British Isles revealed

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Before they were voluntarily evacuated, generations of people lived on islands 100 miles from Scotland The group of islands were home to generations of people...

11/5/2015

Objects of the Week: Guy Fawkes' lantern and the relic of the eyeball of an executed Gunpowder Plot Jesuit priest

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This week we bring you the lantern from the Gunpowder Plot - and the eyeball of a priest executed for his part in its aftermath © Colin Davison / Auckland...

11/5/2015

Hidden portrait of Henry VIII's only son, Edward VI, emerges in painting of boy king who died at 15

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Portrait of monarch crowned at nine years old goes on display at Florence Nightingale Museum This portrait of Edward VI was thought to be lost © Colin White,...

11/5/2015

Curator's Choice: Irini Papadimitriou on the beauty and inspiration of the Victoria & Albert Museum

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Irini Papadimitriou, the Digital Programmes Manager at the Victoria & Albert Museum, on digital art, knitting and finding inspiration “It is quite...

11/5/2015

Object of the Week: A fumigating torch used to drive off the plague from the 17th century

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This week we bring you a fumigating torch which could have foiled the plague with sweet smells © Science Museum (Wellcome Collection) Part of the upcoming...

11/4/2015

Win tickets to hear the experts speak at London's BAFTA HQ

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Win a pair of tickets to an event at BAFTA HQ in London this weekend © Courtesy BAFTA BAFTA is opening its doors to the public this weekend for BAFTA 2015: A...

11/3/2015

Pele, Sergio Aguero's head and Football Manager: National Football Museum looks at gaming

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Artworks and curious exhibits allow the public to explore the close links between football and gaming in the National Football Museum's new show in Manchester...

11/3/2015

Tickets for return of Flying Scotsman to go on sale to public as steam legend nears return

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Flying Scotsman tickets to go on sale on Friday from the National Railway Museum Flying Scotsman departing Scarborough Station on the return journey to York...

11/3/2015

"Fabulous objects": The stunning mirrors which reveal the skill of Iron Age metalworkers

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Mirror buried in Scottish bog and Iron Age bronze artefact from Devon embark on tour from British Museum British Museum Project Co-ordinator Natalie Tacq...

11/2/2015

Archaeologists find Ice Age engravings, tools and burnt bone at Jersey hunter-gatherer site

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Ice Age engravings and art could have been found within "very rare" British settlement UK archaeologists working in Jersey have found the remains of a...

10/30/2015

Devil marks, drownings and death: The story of the Witchfinder General in Essex

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Who was the Witchfinder General? This Halloween, follow the trail of an Essex villain Two sentinel-like towers like in the wake of the church where Hopkins...

10/30/2015

Curator's Choice: Jane Sellars on Sonia Lawson's Paintings, Passions and Alarms at the Mercer Art Gallery

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Jane Sellars, of the Mercer Art Gallery in Harrogate, on the inspirations of Royal Academician Sonia Lawson Sonia Lawson, Portrait of my Mother, Muriel...

10/30/2015

Archaeologists begin conservation work on HMS London's "absolutely beautiful" gun carriage

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Conservation experts have had the first chance to examine the HMS London's gun carriage, excavated off Southend Pier The gun carriage of the HMS London on...

10/29/2015

Landscape Photographer of the Year 2015: See ten of the best photos and win the book

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See ten of the best photos from this year's £10,000 prize - and then win the collected book Andy Farrer, Bat's Head, Dorset, England - this year's Landscape...

10/29/2015

Archaeologists say fire pit feast remains found in Scotland are "early Neolithic cultural package"

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Early Neolithic people feasted in South Lanarkshire around 6,000 years, suggest pits full of precious deposits Newly published analysis of archaeological...

10/29/2015

Public given chance to see 18th century tobacco pipe factory discovered by archaeologists in Bath

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Archaeologists to welcome visitors to tobacco pipe factory first opened more than 200 years ago Members of the public are being invited to see the early...

10/28/2015

Halloween Object of the Week: A 300-year-old witching bottle used for fingernails and hair

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In a Halloween special, this week we bring you a witching bottle found near Newark's National Civil War Centre © Doug Jackson / National Civil War Centre This...

10/28/2015

Museums at Night October 2015: Horrible atrocities in a Fright Night for adults at Butser Ancient Farm

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Short, moonlit shocks are in store at the archaeologically-important Butser Ancient Farm in Hampshire this Museums at Night. Expect the unexpected Butser was...

10/27/2015

Jimi Hendrix's London flat to open to public in new museum at home where Handel lived 240 years earlier

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Handel and Hendrix London to open flats where visionary musicians lived and worked 240 years apart Jimi Hendrix at 23 Brook Street (1969) © Barrie Wentzell...

10/27/2015

Rediscovered genius: David Jones at Pallant House and Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft

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Exhibition: David Jones – Vision and Memory, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, until February 23 2016; The Animals of David Jones, Ditchling Museum of Art +...

10/26/2015

Newly-appointed poet writes public address with Oswald, museum's cat-in-residence

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Oswald Clingan-Smith, cat descendant of Ancient Egyptians, writes poem at Stirling Smith Art Gallery Oswald Clingan-Smith is a curatorial cat © Courtesy...

10/26/2015

Ice Age bear skulls and elephant tusks: See some of the amazing artefacts found in a Yorkshire Dales cave

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Male brown bear skulls, circular Romano-British brooches and more from a Yorkshire cave are about to be digitised © DigVentures One afternoon in 1837, just...

10/21/2015

Museums at Night 2015: Spooks and shocks from around the UK

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The first ever Halloween Museums at Night is almost here. Where will you go? Click on the links to find out more about our spooky highlights Death in the...

10/21/2015

A magical glimpse into the Tudor imagination: Lost library of John Dee to be revealed

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Treasured books from the lost Library of Tudor polymath John Dee will be revealed in a special exhibition at the Royal College of Physicians Museum in January...

10/20/2015

In Pictures: The three photographers selected for the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards 2015

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Three artists have been selected for the inaugural Jerwood/Photoworks Awards. Each received £5,000 and technical/curatorial support to produce new work for...

10/20/2015

"It says so much about early 1970s England": Val Williams on the first Daniel Meadows retrospective

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Curator’s Choice: Val Williams, curator of the first retrospective of the career of photographer Daniel Meadows, on Brighton, Sussex. May 1974 Brighton,...

10/20/2015

Sam Bakewell wins British Ceramics Biennial AWARD with "pseudo shaman's hut" full of mysterious objects

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Sam Bakewell wins the British Ceramics Biennial AWARD for a clay grotto filled with mysterious ceramic objects in cages Sam Bakewell, here neither © Sylvain...

10/19/2015

Simon Roberts' Pierdom exhibition: "Invites the imagination to project past merriments"

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Using a 4x5 plate camera in homage to the tradition of Victorian archives, artist Simon Roberts finds the unique personality of our piers Simon Roberts,...

10/16/2015

Unity Spencer's doll delights - and deepens the mystery of Stanley Spencer painting

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Unity Spencer's doll delights at a literary festival and leads to a bit of detective work at the Stanley Spencer Gallery Unity Spencer, Golden Slumbers Sonia...

10/16/2015

Flying Scotsman 2016 exhibitions and inaugural run details released by National Railway Museum

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The National Railway Museum in York has announced further details of the return of Flying Scotsman in 2016 Flying Scotsman departing Scarborough Station on...

10/14/2015

Win painter Oda Jaune's new book If You Close Your Eyes

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Win a copy of the new book by 'surrealist' Oda Jaune Untitled (2012). Oil on canvas © Oda Jaune If You Close Your Eyes, the new book from controversial,...

10/14/2015

Object of the Week: The Japanese Katsura tree in the quarry gardens of Northumberland's Belsay Hall

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This week we bring you an unusual, sugary-smelling Japanese tree making a brief appearance this autumn Jo Harrigan, the Head Gardener at Belsay Hall, Gardens...

10/14/2015

Multiplied Art Fair Director and Christie's Senior Prints Specialist Murray Macaulay on collecting contemporary editions

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Ahead of this week's Multiplied Art Fair, Culture24 talks to its Director Murray Macaulay about contemporary editions © Courtesy Christie's What is the market...

10/14/2015

"Almost unbelievable" return of stolen Roman head surprises staff at Vindolanda

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"Almost unbelievable" return of Roman head ends four-month search in Northumberland Education Officer Lauren Wilkinson and organisers at Vindolanda made a...

10/13/2015

Released gamekeeper's pigs lead archaeologists to earliest human activity in Scotland

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Released pigs and volcanic ash help identify one of Scotland’s best-preserved Mesolithic sites Dr Karen Wicks, who led a set of excavations which found Ice...

10/13/2015

Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2015: Ten of the best events and exhibitions

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Frieze Art Fair and Frieze Masters return to London with hundreds of galleries offering thousands of exhibits and events this week. Where to start? Here are...

10/12/2015

"His memory lives on": Archaeologists excavate World War II pilot's Spitfire after 75 years

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Archaeologists say the memory of World War Two pilot Harold Penketh lives on following the excavation of his plane Archaeologists found the propeller of...

10/12/2015

In search of the Holigost: Could archaeologists be about to rediscover Henry V's warship?

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More than 40 years after Henry V’s Grace Dieu was found, sister ship the Holigost could be about to surface in a Hampshire medieval breaker’s yard Henry V's...

10/12/2015

Cache of unseen World War Two artworks acquired by National Maritime Museum

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A series of tender sketches made by Red Cross nurse Rosemary Rutherford during World War Two have been acquired by the National Maritime Museum Rosemary...

10/9/2015

How a museum visit lead the Tonga national team to victory in The Rugby World Cup

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Success for Tonga National Rugby team on the "biggest stage of them all" was inspired by a visit to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter Culture was...

10/9/2015

Max volume: Curator Ellen Blumenstein puts rock'n'roll centre stage at KW Institute Berlin

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Exhibition: Welcome to the Jungle, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, until November 15 2015 While it can seem at home that every week is art week in...

10/9/2015

Terry Frost's escapist, exuberant creations at Newlyn Art Gallery and The Exchange

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Ben Miller visits Newlyn Gallery and the Exchange in search of Terry Frost Terry Frost, Three Forms (1960) Oil on Canvas © Photo Ben Miller Newlyn Art Gallery...

10/9/2015

Families take to museums around Britain on the lookout for Harry Potter

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Fans of Harry Potter are scouring museums for clues as part of the Harry Potter Spotter Trail in celebration of the first ever illustrated copy of The...

10/7/2015

Hoard of Viking silver found at castle in 1950 to go on public display at Chester bank

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Hundreds of Viking coins found by workmen at castle 65 years ago to go on public display at city bank © Courtesy Chester Unlocked In November 1950, workmen...

10/7/2015

National Trust unveils Ode to the Coast poem by punk poet Dr John Cooper Clarke

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John Cooper Clarke polishes off public poem in praise of sea for National Trust coast campaign Punk poet Dr John Cooper Clarke © National Trust A new poem...

10/7/2015

Win a pair of tickets to see cricket legends Henry Blofeld and Peter Baxter's new show in Worthing

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Win tickets to see cherished cricket commentators Henry Blofeld and Peter Baxter in Worthing © Steve Ullathorne Bastions of the beloved Test Match Special...

10/6/2015

From Lewes to Fife, the bowls pavilions which hold sporting heritage in architectural gems

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Bowls is one of Britain’s oldest and most loved sports, still played in more than 7,200 clubs across the country. Now expert bowler and sports historian Hugh...

10/6/2015

Hunter-gatherer community could have drilled burnt bone found on Scotland's Isle of Skye

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Flints from first groups of people to have arrived in post-Ice Age Scotland found near Mesolithic building A section of bone from hunter-gatherer times has...

10/5/2015

Search for World War Two Spitfire, crashed by pilot during routine flight in 1940, begins in Cambridgeshire

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Archaeologists launch excavation to find World War Two Spitfire crashed in Cambridgeshire in 1940 Archaeologists getting down to the layer of clay beneath the...

10/2/2015

Win tickets to Musicport Festival in North Yorkshire

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See (and hear) Terry Hall, Afrikan Boy, Attila the Stockbroker and more by winning tickets to Musicport Stomping style-fusers Dub Colossus are heading to...

10/2/2015

Win a copy of new book The Crime Museum Uncovered

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We've got copies of compelling new book The Crime Museum Uncovered to give away. Win one here © Courtesy I B Tauris Created in partnership with the...

10/1/2015

Artist's Statement: Russell Marshall on John Lennon posing in his New York t-shirt in 1974

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Russell Marshall headed to New York for a new print of John Lennon, appearing as part of a 'bed-in' in London © Russell Marshall “In the summer of ’74, rock...

10/1/2015

Facial reconstructions show how murdered 6th century men and women might have looked

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Cramond grave could have been crypt for royal burials in 6th century Edinburgh Male, aged 18-25 (died 540-600 AD). Isotopic analysis indicates he grew up in...

9/30/2015

"Tantalising" Bronze Age building could have been used as prehistoric healing sauna, say archaeologists

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Speculation surrounds Bronze Age hot house discovered on Orkney A hot new discovery could have been a prehistoric sauna in Scotland © Crown Copyright:...

9/30/2015

Could Bronze Age mummies have been smoked and buried in British peat bogs? Experts say mummifying could have been widespread

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Two buried bodies found in South Uist, Scotland could show mummification in prehistoric Britain © Cambridge Archaeological Unit Bronze Age bodies buried in...

9/29/2015

Artist's Statement: Matthew Darbyshire on Tate, shopping malls, smoking shelters and student halls

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As An Exhibition For Modern Living opens at Manchester Art Gallery, Matthew Darbyshire looks back at a few of his works Palac (Altermodern, Tate Modern, 2009)...

9/29/2015

Dutch master's 17th century selfie, bought by wartime socialite for £771, moves from Surrey to The Hague for Golden Age show

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Frans van Mieris's self-portrait shows the importance of selfies to 17th century Dutch Masters Frans van Mieris the Elder, The Artist as Virtuoso at his...

9/25/2015

Archaeologists find oldest decapitated skull in South American hunter-gatherer mortuary ritual

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Skull found in Lapa do Santo, East Brazil could have been buried 9,000 years ago © Mauricio de Paiva The head of the oldest decapitation ever found in the New...

9/25/2015

Curator's Choice: Kate Jesson on photographer Pat Flynn's Half-Life of a Miracle at Manchester Art Gallery

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The Curator of Contemporary Art on the new exhibition by the Wizard of Oz-referencing photographer in Manchester Pat Flynn, Cheeses (2015) © Courtesy Pat...

9/23/2015

Object of the Week: A gas mask worn by a German soldier in the First World War trenches

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This week we bring you a mask worn by a German soldier during World War One © Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter City Council This gas mask...

9/22/2015

Brutal Utopias: See pictures as the National Trust announces a Brutalist Architecture Celebration

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National Trust to run brutalist tours of Southbank Centre, Sheffield's Park Hill and University of East Anglia National Trust experts are about to take people...

9/21/2015

Soviet-British alliance could have averted World War II, diaries of Russian ambassador who drank with Churchill reveal

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Brilliant Soviet diplomat was offered pre-war Vodka by Churchill, ran risk of being recalled to Moscow and shot Ivan Maisky (right), the Ambassador of the...

9/18/2015

Competition: Win tickets to Art Social '15

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Art Social '15, the annual festival from the charity The House of St Barnabas, launches at the end of next week. We've got tickets to give away © Courtesy...

9/18/2015

"Like an armadillo on steroids": Scientists announce unique dinosaur species at Sussex museum

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Horsham Museum dinosaur differs from Polacanthus and is unique, more robust species, says expert The vertebra of the new Horshamosaurus © Courtesy Horsham...

9/18/2015

Buried Neolithic Scottish woman is sad case of UK's first rickets sufferer, say archaeologists

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Sea food diet could have prevented problems, skeleton removed from Scottish island of Tiree suggests The skull of the skeleton found on Tiree. Archaeologists...

9/18/2015

Pristine pilgrim skeletons found in Warwickshire could have been followers of medieval saint

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Medieval bodies found near Lichfield Cathedral could have been pilgrims seeking saint’s healing © Archaeology Warwickshire Around 50 “pristine” medieval...

9/17/2015

The Chimp who went to War: This chimpanzee accompanied a skirt-wearing, tattooed commander on an epic World War I mission

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Meet Josephine, the chimpanzee who followed a First World War journey from Twickenham to an Africa lake Josephine, the expedition chimp, having her hair...

9/17/2015

Ai Weiwei: The activist meets the establishment at the Royal Academy

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Mark Sheerin on Ai Weiwei at the Royal Academy; a show of hits, misses, struggles and persecutions Ai Weiwei in his studio in Beijing, taken in April 2015 ©...

9/17/2015

Archaeologists discover body of man with shield and teenage girl at Roman Northamptonshire villa

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Two-metre man and adolescent girl found at Whitehall Farm by archaeologists investigating Roman and Iron Age periods The boss of a shield, belonging to a...

9/16/2015

Royal Palace of Madrid lends throne room Goya paintings to "outstanding" National Gallery exhibition

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Formidable women from 18th century Spain to face each other in Francisco de Goya show at National Gallery Francisco de Goya, Charles IV in Hunting Dress...

9/15/2015

"Art seems to me like water": Chinese artist Sun Yi on non-existence and the judgement of time

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Artist’s Statement: Chinese-born recent Slade graduate Sun Yi’s works include free newspapers, a bench, a packet of cigarettes, wire and string Sun Yi, From...

9/15/2015

Archaeologists to dig at Lincolnshire site which could have been part of Roman tribe's sub-capital

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Old Place, near Iron Age mint where Sleaford Romans imported pottery, to be excavated by archaeologists Old Place, on Sleaford's Boston Road, lies near a...

9/15/2015

Delicate pencil drawing of high rise Singapore wins the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015

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Delicate pencil view of high rise Singapore scoops the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015 Tom Harrison, From Andrew’s Flat, Singapore © the artist A high rise view of...

9/11/2015

From a lock of Shelley's hair to Shakespeare's First Folio: Ten treasures from the Bodleian's Marks of Genius

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Marks of Genius: Masterpieces from the Collections of the Bodleian Libraries brings together works which show how ideas, people and moments of genius have...

9/11/2015

From the head of a fly to the teeth of a snail: Ten of Robert Hooke's Micrographia Diagrams

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The National Library of Wales has very kindly released images from Robert Hooke's remarkable Micrographia Diagrams (1665) via Wikimedia Commons. Here are ten...

9/10/2015

Imperial War Museum reveals plans for major transformation of Holocaust Exhibition

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A £5m donation kick starts IWM's renewal of its world renowned Holocaust Exhibition The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in April 1945....

9/9/2015

Football meets archaeology: Fans and archaeologists excavate ancient Bradford Park Avenue

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Yorkshire ground first used in 1880 is revisited in nostalgic style by artists, archaeologists and fans Fans of Bradford Park Avenue look at memorabliia...

9/9/2015

The Reichstag to the US Capitol: eight of the world's most impressive governmental buildings

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Taken from the new book Roads Reflections: Government, see pictures from eight of the world's greatest governmental buildings Reichstag Building, Berlin,...

9/8/2015

Medieval infirmary and hidden abbey buildings show monastic hygiene practices and more, say archaeologists

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Maiya Pina-Dacier on the crowdfunded dig which has unearthed the remains of a medieval infirmary in the grounds of Leiston Abbey, Suffolk An overhead drone...

9/8/2015

Heritage Open Days 2015: Ten of the best unusual places to visit this weekend

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Heritage Open Days celebrates fantastic architecture and culture across England by offering free access to places that are normally closed to the public or...

9/7/2015

Archaeologists head to Cyprus to save rapidly eroding 1,500-year-old RAF site

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Rescue excavation to be held by Leicester archaeologists at Dreamers Bay, on RAF Akrotiri The foundations of one of a number of late Roman or early Byzantine...

9/7/2015

Rewrite Stonehenge history, say archaeologists discovering "super-henge" of new stones

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Tantalising evidence of ancient earthworks near Stonehenge adds new chapter to history Did Durrington Walls, near Stonehenge, once look like this? © Ludwig...

9/7/2015

Samuel Palmer's wit and passion revealed as museum buys dozens of influential 19th century artist's letters

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Fitzwilliam Museum looks forward to 200th year in style with acquisition of velvety portrait and artist’s revealing letters © The Fitzwilliam Museum,...

9/7/2015

Sir Peter Blake has launched an art app that applies dazzle camouflage to pictures

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Pop Art pioneer Sir Peter Blake launches app allowing phone and tablet users to add a bit of Razzle Dazzle to their photographs Sir Peter Blake's Dazzle It...

9/4/2015

Archaeologists to dig at Mesolithic bay where hunter-gatherers once lived on Skye

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Excavations at Staffin Bay could reveal prehistoric roundhouse and help to enhance Ecomuseum Dinosaur prints were discovered on Staffin in 2002 © Staffin...

9/4/2015

Thieving monks and cathedral tombs: Rediscovered cast skull of "father of English history" could solve medieval burial mystery

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Cast skull discovery could answer questions about missing Venerable Bead's bones and celebration of medieval cult Front view of the cast of the skull of Bede,...

9/3/2015

RAF Eurofighter Typhoon to join Spitfire for Battle of Britain Anniversary flypast at IWM Duxford

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Separated by 70 years, the RAF's frontline fighter aircraft of WWII and its hi-tech modern day equivalent will fly together for the Battle of Britain 75th...

9/3/2015

Ceramic artist Lawrence Epps tempts art lovers with art slot machine called AGAIN

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Public invited to take a gamble on new ceramic artwork during an afternoon at Firstsite Lawrence Epps, Coin Machine © Lawrence Epps Ceramic artist Lawrence...

9/1/2015

Archaeologists find Stone Age campsite where hunters fished and foraged on Teesside

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Stone Age hunter camp in County Durham could be earliest site ever excavated in North Pennines Volunteers have found the remains of a Stone Age campsite in...

8/31/2015

Archaeologists work with public health team at Chester site mentioned in Domesday Book

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Evidence from Norman Conquest or Roman artefacts could be discovered at site mentioned in Domesday Book © Big Heritage Archaeologists and residents of Blacon,...

8/28/2015

"Presumably someone just panicked": Hertford Museum to rebury bones retrieved by police

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Curators in Hertford given bones by police after discovery in plastic bag under library road © Hertfordshire Constabulary The beginning of August’s final week...

8/28/2015

Tracey Emin's love, Polly Morgan's birds and Jeremy Deller's yachts: Five artworks for under £1,000 at the Art Car Boot Fair

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Famous for offering the chance to buy works from high-profile artists in person, the Art Car Boot Fair also takes place in Margate this year. Here are five...

8/27/2015

The vault beneath the UK's largest salt mine where thousands of earth cores from prehistoric London are stored

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35 million years of London's geology is preserved 150 metres underground in a Cheshire salt mine DeepStore's mine, in Cheshire, used to only be accessible via...

8/27/2015

Mourning rings honouring post-medieval dead, emblazoned with skulls and crosses, declared archaeological treasure in Wales

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Post-medieval mourning revealed in skulls and inscriptions on three rings found by archaeologists © National Museum Wales This early post-medieval ring is...

8/26/2015

Student palaeontologist stumbles upon missing fossil foot of 'Welsh Dragon' dinosaur

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Student dinosaur hunter finds missing foot of newly discovered 'Welsh Dragon' dinosaur on his first fossil outing A close up of the fossilised dinosaur foot...

8/26/2015

Object of the Week: Maude, the pride of Manchester and the first museum tigon for 100 years

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Object of the Week: This week we bring you a once beautiful and unusual creature, delicately restored for newfound admiration by a taxidermist © P Leggett...

8/25/2015

"It may be on sale on eBay": Museum appeals to Manchester public to help find "knight in shining armour"

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Greater Manchester Transport Museum wants public to be "eyes and ears" in search for stolen silver miniature The knight's head reappeared 45 years after its...

8/25/2015

Archaeologists go in search of 1,500 year-old axe-wielding Rhynie Man

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Stone of Rhynie Man who carried out animal sacrifices could have been created for royal ceremonies The Rhynie Man carries an axe on his shoulder © University...

8/24/2015

Mexican artist's 25-ton cast bronze sculpture of two thumbs arrives on Trafalgar Square

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Mexican artist Rivelino's sculpture arrives on King Charles Island in Trafalgar Square as part of Dual Year of UK and Mexico 2015 © Eduardo Landa You, a...

8/24/2015

Décapitation perfume inspired by Catherine Howard indiscretions aims to turn museum visitors into "virile Tudor males"

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York curators advise public not to enter into "illicit affairs" if powerful Tudor perfume takes effect A new perfurme is based on the smells which made men...

8/21/2015

Was the growth of an Iron Age town in Britain down to French immigrants? Archaeologists begin £1 million project at site where Prehistoric poodle was found

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Archaeologists to carry out futher excavations at Calleva Atrebatum Roman town Archaeologists believe this could have been an Iron Age poodle buried in...

8/19/2015

The starfishes, octopuses and squid of scientists' 70,000-mile 19th century journey to the deep sea

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In 1872, chemists, physicists and biologists boarded the HMS Challenger and embarked upon a 70,000 nautical mile journey of global exploration One species of...

8/14/2015

Archaeologists uncover shallow world war training trenches at wood in Scottish village

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Woodland trenches recreated sense of ‘going over the top’ at training base for First and Second World Wars Members of the public volunteered to help a series...

8/13/2015

Gallery asks public to clock in after winning Museums at Night Luke Jerram artwork visit by a whisker

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Devon gallery calls on public to provide 1,000 clocks for Museums at Night garden by leading artist Luke Jerram Time is ticking for the public to contribute...

8/13/2015

Blast from the past - unique gun carriage of 17th century ship dredged from deep off Southend Pier

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Gun carriage of ship which brought Charles II home is raised as experts act fast The London's gun carriage being pulled from the sea © MSDSMarine / Cotswold...

8/13/2015

Can you help identify the locations in these John Piper photographs?

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Could some of these have been taken in your backyard? John Piper took thousands of photographs, some of which still need identifying Kidwelly Castle, Wales ©...

8/12/2015

Ancient Egyptians slaughtered animals on "industrial scale" according to new exhibition

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Votive offerings were so popular, ancient Egypt's rearing and slaughter of animals may have represented an entire industry Group of animal mummies from...

8/11/2015

Archaeologists to scientifically examine pre-1914 burials in Blackburn graveyard used until 1947

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Excavation of pre-World War I cemetery gives archaeologists chance to understand life in Lancashire almost 200 years ago A link road development along...

8/11/2015

Edmund de Waal to explore the colour white in "quiet journey" through The Royal Academy Library

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Edmund de Waal will investigate the qualities of the colour white in a timed entry exhibition in the Royal Academy Library and Print Room The Hare with Amber...

8/11/2015

The Great British Art Bake Off: As Edible Masterpieces returns, here are 11 cakes inspired by artworks

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A year after former Great British Bake Off winner Frances Quinn launched Edible Masterpieces, the competition to recreate art with food returns. Here are 11...

8/11/2015

Object of the Week: A Japanese potters' kiln inspired by 6th century Koreans and set up in an Oxford wood

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This week we bring you a huge kiln in the shape of a fire-breathing dragon which has just been fired up in Oxford Japanese and Korean communities spent...

8/10/2015

Tiny beetle and huge sperm whale skull star in new National Museums Collection Centre in Edinburgh

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National Museums Scotland's new state-of-the-art National Museums Collection Centre opens in Edinburgh © Neil Hanna The new three-storey National Museums...

8/10/2015

Rescue archaeology for the Facebook generation: Volunteers fight to preserve disappearing coastal heritage online

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Archaeological sites across England being mapped by Museum of London Archaeology project to preserve more than 70,000 sites CITiZAN archaeologists recording a...

8/6/2015

Archaeologists investigating Anglo-Viking Battle of Fulford find ancient road and route of English retreat

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Road heading south found at Battle of Fulford site of Anglo-Viking clash The Battle of Fulford was part of the 11th century Campaign for the North © Chas...

8/6/2015

North American B-25J Mitchell bomber repainted in colours of plane flown by Catch-22 author Joseph Heller

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IWM Duxford reveals the new authentic paint scheme of its World War II North American B-25J Mitchell bomber A front and underside view of the North American...

8/5/2015

Object of the Week: The Bluebird Electric car which Don Wales broke the speed record in

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This week we bring you an electric car zoomed to a speed record by Sir Malcolm Campbell's grandson Don Wales broke a speed record in electric fashion with the...

8/5/2015

Kilmartin Museum edges closer to revamping its museum of archaeological treasures

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Kilmartin Museum has taken a step closer to achieving its goal of creating a world class holding for one of Scotland's most important archaeological...

8/5/2015

Somerset House announces TINTIN: Hergé's Masterpiece exhibition on much-loved cartoon

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Somerset House says it will channel some of Tintin creator Hergé’s adoration of architecture and design when it opens a major exhibition on the cartoon in...

8/4/2015

Strange news from the north: the ghost sightings used for political gain over 17th century Yorkshire

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Supernatural activity could have led to the north being perceived as a magical place centuries ago Bright lights were reported over Wakefield, Wetherby,...

7/31/2015

See pictures from the dig which revealed skeletons and a Roman settlement in Devon

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Pictures from the Ipplepen dig in Devon, where Roman skeletons and pottery have been discovered © Jim Wileman, jimwileman.photoshelter.com In 2014, experts...

7/30/2015

Let's get digital: Cambridge releases divine oracle bones, prints worth millions and "beheading" banknote online

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Priceless collection of Chinese treasures released to public online by Cambridge Digital Library Shi zhu zhai shu hua pu - ‘A Manual of Calligraphy and...

7/29/2015

Archaeologists brave sheer drops to scale sea stack and find earliest Pictish fort off coast of Scotland

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Dr Gordon Noble led the brave team who revealed the earliest Pictish fort on a sea stack with sheer drops on the coast of Aberdeenshire An inhospitable sea...

7/29/2015

Mystery of the missing bone: museum finds lost hind leg of South African zebra which is world's rarest skeleton

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The mysterious disappearance of a bone from a 19th century quagga skeleton has been solved at the Grant Museum of Zoology The quagga skeleton © Grant Museum...

7/29/2015

World Body Painting Champion and models make live art at St Pancras for International Tiger Day

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Save Wild Tigers in live art exhibit by Carolyn Roper at St Pancras to mark International Tiger Day Body artist Carolyn Roper paints models at St Pancras...

7/28/2015

Thirty skeletons in front of city centre art gallery point to lost medieval burial ground in Aberdeen

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Medieval burial ground found in front of Aberdeen Art Gallery by archaeologists assisting with cabling project Archaeologists working in Aberdeen this summer...

7/28/2015

House of Lords records to be made available to public by National Library of Scotland

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Causes of death in 19th century House of Lords among papers to be revealed at National Library of Scotland Conservator Erika Freyr prepares some of the...

7/27/2015

Think piece: Marc Steene, of Pallant House Gallery, on Outside In

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Think piece: Marc Steene, the Executive Director of Pallant House Gallery, on the future of outsider art and the value of being different Pallant House's...

7/24/2015

Competition: Win a copy of prolific LA photographer Ryan Schude's new book, Schude

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Enter now for your chance to win a copy of eye-catching new photography book Schude Rainbows and Sunshine (2014), Palm Springs, California. In collaboration...

7/23/2015

Archaeologists find well-preserved 14th century human skeleton on site of medieval Augustinian friary

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Silver-gilded dress fastener from 300 years ago among items accompanying skeleton A 14th century skeleton has been found in Norwich © Courtesy Orbit Group A...

7/23/2015

Chinese Art from the 1970s to Now "makes you believe in the human spirit" at the Whitworth

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Exhibition Review: The M+ Sigg Collection: Chinese Art from the 1970s to Now, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester On the Wall - Shenzhen © Weng Fen China’s...

7/23/2015

Manchester is about to be turned into a massive urban garden for Dig the City festival

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What happens when a beautiful urban garden opens in front of Selfridges? Dig the City is back © Carl Sudonik Manchester is about to answer Chelsea. Urban...

7/23/2015

"Very rare" Tudor pane found in chute from toilets to moat at Henry VIII palace

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Archaeologists unearth triangle in chute from toilets into moat at 17th century palace © Courtesy Enfield Archaeology Society Archaeologists have discovered a...

7/23/2015

Skeleton of necklace-wearing adolescent child will help archaeologists discover "frenzied" Stonehenge of 4,000 years ago

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Scientists hope to reveal diet, pathologies and date of burial after discovering 4,000-year-old skeleton A rare skeleton of a Bronze Age child has been found...

7/22/2015

Object of the Week: A bible baked in a loaf of bread from 16th century southern France

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Object of the Week: We bring you a symbol of the struggles faced by one French family more than 400 years ago © Huguenot Museum / French Hospital Collection...

7/22/2015

Falcons, polecats and swords: Arundel Castle International Joust Week in pictures

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William Axtell reports from the sunny opening Tuesday of this year's skirmishes at Arundel Castle Jarek Struczynski enters the tiltyard © William Axtell...

7/21/2015

Picture of 1800s bleaching family and workers helps tell story of hall where Bolton martyr was persecuted

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This is the owner of an ancient hall in Greater Manchester, Colonel Ainsworth, pictured with his family and workers during the 1800s © Courtesy Bolton Council...

7/21/2015

"It'd be amazing to see a porpoise": Artist in spectacular North Sea plunge with seals and dolphins after winning award

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Artist who snorkelled alongside seals off Hebrides to go deep again after winning award Wildlife artist Chris Rose sketches a jellyfish underwater © Nik...

7/21/2015

Hull to be covered in giant kaleidoscopic toads for 30th anniversary of Philip Larkin's death

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Giant toads to be placed around city where Larkin died in tribute to literary giant Marking 30 years since Philip Larkin’s death and five since the original,...

7/20/2015

Archaeologists plan to excavate Eastbourne burial site of hundreds of bodies

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Search to begin at site where tall and well-built osteoarthritis sufferers were discovered in 1970 Archaeologists are planning an excavation in Eastbourne at...

7/17/2015

Archaeologists find dozens of medieval shoes in good condition at Greyfriars dig in Oxford

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Shoes, bag and "perfectly carved" bowl discovered by archaeologists during early stages of major dig in Oxford Archaeologists have been treading in the...

7/17/2015

Chatsworth House to Sherwood Forest: New take on Grand Tour is thoughtful art trail in East Midlands

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From 1,000-acre parklands to Nottingham Contemporary, the reimagined Grand Tour is thoughtful and refreshing Artist Pablo Bronstein takes a look at his latest...

7/17/2015

Scientists to carry out DNA tests on skeletons of medieval Paget's Disease sufferers

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Scientists hope to discover whether strain differs from modern bone disease A skull from Norton Priory showing signs of Paget's Disease © Courtesy Norton...

7/16/2015

Natural History Museum curators eye New Horizon Pluto images for solar system exhibition

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Curators at the Natural History Museum are hoping the New Horizon mission to Pluto will feature in their major exhibition about the solar system Europa,...

7/16/2015

Burnt mound discovered by archaeologist on Dorset cliff could have been used in Bronze Age ritual feasts

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Two-week dig aims to reveal more about mound which could have been sweat lodge or industrial site A mysterious mound of burnt material has been discovered in...

7/16/2015

"When they are destroyed they are gone permanently": Museum asks detectorists not to melt Civil War musket and cannon balls

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Curator says metal detectorists should resist chance to melt down civil war metal Kevin Winter, of the National Civil War Centre, with a 30-pound civil war...

7/16/2015

Cold War revisited: York Nuclear bunker marks 70th anniversary of the nuclear age

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Artist says inauguration of President Bush sparked attempt to "make sense" of nuclear war York Cold War Bunker was in active service until the 1990s © English...

7/15/2015

Object of the Week: The 90-year-old Gardner 4T5 at the Anson Engine Museum in Cheshire

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For our latest Object of the Week, we bring you one of the most popular exhibits at the engine museum in Poynton © Courtesy Anson Engine Museum This mighty...

7/14/2015

"Lucky" ship opens to tell grim story of First World War Gallipoli Campaign

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Thousands of hours of work and hundreds of litres of wax mean survivor will open to public in August The HMS M.33 © William Axtell The Royal Navy’s only...

7/14/2015

Artist's Statement: Sculptor Emily Young on moving to Italy, bling in London and the feminine approach

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Emily Young, whose new exhibition is showing in a church cloister for the Venice Biennale and at the Fine Art Society in London, on the solar system, the...

7/13/2015

Archaeologists say prehistoric mini-town in Dorset is "extremely significant" in story of Roman Britain

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Archaeologists discover roundhouses forming one of Britain's earliest and largest open settlements A set of roundhouses found in Dorset could have been part...

7/13/2015

This week's best new events and exhibitions

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We recommend the best new events and exhibitions to visit this week, ending July 19 2015 Quentin Blake, Life Under Water - A Hastings Celebration (2015) ©...

7/13/2015

Family Friendly Museum Award shortlist revealed as shout goes out for family judges

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Six museums to fight it out for Family Friendly Museum Award as call extends to families to judge competition Young visitors are always welcome at the...

7/13/2015

Experiences of a Spitfire ace recounted on RAF Museum blog for Battle of Britain anniversary

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The experiences of Battle of Britain Pilot Officer John Bisdee are being recounted via a blog from the RAF Museum A Portrait of John Bisdee © Trustees of the...

7/13/2015

The Celts: Ten places to experience Celtic history and culture in the UK

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As The British Museum and National Museums Scotland reveal a major exhibition of Celtic artefacts, we take a look at ten locations to explore Celtic culture -...

7/10/2015

Duchess of Cambridge is less modern than you might think, claims Professor

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Professor says consort "binds subjects" to King and follows traditions established across 500 years Princess Kate with Prince William at Canada Day, 2011 ©...

7/10/2015

Wimbledon 2015 Curator's Choice: An ice cream maker, jelly and blancmange and rackets

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We bring you a Curator’s Choice special for Wimbledon 2015 with Anna Renton, of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum © AELTC “We have rackets that have been used...

7/8/2015

Object of the Week: The gorse which grows thick near a Roman turret on Hadrian's Wall

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We bring you an unwanted object this week, seen off by rangers along the famous Roman route of Hadrian's Wall A close-up of an encroacher removed from...

7/7/2015

Archaeologists reveal more about Roman marching camp found at sports stadium excavation in York

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Ankle breakers show how well-organised Roman marching camps "kept lads busy", say archaeologists A possible Roman ring © Courtesy York Archaeological Trust...

7/6/2015

"We wanted it just right": Rolling Stones announce largest ever exhibition about band

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First ever major international exhibition on the Rolling Stones will be largest touring display by a band, say members A vast amount of Rolling Stones...

7/6/2015

Battered soldier's body tells bloody tale of the Wars of the Roses

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He fell during one of the bloodiest battles on English soil - now his bones reside at the Richard III Experience in York The battered bones of a soldier who...

7/6/2015

Flower power: RA examines the importance of gardens to Monet and his contemporaries

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The Royal Academy will be blasting the icy tendrils of January away with a colourful paean to the art of garden painting Claude Monet, Nympheas (Waterlilies)...

7/3/2015

Volunteer project uncovers untold stories of Merchant Navy men in the First World War

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The remarkable stories of merchant seamen during the First World War are being uncovered thanks to a digitisation project from the National Maritime Museum...

7/3/2015

Andy and Kim Murray offer Fred Perry tennis ball to public in aid of cancer hospice which treated fan

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Andy and Kim Murray offer unique treasure from tennis history in aid of hospice which cared for fan who gave it to rising star The Murrays take a look at one...

7/3/2015

Museum staff offer special tour to mystery boy who accidentally smashed 221-year-old jug

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Staff appeal to public to help find contact for boy who smashed jug into dozens of pieces Museum staff in Ipswich want to contact a young boy who smashed a...

7/3/2015

Restored Spitfire goes on show outside Cabinet War Rooms ahead of its charity sale at Christie's

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A Spitfire has gone on show outside the Cabinet War Rooms ahead of its charity auction at Christie's next week Spitfire P9374 outside the Cabinet War Rooms ©...

7/2/2015

Commemorative paving stone to be unveiled for first civilian to receive a VC during WWI

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A memorial paving stone for Master Frederick Parslow, the first civilian to be awarded the Victoria Cross during the First World War, is to be laid in London...

7/1/2015

Object of the Week: A mystery terracotta head found on a tomb in an Ipswich churchyard

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We bring you the head of a mystery sitter, handed to officials in Ipswich after being discovered on a tomb No-one knows how this terracotta head came to lie...

7/1/2015

Public ballot announced for Battle of the Somme centenary memorial tickets

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English and French leaders speak of "shared remembrance" ahead of ceremony at memorial next year Thiepval Memorial © Amanda Slater / Wikimedia Commons A...

7/1/2015

"Disgraceful" first edition of Alice in Wonderland, rejected by book's illustrator, goes on public display

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Curators say illustrator's disgust 150 years ago is understandable as first edition goes on show The frontispiece for the first suppressed edition of Alice in...

7/1/2015

Hadrian's Wall frozen in time: New archive catalogues how English Heritage keeps historical site stuck in the past

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Exhibition Preview: Working the Stasis at Chesters Roman Fort and Birdoswald Roman Fort until September 14 2015 Artist Dawn Felicia Knox with material...

6/30/2015

Archaeologists find human footprint left by naughty teenager 2,000 years ago at Roman fort

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Adolescent could have been dodging a telling-off on Roman Tyneside The first Roman footprint by a human at Vindolanda has been found in a tile © Vindolanda...

6/29/2015

Culture Minister slaps export ban on John Logie Baird TV treasure trove

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Culture Minister hopes buyer can be found for "hugely important" archive including earliest TV transmission to US Materials relating to John Logie Baird’s...

6/26/2015

A guide to Arts and Crafts venues across the West Midlands and the Cotswolds

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A guide to the best Art and Crafts venues to visit in the West Midlands and the Cotswolds From June 27 – September 13 2015, Compton Verney Art Gallery, near...

6/26/2015

HMS Victory to be re-painted in original Battle of Trafalgar colours

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Britain's most famous warship, HMS Victory, is getting a new coat of paint to make her look historically accurate HMS Victory is to be painted with a new...

6/25/2015

Archaeologists find Bronze Age food at prehistoric settlement "comparable to the Mary Rose"

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Archaeologists say Bronze Age residents may have abandoned site after fire, compare discoveries to Mary Rose Archaeologists found food from between 800-1000...

6/25/2015

Marketing that broke the mould: General Post Office puts vintage posters up for sale

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Vintage posters to raise money for a new museum of postal stories, records and objects, could open old Post Office Underground Railway to the public Poster of...

6/24/2015

Curator's Choice: Magnum Photos at the National Civil War Centre

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Manager Michael Constantine on the Magnum Photos exhibition at the National Civil War Centre in Newark Kaesong (1952). International press photographers...

6/24/2015

"An untouched archaeological treasure chest": Excavations to begin at vale ten times size of Stonehenge

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Excavations could be new chapter in the story of Stonehenge, say experts The Vale of Pewsey, viewed from the east end of Etchilhampton Hill © Nigel Cox,...

6/24/2015

Object of the Week: Wallis Simpson's nightdress at the Allhallows Museum of Lace in Honiton

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Discovering museum collections the length and breadth of Britain, we bring you Culture24's first Museum Object of the Week: The full-length gown and capalet...

6/24/2015

Curator's Choice: A strapless dress, a shark off the Cumbria coast and a beer barrel

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Jill Goodfellow picks eight objects from the What's in Store exhibition at Tullie House in Carlisle Jean Allen, Strapless Evening Dress (circa late 1950s) ©...

6/24/2015

Heritage Lottery Fund awards £1.7 million to two projects highlighting history of disability in the UK

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A digital archive documenting the Disability Arts Movement and an investigation into eight important disability heritage sites are given vital funds by the...

6/23/2015

The British Museum's Rothschild Renaissance: A grand collection from across the centuries

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Exhibition Review: The Waddesdon Bequest: A Rothschild Renaissance, British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum The Waddesdon Bequest is as...

6/23/2015

From New York to Jingdezhen: The evolution of Chinese ceramics across the globe

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Jared Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Fine Arts on the febrile Chinese ceramic art scene ahead of Masterpiece London Art Fair 2015 Mansheng Wang, Snowing Night, 2007...

6/23/2015

Lost JM Barrie play kickstarts final fundraiser for Scottish Children's Literature and Storytelling Centre

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"Lost" first play of Peter Pan author to front campaign for new national storytelling centre's final push for £1.5m JM Barrie with pupils at Dumfries Academy...

6/23/2015

James V's lost tapestries restored after largest UK weaving project in 100 years is completed

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Seven tapestries crown the restoration of James V's palace in Stirling following a series of renovations 'The Mystic Hunt of the Unicorn' © Courtesy of...

6/22/2015

Scything festival at the Wimpole Estate plans to be cut above the rest

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West County Scything Champion, Simon Damant, due to judge scything competition at Wimpole Estate Scything at the Folly at Wimpole © Simon Damant The National...

6/22/2015

RAF Museum Cosford takes delivery of VC10 serial number XR808

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RAF Museum Cosford has taken delivery of a VC10 Transport plane after a long, final journey by flat bed trailer to the Shropshire attraction The VC10 arrives...

6/19/2015

Art meets industry as David Nash sculpture launches art season at Coalbrookdale

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A sculpture by David Nash marks the launch of a contemporary arts programme exploring the impact and legacy of the Industrial Revolution at Coalbrookdale...

6/19/2015

Richard Dadd: Art, psychosis and the Victorian asylum at Watts Gallery

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Watts Gallery is exploring the art of Richard Dadd, the Victorian painter whose life was eclipsed by psychotic illness, murder and the asylum Richard Dadd,...

6/19/2015

Knives, pits, bells and stones: The Yorkshire Dales discoveries telling Anglo-Saxon stories

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Surprising array of objects discovered on edge of Dales point to ancient settlements, craftspeople and cattle This iron socket, with a flange on one side...

6/18/2015

Mirrors, vitrines and steel: Reflections on Jeff Koons retrospective at Guggenheim Bilbao

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Exhibition: Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, until September 27 2015 Jeff Koons, Puppy (1992), Guggenheim Bilbao © Jeff Koons US artist...

6/18/2015

The Brontës, War and Waterloo shows the influence of the Napoleonic era on the literary family

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The Brontë Society is exploring how the Battle of Waterloo influenced the famous sisters for the 200th anniversary of the Battle ‘Terror’ – a painting by...

6/18/2015

Award-winning Maryport Roman Temples Project begins its final dig at Hadrian's Wall

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This will be the final year of a five-year project which has done much to deepen understanding of “one of the most important Roman cult complexes” at...

6/18/2015

£4.89million grant helps the Royal Air Force Museum's centenary plans take off

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The RAF Museum, London has plans for an extensive programme of activities and events to mark its centenary Aircraft in the Milestones of Flight exhibition at...

6/18/2015

Stonehenge sun-disc from the dawn of history goes on display in Wiltshire for summer solstice

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Wiltshire Museum will exhibit a gold 'Stonehenge sun-disc', which may have been worn on clothing or a head-dress The gold sun-disc dates from the time of...

6/17/2015

From Chandigarh to Chichester: The Rock Garden Sculptures of Nek Chand

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Simon Martin of Pallant House Gallery on the genius of Indian outsider artist Nek Chand, who passed away last week, as an exhibition of his work opens at the...

6/17/2015

Five Florists, Five Designs: Celebrating British Flowers Week with the Garden Museum

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The Garden Museum is joining with British Flowers Week (15 – 19 June at New Covent Garden Flower Market) to highlight the work of five floral artist’s for a...

6/17/2015

New Waterloo Dispatch recreates the message heralding half a century of peace in Europe

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Reenactors representing Major Percy and Commander James White will travel across the South East by carriage to present the New Waterloo Dispatch to the...

6/16/2015

Exhibition of rarely seen photographs to provide clues about the mysterious life of Agatha Christie

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Exhibition of rarely seen photographs promises new insights into the life of Agatha Christie at Bankside Gallery, London Agatha Christie Unfinished Portrait ©...

6/15/2015

Ten of the best Ancient Egyptian treasures from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

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The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology is celebrating 100 years since first opening its doors at UCL with a series of events and a special exhibition....

6/15/2015

Surveillance and cyberbullying: The British Library's Magna Carta for a Digital Age

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The British Library's 'Magna Carta for the web' highlights concerns over government surveillance and cyber-bullying Part of the My Digital Rights learning...

6/15/2015

Mary Wollstonecraft helps People's History Museum with crowdfunding appeal

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National museum of democracy's new crowdfunding initiative commemorates the legacy of the influential proto-feminist thinker Mary Wollstonecraft by Stewy,...

6/12/2015

Alice in Wonderland to Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Children's Art Week 2015 highlights

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Fourteen highlights across the country for Children's Art Week 2015 © Beth Moseley The Big Wild Rumpus, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, June 13 A mass...

6/12/2015

Win a copy of Stratego: The new Battle of Waterloo Strategy board game

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Competition: Win a copy of Stratego the new Waterloo strategy board game To commemorate 200th Anniversary of The Battle of Waterloo on Thursday June 18, we’ve...

6/12/2015

Science Museum lines up new exhibition of Julia Margaret Cameron portraits

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Science Museum exhibition will provide insight into the life of Julia Margaret Cameron Julia Margaret Cameron, "Sadness", the actress Ellen Terry at...

6/12/2015

Bow Arts moves into News International warehouse in heart of East London

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Bow Arts at former News International base aims to create new artistic community in the heart of East London Bow Arts' CEO Marcel Baettig alongside Sir...

6/12/2015

Solving a Dark Age mystery: 7th century Christians, Pagans and the search for the Battle of Hatfield

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Paul Jameson, of the Battle of Hatfield Investigation Society, on the bid to tell the story of England’s first Christian king and early Pagan rituals...

6/12/2015

"Very rare" examples of "huge wealth": Chatteris Museum's Bronze Age shield and rapier

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Co-curator Ian Mason on plans for prehistoric splendour at the Chatteris Museum in Cambridgeshire A replica bronze shield and spear head created for new...

6/11/2015

Archaeologists say Lady Jane Grey birthplace is "as good as it gets" as six-week dig begins

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Archaeologists descend on site where likely prehistoric remains surfaced in preliminary surveys Archaeologists begin their work in Bradgate Park,...

6/11/2015

Scots had expensive taste for "novelty" curry in Victorian times, newspaper reveals

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Female members of wealthy families recorded favourite dishes and advice in ancient books, say curators Scotland's first ever recipe book © NLS Curry was a...

6/10/2015

Archaeologists in Flint find ditch built by Edward I to defend English against Prince of Wales

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Defensive ditches built to deter Prince of Wales, tobacco pipe and more found in deep trenches in Flint A post-excavation photo of the medieval bank and ditch...

6/10/2015

Community archaeology quest begins for remains of 13th century Benedictine Priory in Norfolk

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Medieval lordship and monastic land to be surveyed at complex manorial site in Norfolk Archaeologists will be examining the earthworks adjacent to the River...

6/9/2015

Archaeologists find King's hammered coin at site of Anglo-Scottish conflict which was last medieval battle on British soil

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Coin minted by Hammer of the Scots could be remnant of last medieval battle fought on British soil © Courtesy Flodden 1513 A hammered silver halfpenny coin,...

6/9/2015

Welsh Dragon: Wales' first carnivorous dinosaur goes on display at National Museum Wales

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A Welsh Dragon, the first carnivorous dinosaur to be found in Wales, has gone on display in Cardiff Welsh Dragon: the first carniverous dinosaur found in...

6/9/2015

Searching for the science behind Tolkien's Middle-earth: Leicester University students map the hobbit metabolism

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A pair of Leicester University students with a passion for Tolkien have published an academic project analysing his creation under the microscope of modern...

6/9/2015

Historic ambulance train transformation on track for National Railway Museum commemoration of Battle of Somme

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Conversion of 108-year-old railway carriage steams ahead with the help of a donation from the Heritage Lottery Fund Adrian Ashby applies the iconic neutral...

6/8/2015

Where to celebrate the Magna Carta: The UK's best exhibitions and locations

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There are plenty of ways to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta this summer. Follow our guide to the best Magna Carta...

6/8/2015

Olive oil and dog paw prints: Archaeologists say villa discovery reveals Wales's Roman trading links

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Brick bearing dog paw print and coins minted in France and Italy found in Roman Wales Archaeologist Toby Driver's reconstruction of the Abermagwr Roman Villa,...

6/5/2015

Forensic experts recreate middle-aged Anglo-Scandinavian man found beneath Lincoln Castle

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Active and strenuous lifestyle could have caused degenerative bone diseases in man who died nearly 1,000 years ago An Anglo-Scandinavian man was one of ten...

6/5/2015

Ancient gold shows prehistoric trading route existed between Cornwall and Ireland, say experts

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Prehistoric economies were partly driven by belief systems, says survey of imported gold in Irish collections © National Museum of Ireland Laser samples on 50...

6/5/2015

Scientists in Gloucestershire name new species of prehistoric lizard after Harry Potter curse

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Smallest clevosaur species ever described lived on British archipelago at least 205 million years ago A reconstruction of what Clevosaurus sectumsemper may...

6/5/2015

Unique display of Magna Cartas celebrate the birth of democracy

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Milestone volumes illustrate Magna Carta's continued importance to English society over the centuries The Black Book of Peterborough © Courtesy Society of...

6/5/2015

Archaeologists revisit Hampshire medieval site where hundreds of graves were discovered

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Large ratio of infant burials reflected high infant death rate during the medieval period, say archaeologists in Hampshire One of the child burials found in...

6/4/2015

Jack the Ripper, death masks and the Great Train Robbery: Museum of London to reveal objects from Metropolitan Police's Crime Museum

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Six never-before-seen objects from the Metropolitan Police’s hidden Crime Museum to go on public show Conservator Jon Readman takes a look at the death mask...

6/3/2015

Hotel plan could save World War Two Redsand Forts off Kent coast

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One of the most unusual British relics of World War Two could be saved if an ambitious hotel plan goes ahead The towers of Redsand Forts © Courtesy Aros...

6/3/2015

Ten star Rothschild treasures from the new British Museum gallery

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The Medieval and Renaissance treasures of the Waddesdon Bequest will be unveiled in a brand new gallery at the British Museum on June 11 Left to the museum by...

6/2/2015

Affordable Art Fair finds British people prefer booze over art

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We should be investing more of our money in original artwork, says Will Ramsay of the Affordable Art Fair Rosie Emerson, Polaris. Cyanotype with 22 crt gold...

6/1/2015

Invisible You: Eden Project looks down the lens to create show on The Human Microbiome

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A new exhibition at The Eden Project lifts the lens on the bacteria inside us. Here are works by some of the dozen artists taking part The Eden Project’s...

6/1/2015

Archaeologists thrilled by lucky discovery of 2,000-year-old Roman god figurine in Yorkshire

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Dog walkers and metal detectorists help archaeologists to record 1,000 finds in Yorkshire The figurine which is the 2,000th find of the year in Yorkshire...

5/29/2015

Anglo-Saxon warrior splendour: The "extremely significant" new finds from the Staffordshire Hoard

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A reconstructed helmet and a “unique” sword pommel, found during new work on the Staffordshire Hoard, will tell archaeologists more about seventh century...

5/29/2015

National Biscuit Day: See a biscuit found in Captain Scott's tent after his doomed Antarctic Expedition

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What's your favourite biscuit? Scott's Polar explorers ate a white flour and sodium bicarbonate variety © Thomas Cogley Owned by the Royal Engineers Museum...

5/29/2015

Keats House refurbishes its displays with more Keats treasures on show to the public

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More precious artefacts from the most romantic of Romantic poets go on display at Keats House in Hampstead Poignant artefacts include this watercolour...

5/29/2015

Plaque in Stoke Newington commemorates first bombs dropped on London during First World War

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A plaque has been unveiled commemorating the first bombs dropped by Zeppelins on London in WWI One of the first explosive bombs that fell in London. This...

5/29/2015

Archaeologists uncover evidence of sin and punishment at medieval priory

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Archaeologists find possible evidence of the wayward lives of medieval nuns at Littlemore Priory A woman buried face down © Courtesy John Moore Heritage...

5/28/2015

"The ultimate in speed sailing": Moth master White aims to break women's nautical speed mile

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Sailor puts Moth under Science Museum lights ahead of cross-Channel quest and world record attempt in 2016 Hannah White at the Science Museum © Anthony Cullen...

5/27/2015

Archaeologists to begin search for prehistoric "hut-circle landscape" in north-east Scotland

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Archaeologists ask for public help in search for more evidence of prehistoric communities in Scotland Archaeologists in Caithness will use LiDAR data to gain...

5/26/2015

Vicious, debased and blasphemous: Oxford academic uncovers scandalous side of Greek epic

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An Oxford academic has uncovered a new, bloodier and far more scandalous side to Greek epic A series of epic poems have been partially reconstructed by an...

5/22/2015

Archaeologists find "fantastic" wooden butter churn and stakes used by Pagan tribe in medieval Staffordshire

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Pagan tribe in Mercian heartland would have used butter churn during time of changing climate in medieval Staffordshire A butter churn found in Staffordshire...

5/22/2015

Summer of Archaeology: Excavations to begin at estate with Anglo-Saxon roots and 12th century chapel

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National Trust to lead season of excavations at Herefordshire Estate which could have origins from as far back as Norman Conquest The view from the manor...

5/22/2015

A new world heritage site? Ten pictures from the archaeology and history of Wales's slate industry

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Could Gwynedd join UNESCO? See pictures from Welsh Slate: Archaeology and History of an Industry © By permission of Gwynedd Archives Service Slates from...

5/22/2015

Triumph and disaster: Eight exhibits from the British Museum's show on Louis XIV as a Sun King

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Louis XIV was intent on being known as a Sun King whose rays would warm and illuminate the world. In the tercentenary year of his death, here are eight...

5/21/2015

Cosmonauts - Birth of the Space Age: Ten images from the Russian Race for Space

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The most significant collection of Russian spacecraft and artefacts ever to be shown in the UK will star in Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age, a new...

5/21/2015

Scientists find new fossilised English species of parasitic tongue worm

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A 420 million year old species of  tongue worm parasite has been discovered still attached to the shell of its host A 425 million-year-old parasite: the...

5/21/2015

Competition: Win a copy of Marked for Death: The First World War in the Air

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Win a top author's new book on the aircraft of the First World War Little more than 10 years after the first powered flight, aircraft were pressed into...

5/19/2015

Most European men are descended from three Bronze Age forefathers say scientists

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Study shows that almost two out of three (64%) modern European men belong to just three Bronze Age forebears Could someone like the Bronze Age Racton Man be...

5/19/2015

The 1,500-year-old recipe that shows how Romans invented the beef burger

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Visitors to Hadrian's Wall this weekend will get a taste of a Roman burger thanks to a discovery in a Roman recipe book A Roman Burger made from a 1,500 year...

5/19/2015

World War Two hero sees Blenheim bomber take to the skies again ahead of VE Day airshow

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Blenheim returns to public gaze 12 years after Duxford crash which caused team to create restoration trust Squadron Leader Ian Blair cuts a proud figure in...

5/18/2015

Magna Carta and World War Two to Edo Japan and Yorkshire ale: Six small gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show

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Runnymede Surrey Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Garden This small artisan garden celebrates Magna Carta being sealed under oath by King John all those years...

5/15/2015

Archaeologists find shoe, finger ring and whorl in "extremely dirty" conditions at Roman fort

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Dirty, wet but rewarding work allows archaeologists to find "remarkable" Roman artefacts south of Hadrian's Wall The hare and the dog carving found at Roman...

5/15/2015

Artists' Statement: Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey talk about climatic sound art

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Artist’s Statement: In their own words . . . Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey talk about their aquatic, orchestral sound installation in Brighton’s Circus...

5/15/2015

"Bonkers yet dignified": Inside Grayson Perry's Dream House - inspired by Essex Everywoman

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Ahead of Channel 4’s screening of the three-year project to create it, see pictures of A House for Essex - Grayson Perry’s homage to his county, happiness...

5/15/2015

Archaeologists put Roman gateway on wishlist after finding ancient water tank at Vindolanda fort

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Fine carving for Roman goddess of hunting and first copper lock barrel in 34 years among finds in Roman north-east © Vindolanda Trust Archaeologists are...

5/14/2015

DNA testing on ancient skeleton reveals leprosy may have spread to Britain from Scandinavia

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DNA testing on a skeleton discovered in Essex may prove leprosy first came to Britain from Scandinavia The Great Chesterford skeleton Archaeologists examining...

5/14/2015

Archaeologists investigate mystery of young Civil War woman buried in unusual grave in Oxford

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Archaeologists look to unravel mystery of Lady of St Cross College, found buried in garden in Oxford after almost 400 years Osteoarchaeologist Alice Rose...

5/14/2015

Archaeologists to search York stadium for temporary camps set up by Roman armies at outpost

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Roman soldiers used stadium area to learn building skills for marching camps which offered protection during campaigns in north York archaeologists get ready...

5/13/2015

Forged in Fire: Ten objects from the forges of Oxfordshire at The Oxfordshire Museum

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Ten objects from Forged in Fire: The Oxfordshire Museum exhibition revealing the county’s industrial heritage and metalworking tradition Anvil and block...

5/13/2015

Clogs from Victorian Ragged School in Manchester acquired by Museum of Science and Industry

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A poignant reminder of the lives of the children of the working poor in Victorian Manchester has been acquired by the Museum of Science and Industry...

5/11/2015

Archaeologists who found wounded knight among 2,500 bodies at Hereford Cathedral to release book

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Archaeologists to take story of wounded knight on tour as book on mysterious Hereford burials is published The remains of a medieval knight were found among...

5/11/2015

Cecile Walton's idyllic double portrait hints at the tangled lives of Scottish artists at the SNPG

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A beautiful double portrait that celebrates the talents and hints at the tangled lives of Scottish artists of the early 1900s has gone on display in Edinburgh...

5/8/2015

Archaeologists reveal shoes of workers at 18th century site which was Scotland's largest whiskey distillery

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Site which was one of Edinburgh's largest whiskey distilleries opened to public before development © City of Edinburgh Council The site of one of Scotland’s...

5/8/2015

Sally B Flying Fortress to celebrate 70th birthday with VE Day fly past at Duxford Air Show

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The Sally B B17 is to celebrate its 40th birthday by leading the salute during the VE Day Air Show at Duxford on May 23 and 24 B-17 Flying Fortress Sally B...

5/8/2015

"A crucial transformation": Scientists use 500 million-year-old fossilised brain to study evolution of animal heads

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Scientists use most complete fossilised brain from Canadian collection to trace "major transitional step" between worm-like creatures and hard exoskeletons...

5/6/2015

Infirmary murder mystery leads to Edward Elgar Museum

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Get your tickets for an infirmary's murder mystery leading to the birthplace of Edward Elgar Snap up your ticket for a unique event at two of the country's...

5/6/2015

Penis Worm was a fearsome Cambrian period predator with teeth like a cheese grater, say palaeontologists

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Fossil turned mouth inside-out to expose tooth-lined throat resembling cheese grater, according to scientists The carnivorous Ottoia still exists in various...

5/6/2015

William Scott's Victory 1945: A poignant memento of VE Day

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The William Scott Foundation is marking the 70th anniversary VE Day with a beautiful early lithograph called Victory William Scott, Victory, 1945 © Estate of...

5/1/2015

'Defiant' Jack Holmes: The man who built the Boulton Paul Defiant

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He built Boulton Paul Defiants during the war and went on to build a faithful replica. 'Defiant' Jack Holmes talks to Culture24 about a lifelong passion Jack...

5/1/2015

A mermaid model of a sprite: The Horniman Museum's 19th century monkey-fish

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This style of Mermaid has had a long tradition in Shinto shrines in Japan, with reports of examples that are reputed to be more than 1,000 years old...

5/1/2015

Skeleton of high-status girl was one of dozens of burials at Hampshire Saxon cemetery, say archaeologists

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Girl of between 12 and 14 found was buried with necklace at 6th century cemetery excavated between 1973 and 1975 Cremation 58 from a cemetery discovered at...

5/1/2015

Curator's Choice: Two forgotten mausoleum gates inspired by Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde's graveyard at Highgate Cemetery

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Dr Ian Dungavell found a pair of lost 19th century mausoleum doors - inspired by the graveyard where Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde lie - during his duties at...

4/30/2015

Amputation knives to historical gold mines: key exhibits from the new National Civil War Centre

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Ahead of the opening of the new £5.4 million Centre in Newark this weekend, here are some of the key exhibits, as chosen by curators and experts Surgeons...

4/29/2015

Postcards, photos, Great Trilithon toasting forks and Spinal Tap: Stonehenge as tourist attraction

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A new exhibition at Stonehenge tells the story of the famous monument as a tourist attraction. Here are ten tasters An early postcard of Stonehenge, from the...

4/29/2015

Cambridge University Library reveals its rarely seen treasures for Waterloo200

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Detail of the Grand View of Waterloo © Cambridge University Library By its own admission, Cambridge University Library never set out to assemble a specific,...

4/27/2015

Moss Side Asda to a tommies' military hospital: The Museum of the Year finalists, pictured by Martin Parr

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Reaction from the six finalists in the Art Fund's Museum of the Year, pictured by Martin Parr Dunham Massey, Altrincham Developed in 1916, the Thomas Splint...

4/24/2015

Dinofest2015 brings the world's leading dinosaur exhibits to museums across Hampshire

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Dinofest, a year-long festival of dinosaur exhibitions and events, kicks-off in May across Hampshire John Sibbick is an Isle of Wight based artist who has...

4/22/2015

Museums at Night is nearly here: Where will you go?

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Museums at Night, May 13-16, is almost upon us; here's a taster of what's in store Museums at Night 2015 Now in its seventh year, Museums at Night offers the...

4/21/2015

Cats and books to bake-offs and bread: 20 of Orkney Library's best tweets on Twitter

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Stewart Bain, of the Orkney Library Twitter account which has almost as many followers as the islands' population, picks 20 of his favourite tweets from the...

4/20/2015

Guinness World Record for pendulum clock vindicates John Harrison 250 years on

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The Royal Observatory scoops the Guinness World Record for ‘most accurate mechanical clock with a pendulum swinging in free air’ © National Maritime Museum,...

4/16/2015

Richard Diebenkorn makes return to Europe in overdue retrospective at Royal Academy

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The paintings of Richard Diebenkorn make a welcome return to British shores at the Royal Academy Richard Diebenkorn, Berkeley #5, 1953 © 2014 The Richard...

4/15/2015

Discovery of family recipe allows RAF Museum to recreate fighter ace's favourite plum cake

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The RAF Museum pays tribute to First World War Flying Ace Albert Ball by recreating his favourite cake © RAF Museum The legendary English fighter pilot Albert...

4/15/2015

Bearded men bottles could have been filled with urine and hair to ward off 17th century witches

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Bottles found beneath a hearth in Hampshire contained bent bronze pins, human hair and cork bungs Four complete 'bearded man' bottles were discovered in...

4/15/2015

Bone fragments and burial goods of "wealthy and cosmopolitan" Roman found in North Hertfordshire village

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Large glass bottle from 2nd century contained cremated bone and worn Roman coin © Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews Archaeologists who have been describing a metal...

4/15/2015

The power of ceramics: Jack Doherty on the fine art of pots ahead of Ceramic Art London

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Ceramicist Jack Doherty makes the case for the fine art of pots ahead of this weekend's Ceramic Art London at the Royal College of Art Clockwise from top...

4/14/2015

Archaeologists find Britain's oldest human cremation at Mesolithic pit in Essex

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Prehistoric Britons had "required understanding" of fire and pyres to combust corpses at more than 600 degrees Some of the cremated remains found by Oxford...

4/10/2015

Spectacular but occasionally sagging: Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art at the British Museum

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Exhibition review: Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art, British Museum Marble statue of a naked Aphrodite crouching at her bath, also known as...

4/9/2015

Prunella Clough's Unconsidered Wastelands reconsidered at Osborne Samuel

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Prunella Clough's journey through England's wastelands is explored at Osborne Samuel Deserted Gravel Pit , c.1946 Pigeon-holing Prunella Clough (1919 -1999)...

4/9/2015

From the Far East to the North West, Manchester Art Gallery celebrates Asian craft

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Exhibition review: Eastern Exchanges - East Asian Craft and Design, Manchester Art Gallery, until May 31 2015 Gyokusendo, gold teapot © Courtesy Manchester...

4/9/2015

"May you consume his blood": The Roman curse tablet written after a 4th century theft

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Roman man used tablet to urge god and nymph to deprive thief of mind and blood The tablet, known as a defixio during Roman times, found at Badnam Creek ©...

4/7/2015

Cantona, cinemas and a temporary closure: Cornerhouse moves Manchester HOME after 30 years

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Cornerhouse leaves home after 30 years ahead of opening of £25 million HOME arts centre in Manchester Cornerhouse has closed its door on the Oxford Street...

4/7/2015

Curators find Victoria Cross won by British Major shot on horse during First World War Mesopotamian campaign

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Medals remember British Major and junior officer buried at Basra with thousands of First World War casualties The Victoria Cross awarded to Major Godfrey...

4/1/2015

"Poor scholars and wretched persons": Thousands of medieval skeletal remains revealed from Cambridge burial ground

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No infants and lack of young women suggest hospital cemetery refused pregnant burials, focusing on "poor scholars" and "wretched persons" Skeletons buried in...

4/1/2015

How it Works, Culture24 and Arts Council England launch essential app for culture seekers

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Free app leads the way to National Trust and English Heritage landmarks, hidden historical sites and more across the country In a new app aimed at active and...

4/1/2015

Heated dining rooms and butchery: The robbed Roman villa found by archaeologists in Yorkshire

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Substantial Roman villa, knives and cleavers for butchery found at site where North Yorkshire bypass will be built A Roman villa has been found within the...

4/1/2015

Prehistoric settlers in Scotland similar to first peoples of North America or Australia, new book reveals

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Andy Heald and John Barber, the authors of a new book on archaeology in north-east Scotland, on cattle, cairns and settlers Camster Round with Camster Long in...

4/1/2015

The mysterious and nostalgic appeal of Eric Ravilious at Dulwich Picture Gallery

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Eric Ravilious' watercolours are the subject of a major new retrospective at Dulwich Picture Gallery; Richard Moss ponders his appeal Eric Ravilious, Midnight...

3/30/2015

Gold lock rings which could have been gifts to gods in Bronze Age Wales are declared treasure

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Gold rings could have been carefully buried in isolation as gifts to the gods from wealthy Bronze Age wearer A close-up of one of the Bronze Age lock rings...

3/30/2015

Devotional panel of beheaded rebel 14th century martyr surfaces on shore of River Thames

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Panel devoted to beheaded rebel reveals tumultuous political climate nearly 700 years ago The Thomas, Earl of Lancaster medieval panel was found on the banks...

3/30/2015

“It’s not a viewing platform, it’s an experience”: Tracey Emin prepares to put bed on view at Tate Britain

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Mess-strewn match and pillows provide little comfort for artist as Tate Britain prepares redisplay My Bed © Tracey Emin. All rights reserved, DACS 2014. Photo...

3/27/2015

The magic fairy dust of the game: National Videogame Arcade powers up in Nottingham

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Maths and magic as the £2.5 million National Videogame Arcade prepares to open to the public in Nottingham The first cultural centre for videogames is about...

3/27/2015

Wallace & Gromit sheep sculptures flock into London in aid of children's charity

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Sheep sculptures hope to repeat success of Bristol charity trail by descending on London © Wallace & Gromit's Children's Foundation / Shaun the Sheep...

3/26/2015

Of time and the railway: Robert Davies' meditative film travels across the West Midlands and Wales

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A meditation on the railway and the changing landscape takes a journey through England and Wales Robert Davies, Of time and the railway, video still, 2015...

3/25/2015

An amazing grave: Archaeologists say skeleton of woman is latest known early medieval burial found in Wales

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Tests on dental enamel of skeleton to tell archaeologists more about skeleton found beneath church site The skeleton of a woman in her 60s, found in Nefyn, is...

3/25/2015

Benedict Cumberbatch revealed as Richard III's second cousin as actor prepares to read at reinterment ceremony

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Family tree shows actor is king’s second cousin, 16 removed Benedict Cumberbatch will play his second cousin in a BBC series © Gage Skidmore The actor...

3/25/2015

The Art of a Nation: First major exhibition of Irish art in London for over 30 years

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A major survey of Irish Art heads to the Mall Galleries in London Still Life (circa 1950) © Gerard Dillon, courtesy Crawford Art Gallery and AIB Collection...

3/25/2015

From car park to royal tomb: Ten stories from the discovery of Richard III

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As the last Plantagenet king is laid to rest at Leicester Cathedral, we take a look at the top ten stories since his 2012 discovery in a city car park The...

3/24/2015

Competition: Win a copy of One Day Something Happens: Paintings of People by Jennifer Higgie

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One Day, Something Happens: Paintings of People , sees the renowned writer and critic Jennifer Higgie, present a highly personal selection of figurative...

3/24/2015

Antler waste reveals medieval Scottish industry as archaeologists publish findings decades after dig

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Post-excavation analysis of work carried out decades ago in West Lothian burgh published for first time Excavations in Linlithgow were originally held almost...

3/23/2015

Isaac Newton was behind Queen Anne coronation medal, secret sketchbook at Kew shows

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Medal design could explain why Newton was knighted, say literary historians © Trustees of the British Museum Isaac Newton was the man behind a medal for Queen...

3/23/2015

Competition: Win Peter Ackroyd's Tudors

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Competition: Win a copy of Peter Ackroyd's Tudors If your interest has been piqued by Wolf Hall and you want to delve deeper into the fascinating world of the...

3/20/2015

Henry VIII portrait and bed of his parents revealed in new Tudor display at Hever Castle

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A portrait of a young Henry VIII joins the bed of his parents in a new display at Anne Boleyn's former home The portrait of Henry VIII next to his parents'...

3/18/2015

Huge lobster-like animal filtered seawater for food 480 million years ago, say fossil hunters

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Zoologists say oldest example of gigantism, named after Moroccan finder, "fills ecological hole" A reconstruction of how the newly-discovered anomalocaridid...

3/18/2015

Thousands back petition supporting arts centre set to lose entire funding from county council

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Arts centre says staff and activities will be affected by £89,000 annual funding loss Salisbury Arts Centre is expected to lose a quarter of its grant funding...

3/17/2015

Experts say Friday's solar eclipse mirrors astronomical events during final year of Richard III

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As Richard III's reinterment approaches, experts are drawing parallels between this Friday's eclipse and a portentous eclipse during the king's final year The...

3/17/2015

The mummies return: Old mummies and Book of the Dead rise again in Liverpool

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Book of Dead damaged by incendiary bomb during Blitz to return in scroll from 21st Dynasty of 1,000 years ago Visitors to Liverpool can look forward to...

3/16/2015

Charter reveals how Richard III planned to make Scarborough an independent county

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Richard III's Charter for Scarborough, produced in the spring of 1485, goes on display at Scarborough Art Gallery Detail of Richard III’s charter for...

3/12/2015

Tales from beyond the grave - Edinburgh's Canongate kirkyard comes alive

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The tombstone of poet Robert Fergusson, at the Canongate kirkyard in Edinburgh © Courtesy Edinburgh World Heritage Scotland’s physician to George III and a...

3/11/2015

Magna Carta: From the King's teeth to Horrible Histories at the British Library

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The British Library decodes the Magna Carta - with a little help from Bill Clinton and Horrible Histories Dusting a replica of King Johns tomb which resides...

3/11/2015

"Use your vote": Artists urge public to back general election 2015 campaigns

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Art Fund takes over billboards to encourage first-timers as artists call on people to vote in May's general election Artist Gordon Shrigley is standing as a...

3/11/2015

The NPG prepares to show its biggest portrait: The Duke of Wellington's Funeral Procession

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The National Portrait Gallery is preparing to show the longest painting in its collection for Waterloo200 Detail of Panoramic View of the Entire Funeral...

3/10/2015

Before the Apple Watch: Six of the best timepieces used through the centuries

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As details of the Apple Watch are announced, here are six classic designs that changed timekeeping © Science Museum / Science and Society Picture Library...

3/9/2015

"What a chap": Pink granite column with links to Roman Emperor's villa found in Nottinghamshire park

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Auction photo suggests Roman granite column in Nottinghamshire country park based on portico of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius in 150 AD Archaeologists in...

3/9/2015

University of Leicester releases timelapse video of second excavation at site where King Richard III was found

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Overhead camera powered by car battery provides footage which took 40 hours to condense A behind-the-scenes, 11-minute video of the dig for Richard III, taken...

3/6/2015

Libertines singer Pete Doherty visits London church to give artist's crucifixion blessing

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£33,000 crucifixion visited by singer in bid to find man who went missing in Italy in 2003 Pete Doherty, the infamous poet who is better known for being The...

3/6/2015

Metal detectorist's "outstanding" 17th century silver seal discovery bought by National Civil War Centre

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Lost seal of Civil War soldier bought by new museum in honour of detectorist who found it in field 11 years ago © Courtesy Richard Darn A 17th century silver...

3/6/2015

Spectacular North Tyneside Roman bath house to benefit from Chancellor's economic plan for north-east

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"Snapshot of north-east heritage" awarded £500,000 in government economic plan for region Segedunum, in Wallsend, was once home to 600 Roman soldiers ©...

3/6/2015

Libertines singer Pete Doherty visits London church to give artist's crucifixion blessing

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£33,000 crucifixion visited by singer in bid to find man who went missing in Italy in 2003 Pete Doherty, the infamous poet who is better known for being The...

3/5/2015

Rarest edition of Alice in Wonderland goes on show, plus five to see for World Book Day

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The withdrawn first edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is going on a one-day public display for World Book Day. Here are five exhibitions to see...

3/5/2015

Architect praises Dundee as construction work begins on £80 million V&A Museum of Design

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Construction work begins at V&A museum site which will turn Dundee into first UNESCO City of Design Architect Kengo Kuma saw a Celtic rock band perform a...

3/5/2015

"Blockbuster" exhibition to tell tales of Roman cavalry archaeology found along Hadrian's Wall

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Three-metre high tombstone of Flavinus among planned highlights as museums across Roman frontiers unite The Roman Army Museum, in Hexham, is part of an...

3/4/2015

Archaeologists find remains of French-born wounded Norman knight near Hereford Cathedral

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"Very tough" knight found near cathedral along with potential leper or thief A Norman knight in Hereford © Headland Archaeology Archaeologists have been...

3/4/2015

Competition: Win a signed copy of George Miles' Views of Matlock Bath

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Win a signed copy of Views of Matlock Bath by George Miles George Miles, Views of Matlock Bath The photographs of George Miles have been described by Wolf...

3/3/2015

Body of young woman who had Charles I shilling placed over eye found in shallow Oxford grave

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Charles I shilling dropped to shoulder of young woman after burial in shallow grave in back garden © Oxford Archaeology The body of a young woman buried with...

3/3/2015

Winchester museums acquire comprehensive collection of local archaeological artefacts

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A remarkable personal collection of rural archaeological finds has been acquired by Winchester Museums Mesolithic flint axe, a Roman coin, an Anglo-Saxon...

3/3/2015

Remains of suspected family of medieval knight found at former surgical hospital in Edinburgh

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Suspected family of medieval knight found on site of former surgical hospital in Edinburgh A knight's grave could have been found at the High School Yards...

3/2/2015

Laughing Holes and Slaptalk: Ten things to see at this year's Sick! Festival

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Combining art, science and theatre, Sick! Festival starts in Manchester and Brighton this month. Here are ten performances to look out for © Contact Under the...

2/27/2015

Medieval skeletons found in York could have been executed criminals or Lancastrian soldiers

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Skeletons hastily buried in non-traditional formation after hanging at gallows, say archaeologists in York © York Archaeological Trust The skeletons of 12...

2/27/2015

Archaeologists open coffin of elderly woman found near Richard III's grave in Leicester friary

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First intact medieval stone coffin in Leicester contained crucifix, had holy position close to high altar Archaeologists open the stone coffin at the dig in...

2/27/2015

Gold hair-ring worn by high-status figure shows value of metal in Bronze Age Wales, say archaeologists

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Well-worn ring from around 1000-800 BC is part of late Bronze Age hoard declared treasure in Wales The ring is part of a late Bronze Age hoard which is about...

2/26/2015

Maggots, mortuaries, bullets and Jack the Ripper: Wellcome Collection opens Forensics exhibition

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The Wellcome Collection's murderous new exhibition concludes a multimillion pound development in dark and unflinching style Click on the picture to launch ...

2/26/2015

Archaeologists compare site to Pompeii after finding Bodica tombstone in Cirencester

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Archaeologists roll tombstone of British woman into hole next to grave before transporting amazing find by crane © Cotswold Archaeology Near the end of a...

2/25/2015

Manchester Museum to reveal more secrets of the Easter Island statues

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A Manchester Museum exhibition is about to reveal more secrets of the stone statues of Easter Island The Maoi Heads of Easter Island © Adam Stanford Ever...

2/25/2015

Book that helped Henry VIII annul his marriage and challenge the Pope discovered in Cornwall

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A book that helped Henry VIII take on the Pope and annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon has been discovered in a library in Cornwall The book showing...

2/24/2015

Great Expectations: Adam Chodzko sends artworks to B&Q, a pumping station and the Guildhall in Kent

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An ancient treasure chest of exhibits on a journey through space and a shelf in a Kent B&Q are two tools of artist's new work in Kent Click on the picture...

2/23/2015

New memorial wall will remember 736 men lost with Lord Kitchener on HMS Hampshire in 1916

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A fitting memorial to remember all of the 736 men lost with Field Marshall Lord Kitchener is planned at the Kitchener Memorial on Orkney The Kitchener...

2/20/2015

Archaeologists find layout of hidden medieval town beneath car park site in Dudley

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Hidden medieval town layout found metres beneath site of proposed new car park in Dudley Archaeologist Dr George Nash from consultants SLR and Councillor...

2/19/2015

Major BBC campaign launches to encourage the UK to Get Creative

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The BBC has launched a major campaign to challenge people to get creative Radio1 DJ Nick Grimshaw VanGosHimself for the launch of BBC's Get Creative A...

2/18/2015

The story behind the 19th century Death Mask of Napoleon

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Napoleon Bonaparte's death mask, taken from the tropical island the leader was banished to Cast of the Death Mask of Napoleon (1830s). Plaster of Paris © The...

2/18/2015

What did Robert Burns look like? Burns Birthplace Museum on the many faces of The Bard

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The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum takes a look at the various interpretations of Robert Burns' appearance - from his lifetime to the present Forensically...

2/18/2015

New species of extinct British marine reptile emerges from Doncaster Museum storeroom

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A new type of ichthyosaur marine reptile - alive during the time of the dinosaurs - has been identified from a fossil Ichthysosaurus anningae © Artwork by...

2/18/2015

Desert tribes lived in sophisticated villages and were skilled metalworkers, says archaeologist

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Saharan desert people formed permanent settlements and had trade links with Mediterranean, says archaeologist A ground shot of a Garamantian fortified site ©...

2/17/2015

World's most dangerous toy goes on display at Ulster Museum

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Only available between 1951 and 1952, the ‘Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab’ was the most elaborate atomic energy educational set ever produced Dr Mike Simms with...

2/17/2015

William Scott's Celtic-tinged Breton Landscape goes home to his birthplace in Greenock

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A Celtic-influenced Breton landscape by William Scott goes 'home' courtesy of the artist's sons William Scott, CBE, RA (1913-1989) [Breton Landscape], 1938 or...

2/17/2015

Notorious criminal Charles Bronson's Salvador Dali-inspired prison artworks to go on sale after discovery in gallery drawer

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Works made by life sentence-serving Charles Bronson show admiration for Salvador Dali Click on the picture to see a selection of works [View at...

2/17/2015

Control centre where plans for Titanic were drawn up to be turned into boutique Belfast hotel

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Heritage Enterprise programme to create luxury hotel at Belfast site after restoration deemed unviable The Harland and Wolff Drawing Offices in Belfast, where...

2/16/2015

Campaign launched to turn Ian Curtis's home into museum devoted to Joy Division star

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Ian Curtis Museum could be created if plot to buy family home of Joy Division singer succeeds The Ian Curtis Museum could be created at the singer's former...

2/12/2015

England's oldest surviving cannonball resurfaces near site of Battle of Northampton

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Tree-damaged ball could represent first time artillery was used on English soil, may star at new visitor centre Is this England's oldest cannonball? ©...

2/11/2015

Dan Dare, Red Rum, the Blitz and neolithic sands: The Atkinson opens new display in Southport

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Record-breaking speedboat drivers and Hornby trains to star in new museum display Kevin Harlow's version of the Mekon - Dan Dare's nemesis © The Atkinson A...

2/11/2015

John Singer Sargent: An artistic life well lived at the National Portrait Gallery

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John Singer Sargent's talents and tastes are celebrated in a dazzling new show at the National Portrait Gallery John Singer Sargent, Carolus-Duran (1879) ©...

2/11/2015

Art, animals, gin and dancing: The museums and galleries to go to this Valentine's weekend

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Seeking inspiration for Valentine's weekend and beyond? Click on the links to find out more about each event © Charles Dickens Museum The Gin Library ,...

2/10/2015

V&A channels Wolf Hall spirit to buy £5 million Wolsey Angels linked with Henry VIII's tomb

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Bronzes created for tomb of Cardinal in Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall novel bought by V&A after "tenacious" project Benedetto da Rovezzano was commissioned to...

2/10/2015

Wrest Park reveals a First World War love story that lasted a lifetime

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A love story that began in a country house hospital during the First World War is revealed at Wrest Park Daniel and Evelyn Maclean When Private Daniel...

2/9/2015

Boulton Paul Defiant fighter arrives safely at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum Trust

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The Boulton Paul Defiant fighter finally arrives at the Kent Battle of Britain Kent Battle of Britain Museum Chairman Dave Brocklehurst MBE in the cockpit of...

2/9/2015

FOUND: New Art Gallery Walsall explores the art of found photography

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Found photographs and how artists use them is the subject of a new group exhibition at New Art Gallery Walsall Julie Cockburn, The Telepath (2014). Hand...

2/6/2015

New arts centre calls for backers in bid to beat the cuts in Greater Manchester

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Greater Manchester group says arts and learning centre will counter cuts which have left creative venues facing "extinction" Leon Patel has helped raise more...

2/6/2015

Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore to play free gig as part of exhibition at London's White Cube gallery

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Free performance to showcase Sonic Youth founder's commission for Sinfonietta Click on the picture to launch [View at source] ...

2/6/2015

Huge T-rex moved outside museum after sculptor's A1 lorry trip

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Huge replica of Tyrannosaurus rex moved down A1 to Cambridge by Sculptor in lorry Click on the picture to launch [View at source] ...

2/5/2015

Aerial photos of WWII airfields join new crowdsourcing American Air Museum website

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Aerial photos of WWII airfields join the growing resource that is the American Air Museum website Aerial photograph of Duxford airfield, looking south, the...

2/4/2015

Commonality of Strangers finds no neat conclusions at Nottingham's New Art Exchange

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Exhibition in one of Nottingham's most multicultural areas shows contentment, fear and few signs of a big society Click on the picture to launch ...

2/3/2015

Archaeology or anthropology? Artist to show bones from animals' point of view in residency

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Artist to recreate reliquary boxes used by medieval Christians to hold bones of Saints Artist Jo Dacombe says she understands why people once used bones as...

2/3/2015

Robin Hood's Major Oak of Sherwood Forest bids for European Tree of the Year

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The Major Oak of Robin Hood fame is taking on the best of Europe for the European Tree of the Year title The Great Oak in Sherwood Forest in 2014 ©...

2/2/2015

£30 million Rembrandt painting proved genuine by scientists is revealed to public at abbey

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Gallery home of £30 million Rembrandt painting reflects "pretty amazing" eight-month investigation, say designers National Trust curators take a look at a...

1/31/2015

Fines on banks provide £1 million boost for UK's last Second World War Landing Craft from D-Day

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Museum of the Royal Navy expects £1 million from banking fines in project which saved D-Day veteran from sinking The bid to restore the LCT 7074 looks in line...

1/29/2015

Rare surviving Arts and Crafts house to open to public for first time in Leicestershire

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A rare survival of an Arts and Crafts family home opens to visitors for the first time in Leicestershire Approaching Stoneywell from the gravel path. ©...

1/28/2015

Natural History Museum's Dippy the Diplodocus to make way for Blue Whale

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The Diplodocus of the Natural History Museum is to make way for a Blue Whale skeleton [View at source] [View...

1/27/2015

Exhibition Review: Winston Churchill's Scientists at the Science Museum

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Review: Radio telescope salvaged from gunships and intriguing characters in Science Museum show on 50th anniversary of Churchill’s death Click on the picture...

1/27/2015

National Museum of Computing enlists sound artist Matt Parker to create sound archive of computing

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A new project at the National Museum of Computing aims to capture the sounds of 70 years of computing Matt Parker recording at an Icelandic data centre ©...

1/27/2015

Mick Aston fans launch £20,000 fundraiser in bid for Channel 4 Time Team tribute dig

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Time Team fans target £20,000 in latest call for Channel 4 commission © Courtesy G de la Bedoyere Campaigners attempting to persuade Channel 4 to organise a...

1/27/2015

Waterloo200 website launches with 100 objects and search for Waterloo ancestors

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The Waterloo bicentenary has a new website packed full of resources, objects, stories and listings The Duke of Wellington’s Boots, practical for both battles...

1/26/2015

The Forth Bridge Raid: First Luftwaffe bombing raid of World War Two remembered at Queensferry Museum

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The Forth Bridge Raid, the first aerial engagement in the skies over Britain during World War Two, is remembered at Queensferry Museum Aerial shot of Forth...

1/23/2015

Holocaust Memorial Day 2015: Events in UK museums and galleries

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Officially taking place on Tuesday, this year's Holocaust Memorial Day has a theme of Keep the Memory Alive. Here are some of the events to look out for...

1/22/2015

British Library publishes vast audio archive of Holocaust testimonies for Holocaust Memorial Day

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One of the biggest collections of recordings made by Holocaust Survivors in Britain is being made available online by the British Library Young children after...

1/22/2015

The UK's oldest surviving yacht prepares to emerge from its subterranean home

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A precious yacht which lain undiscovered for over a century is about to be restored by Manx National Heritage Peggy, the earliest example of a British yacht,...

1/21/2015

Van Dyck takes a seaside holiday in Margate as self portrait heads out on exhaustive UK tour

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Sir Antony Van Dyck is limbering up for his UK tour with a spell by the seaside at Turner Contemporary Sir Anthony van Dyck, Self portrait (1640-1) © National...

1/21/2015

The story of the 17th century Scottish hospital at the centre of a £3 million rescue bid

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Trust campaigns to save 17th century almshouse and home of Scotland's second-oldest charity Cowane's Hospital, in Stirling, has been helping people for more...

1/21/2015

Lady Gaga ARTPOP shredded bin bags dress goes on public display in Women Fashion Power show

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Princess Charlene of Monaco and Vivienne Westwood also loan dresses to new Design Museum exhibition © Design Museum A dress made from shredded bin bags, worn...

1/20/2015

Luxurious hat given to Henry VIII's Wardrobe Clerk to go on display at Hampton Court Palace

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Hat which could have been Henry VIII's heads to Hampton Court Palace A hat with links to Henry VIII will become one of Historic Royal Palace's most...

1/20/2015

When is an auction not an auction? Raising money for not-for-profit art fair Sluice

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Biannual art fair for emerging art teams up with Paddle8 to raise funds for its third iteration in London this year Caroline Walker, Fruit Bowl (2013) ©...

1/19/2015

So good it's happening twice: Museums at Night 2015 to take place in May and October

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Festival extends to six nights, returning public vote to send six artists to competition winners Grayson Perry at the Yorkshire Museum and Gardens in 2014....

1/16/2015

Archaeologists find soldiers' kitchen and prehistoric remains at Hampshire farmstead

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2,000 years of history could be revealed at site where German soldiers who fought for British once cooked Excavations at Barton Farm, in Hampshire, are...

1/16/2015

Scientists recreate jaws of Dapedium to show how fish crushed creatures off Dorset coast 200 million years ago

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Fish preyed on hard-shelled creatures off Jurassic Dorset, say scientists recreating jaw movements A perfectly preserved example of the Lower Jurassic fish...

1/16/2015

Archaeology from Bronze Age Stonehenge country helps experts building huge record of prehistoric objects

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Daggers, pins and more from Bronze Age Wiltshire to be recreated in project based on centuries of archaeology Click on the picture to launch the gallery ...

1/16/2015

SAVE campaign celebrates as demolition of terraces around Ringo Starr's birthplace is vetoed

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"Welsh Streets" terraces that surround Ringo Starr's Liverpool birthplace to be saved from demolition Ringo's House, 9 Madryn Street, Liverpool © Rept0n1x,...

1/16/2015

Bullet that killed Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalagar to go on display at Chatham

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Bullet which killed Nelson heading to Chatham 250 years after launch of HMS Victory The single lead shot or bullet (musket ball) which killed Admiral Lord...

1/15/2015

£3.8 million restoration of 17th century Dyrham Park roof begins as organisers thank supporters

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Harpsichord players and drinking chocolate unaffected as scaffolders move in on £3.8 million mansion renovation Scaffolding surrounds the late 17th-century...

1/15/2015

Happy birthday British Museum: Ten of the best exhibitions our critics have seen at the BM

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The British Museum opened its doors 256 years ago today. Click on the links to read each exhibition review © British Museum The First Emperor - China's...

1/14/2015

Aircraft of the First World War: A tour of the Grahame-White Factory at the RAF Museum London

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A tour of the aeroplanes in the new First World War in the Air Gallery at the Royal Air Force Museum with Head of Collections, Ian Thirsk Ian Thirsk, Head of...

1/14/2015

"Extremely lucky" archaeologists find evidence of 15th century settlement near Northern Irish castle

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Scientific dating leads archaeologists to "extremely exciting" early settlement near ruined 13th century castle A post-excavation shot of the late 15th or...

1/14/2015

Ten of the best archaeology blogs from current UK history projects

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If you can't be there with a trowel, blogs are one of the best ways to keep up with the latest finds from archaeological digs. Here are ten to keep you up to...

1/12/2015

Scientists discover new species of "uniquely Scottish" boat-sized Jurassic reptile on Isle of Skye

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New species of predatory reptile could reveal more about Jurassic era when dinosaurs thundered through Scotland New species the Dearcmhara has been named...

1/12/2015

Dulwich Picture Gallery lines up major Eric Ravilious retrospective for summer 2015

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A major Eric Ravilious watercolour retrospective is the summer exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery Eric Ravilious, Belle Tout Interior (1939). Watercolour...

1/9/2015

A tantalising mystery: The story behind the huge Anglo-Saxon coin hoard found in Buckinghamshire

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Four days before Christmas, a metal detecting rally in Buckinghamshire revealed one of the largest Anglo-Saxon coin hoards ever found in Britain, touted in...

1/8/2015

Bilbao Effect heads to Bolton with "dramatic" £5 million renovation of Grade II-listed church

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Trust says 'Bolton Model' used at early 20th century church could inspire future community developments The Church of All Souls, in Bolton, was originally...

1/7/2015

Boulton Paul Defiant fighter rescued by Kent Battle of Britain Museum in Hawkinge

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A World War Two Boulton Paul Defiant fighter is going on permanent display at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum in Hawkinge The Boulton Paul Defiant was...

1/7/2015

Man wins Gallery Manager position after identifying mystery painting during job interview

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Painting detective wins gallery manager job after unmasking painting in historic collection Stephen Whittle, Museum and Gallery Manager at The Atkinson, with...

1/6/2015

Scrap of paper at Benjamin Britten's home shows start of Wilfred Owen inspiration for War Requiem

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New find could show start of Britten's plan to weave Latin Mass and Owen poems into choral masterpiece Benjamin Britton at work in his studio at The Red...

1/6/2015

Museum of London and Sherlock Holmes help Tinie Tempah create Men's Fashion Week suit

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Rapper and tweed fan Tinie Tempah teams up with Museum of London ahead of men's fashion week As well as the women, cars, cards and “very, very, very wild...

1/5/2015

A guide to the best new museums, galleries and cultural festivals of 2015

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Some of the country's best-loved galleries reopen, Damien Hirst's personal collection goes on show and there are new festivals to enjoy. Here are the...

1/5/2015

Inscription could have been last act at airfield by doomed World War II pilot, say archaeologists

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Writing on wall for pens which once provided Spitfire and Hurricane base An inscription on an air raid shelter in Norfolk could have been made by a pilot...

12/24/2014

Exotic hoard artefacts found in field hint at long-distance Bronze Age sea travel, say archaeologists in Wales

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Exotic weapons buried in field could have arrived in Wales by long-distance sea travel from England or France Metal detectorists, farmers and archaeologists...

12/23/2014

From Marvin Gaye Chetwynd to the Turner Prize: 2014 in contemporary art

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Mark Sheerin takes a look back at the key moments in contemporary art during 2014 Franz West at the Hepworth - the installation of the year? © NYCNAC (2008)...

12/23/2014

The crowd-sourcing web project bringing amateur and professional archaeologists together

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A web platform developed by the British Museum and University College London enables professional and amateur archaeologists to collaborate on new projects...

12/19/2014

Kids recreate The Bowes Museum's paintings with VanGoYourself and Culture Street

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The Bowes Museum has teamed up with Culture Street to create a video to encourage schoolchildren to discover art in a new way Year 9s have a go at recreating...

12/19/2014

Secret operation sees 54-foot, ten-tonne speed record-breaking car move at museum

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Massive supersonic car which holds speed record moved into Coventry Transport Museum in secret operation Click on the picture to launch [View at...

12/18/2014

Culture24's top ten literary history and heritage stories of 2014

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It was a vintage year for the UK's literary heritage - here are ten of the most popular Culture24 stories of 2014 A memoir of Jane Austen © West Dean College...

12/16/2014

Culture24's top ten Science and Nature stories of 2014

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Charles Darwin's notebooks, Patrick Moore's BBC scripts and David Livingstone's African beetles; just a few of the top stories of 2104 in Science and Nature ©...

12/16/2014

Tate unlocks vaults with worldwide access to unpublished archives of key British artists

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Sketchbooks by Graham Sutherland and Keith Vaughan, lover letters written by Paul Nash and family letters from Ben Nicholson are among the British art...

12/12/2014

Peter Pan birthplace to become Scottish Centre for Children's Stories after winning £1.8 million

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First Scottish Centre for Children’s Literature and Storytelling to be created at house where Peter Pan was imagined New adventures at Moat Brae House in...

12/12/2014

"The Germans started shouting to us 'come out'": Diary details World War I Christmas truce

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Read a First World War soldier's handwritten account of the Christmas Day truce when a "huge crowd" gathered between the trenches Lieutenant Charles Bertram...

12/11/2014

Palisaded settlement and Iron Age roundhouse reveal story of prehistoric Scottish communities

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Roundhouse and settlement show shadows of late Bronze Age and Iron Age Scottish community The excavation of Ravelrig palisaded settlement, near Edinburgh, in...

12/11/2014

Russian reindeer given to British submarine crew during World War II becomes BBC One star

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Russian reindeer put on weight during happy spell as diving mate to British World War II submarine crew Commander Geoffrey Sladen with Pollyanna the Russian...

12/10/2014

Conflict, Time, Photography: Tate Modern's powerful portrayal of the lasting effects of war

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Tate's survey of photographic responses to war shows the lasting consequences of conflict Shomei Tomatsu, Steel Helmut with Skull Bone Fused by Atomic Bomb,...

12/9/2014

Museum of Science and Industry celebrates £3 million investment in new gallery space

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Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester celebrates after securing £3 million for new gallery Artist impression of new home for science engagement at the...

12/9/2014

The English Railway Station: See photos from 200 years of British railway history

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From the ancient Southampton station styled on an Italian town palace to the modern St Pancras, railway stations revealed Click on the picture to launch the...

12/8/2014

Ancient hypnosis techniques which spawned Freud's couch revealed in madness, murder and mental healing

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Freud hypnosis, brainwashed murderers and more as Wellcome reveals century of mental healing to public Click on the picture to launch [View at...

12/8/2014

V&A to deliver the low-down on shoe addiction in summer 2015 show Shoes: Pleasure and Pain

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From parakeet creations to sandals recovered from the depths of an Ancient Egyptian tomb, the V&A's summer show reveals how people have been taking the...

12/5/2014

One of the UK's last working windmills springs back to life after funding boost

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The sails turn once again as Hampshire's oldest working windmill gets a new lease of life Hampshire's last working windmill opens to the public © Hampshire...

12/5/2014

Archive discovery confirms George Orwell really lived the low life for his reportage

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An archive discovery gives credence to the idea of "honest George" Orwell, the writer who lived the low life for the sake of his reportage George Orwell's...

12/4/2014

Shetland Museum's highly regarded Archaeology Collection given Recognised Status

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The prized archaeology collection at Shetland Museum has been granted Recognised Status by Museums Scotland An early Christian Monk Stone from the Archaeology...

12/4/2014

Newly discovered letter reveals what really happened during the 1914 Christmas Day truce

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A newly discovered letter throws more light on the Christmas truce in 1914 The Congreve letter gives a lively general's-eye-view of the Christmas truce of...

12/4/2014

Archaeologists in Jersey find solid gold torc hidden in Celtic coin hoard

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Celtic coin hoard discovered by archaeologists in Jersey leads to gold finds including solid gold torc The Golden torc is larger than any other example ever...

12/2/2014

Visitors glimpse Thames from 42 metres high as £1 million Tower Bridge glass floor opens to public

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Visitors get first sight of Tower Bridge landscape from £1 million glass floor Click on the picture to launch [View at source] ...

12/2/2014

Scottish National Portrait Gallery bags a beautiful Raeburn portrait worth £210,000

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The Scottish National Portrait Gallery has bagged itself a beauty by Raeburn thanks to the Acceptance in Lieu Scheme Lady Montgomery, née Helen Graham by Sir...

12/2/2014

Wedgwood Collection to be loaned back to the Wedgwood Museum by the V&A

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Just months after it was saved, the Wedgwood Collection is to be lent back to the Wedgwood Museum © Art Fund. Photo: Phil Sayer One of the most important...

12/2/2014

Audrey Hepburn got big break here, says National Portrait Gallery ahead of new exhibition

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Did you know the National Portrait Gallery had a hand in the career of Audrey Hepburn? Audrey Hepburn photographed wearing Givenchy by Norman Parkinson, 1955...

12/2/2014

Cornelia Parker to create huge Wikipedia-inspired replication of Magna Carta at British Library

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Contentious Wikipedia entry for Magna Carta recreated by hundreds of people under direction of revered artist Cornelia Parker has directed a Magna Carta...

12/1/2014

Skeleton from Saxon skeleton and Roman burial urn to be examined by archaeologists

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Lab tests for Saxon cemetery and Roman cremation urn A Bronze Age cremation urn found at the site in Aylesham © Courtesy Aylesham Garden Village...

12/1/2014

English Heritage and National Trust welcome Stonehenge tunnel plans

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English Heritage and National Trust welcome news as Stonehenge Tunnel plan announced back on © English Heritage The guardians of the Stonehenge heritage...

11/28/2014

Bones used in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey to go on show at cinema

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Bones from Stanley Kubrick's 1968 classic on show as museum reveals truth behind "celebrity" elephant The Indian and African elephants inside the old Museum...

11/27/2014

RAF Museum hits all the right notes with new First World War in the Air gallery

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The RAF Museum has unveiled its new First World War in the Air gallery. Richard Moss takes a look © Richard Moss The Royal Air Force Museum has achieved...

11/26/2014

In Pictures: Prince of Wales makes drawing school first Royal institution since 1956

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Prince Charles adds charity drawing school to prestigious list started by Royal Academy during 18th century Click on the picture to launch [View...

11/26/2014

Campaigners say BBC could show Time Team special as calls grow for Mick Aston tribute

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Campaigners ponder BBC approach as petition for Channel 4 archaeology special nears 7,000-signature mark Flag Fen, the prehistoric Peterborough site where...

11/25/2014

Warring Neanderthal and cannibal factions to battle in cinema drama at brutalist Preston Bus Station

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Neanderthals and cannibals to meet in dilapidated cinema at brutalist bus station after gallery wins contemporary art award Clarissa Corfe, of the Harris...

11/25/2014

Ben Uri acquires rare Josef Herman painting lost for more than 60 years

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Ben Uri acquires "extremely rare" early work by Polish émigré painter which was thought to have been lost Josef Herman, Refugees (circa 1941) © Estate of...

11/25/2014

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art revives the work of Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun

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The forgotten men of British Modernism? The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art celebrates the work of the two Roberts; Colquhoun and MacBryde Ian Fleming...

11/25/2014

Charles Darwin notebooks from first attempt at theory of evolution released online

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Pencil sketch in which Darwin first coined term Natural Selection released in "really significant" high-quality online collection Charles Darwin (circa 1855)....

11/24/2014

Army hospital x-rays reveal intricacies of Anglo-Saxon sword, shield, spear and grave goods

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Sixth century grave goods found at Anglo-Saxon burial site scanned by army as archaeologists examine x-rays Archaeologists have enlisted the help of the army...

11/21/2014

Beautiful Roman "Swiss army knife" is star archaeological attraction at Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum

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A six-pronged silver invention is the most popular online exhibit in the incredible collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. Here's why ©...

11/19/2014

West Dean Gardens launches appeal to restore its working Victorian glasshouses

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The magnificent Victorian glass houses at West Dean Gardens are in need of some tender loving care The Victorian glasshouses in the walled Kitchen Garden at...

11/18/2014

Revealed: The feminist story of the women who set up First World War hospital in Russia

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"Underlying message of feminism" in story of Scottish Women's Hospital as part of new World War I anthology Click on the picture to launch a gallery from the...

11/17/2014

Natural History Museum acquires world's most complete Stegosaurus fossil skeleton

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A Stegosaurus skeleton will be the Natural History Museum in London's latest addition to its impressive dinosaur displays © Courtesy NHM For the first time in...

11/14/2014

Could a Cornish meadow be the site of a mass grave from a shipwreck 300 years ago?

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Archaeologists ponder digging Cornish meadow after investigations show more than 200 bodies from shipwreck could lie there A Cornish valley with a waterfall...

11/14/2014

Archaeologists "strike gold" with stinky pickling pond used in HMS Victory build

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Archaeologists have found a pond used to help build mighty ships in a stinky pit beneath a dockyard Click on the picture to launch [View at...

11/14/2014

Bench where Rik Mayall punched co-star in groin returns in fitting tribute by Bottom fans

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Bench where Bottom stars gawped, fought and cried - hailed "one of the greatest pieces of art ever" by Rik Mayall - returns after fan campaign As the spot...

11/14/2014

Rik Mayall Bottom bench unveiled by fans near original Hammersmith site of BBC sitcom

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Re-enactors thump each other on recreation of bench loved by Rik Mayall Supporters unveil the bench in honour of Rik Mayall and Bottom © Matthew Chattle,...

11/14/2014

Rik Mayall Bottom bench unveiled by fans near original Hammersmith site of BBC sitcom

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Re-enactors thump each other on recreation of bench loved by Rik Mayall Supporters unveil the bench in honour of Rik Mayall and Bottom © Matthew Chattle,...

11/13/2014

Museum hopes to save vital piece of community history after fire attack on Roman House

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Archaeology sessions and history workshops could be held at Roman House burnt down in apparent arson Poole's Roman House was a much-loved community learning...

11/13/2014

A weak comet and a sandblasted spacecraft: NASA expert on the Philae Rosetta mission

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NASA scientist who helped plan Rosetta mission says ancient comet chosen to prolong probe's lifespan before sandblasting death The comet which scientists are...

11/12/2014

In Pictures: European Space Agency's Philae Rosetta comet probe thrills scientists

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All eyes are on a comet 261 million miles away as the world follows the progress of a daring space mission by a lander, named after an obelisk held at a...

11/12/2014

Allen Jones RA: Edginess and a sense of risk permeates playful Royal Academy exhibition

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Exhibition review: Allen Jones RA, Royal Academy of Arts, London, November 13 – January 25 2015 Allen Jones RA, Hat Stand (1969). Mixed media © Allen Jones....

11/12/2014

Granddaughter's shock discovery leads to story of World War I conscientious objector who served as medic

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Rarely-told tale of those who decided not to fight in World War I given greater coverage after granddaughter's shock discovery in York Ronald Priestman in a...

11/12/2014

Name that rhino: Museum asks public to join in after dismantling huge animal skeleton

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Public given chance to name "charismatic" rhino as skull and shoulders are removed, orang-utan has suit fitted "How to get a head in skeleton...

11/12/2014

Prehistoric house which was "fantastic" Roman resource destroyed by arson in Dorset

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Priceless prehistoric house could be lost to learners after arson attack despair for organisers and volunteers Poole's hugely popular Roman House has been...

11/11/2014

Artist’s Statement: Sadie Lee on reworking rococo painting for GFEST

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Celebrated LGBT painter offers fresh perspective on Francois Boucher with work at the Menier Gallery for GFEST 2014 © Sadie Lee Artist’s Statement: In her own...

11/11/2014

Lost Howard Hodgkin paintings discovered in Wiltshire workshop

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Howard Hodgkin paintings turn up in a Wiltshire workshop and head for a London exhibition Howard Hodgkin, Another Rainbow, Gagosian Gallery © Gagosian Gallery...

11/11/2014

Museum of Zoology calls on public to sing like finback and provide voices for new Whale Hall

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Singing workshops to allow public to recreate the songs of the oceans for giant skeleton's new Whale Hall home © Tom Mayle Ever wanted to echo the inimitable...

11/11/2014

How archaeology is helping the Philae Rosetta mission to a comet 261 million miles away

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Mission to faraway comet reveals secrets of universe with techniques used on artefacts from 19th century Egypt A lander heading for outer space will aim to...

11/10/2014

MIRRORCITY offers diverse reflections of London life at Hayward Gallery

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Exhibition: MIRRORCITY: London Artists on Fiction and Reality, Hayward Gallery, London, until January 4 2015 Susan Hiller, Resounding (2013-14) © Courtesy...

11/10/2014

Search is on for great Victorian female seaweed collector who left specimens in Scarborough

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Search for mysterious Victorian woman who collected seaweed and left vivid collection in Scarborough vaults © Tony Bartholomew / Scarborough Museums Trust...

11/10/2014

National Railway Museum launches appeal to restore humble electric commuter train unit

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The National Railway Museum has joined forces with volunteers to raise money to bring a humble commuter vehicle back to display condition Members of the...

11/7/2014

Philae lander: Rosetta scientist hails achievement, says comet surface could be light and fluffy

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Professor Stan Cowley, who was part of the early planning stages of the Rosetta mission, gives his verdict on the probe's progress so far Professor Stan...

11/7/2014

Curator recreates William Blake's studio following discovery of previously unknown plans

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Recently discovered blueprints of a house in Lambeth are enabling the Ashmolean in Oxford to recreate William Blake's studio of the 1790s Hercules Buildings,...

11/7/2014

Petition opposing closure of Imperial War Museum library receives more than 5,500 signatures

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Union says plans to close library have been forced by £4 million budget deficit following recent government cuts A programme for a Dick Whittington pantomime...

11/7/2014

BBC and IWM create The Face of WW1 Photo Mosaic for Armistice

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The BBC and IWM have created a giant mosaic as people across the country pay their respects during Remembrance Weekend Private James Beaney was born on April...

11/7/2014

Musician to create 30 Minute Snare Drum Roll as dancers circumnavigate M25 at Southbank

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Avant-garde musician's 30-minute drum roll to set tempo for weekend of unusual events at Southbank Centre The 30 Minute Snare Drum Roll, made by Charles...

11/6/2014

Competition: Win a luxury hotel break for two and literary lunch with Jodi Picoult

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Competition: Win two tickets to a literary lunch with bestselling author Jodi Picoult and a night in a luxury five star hotel © David Levenson THIS...

11/6/2014

Competition: Win tickets for the Vatican Museum 3D experience in a cinema near you

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Win a pair of tickets for the blockbuster 3D cinema screening of the Vatican Museums 3D - in a cinema near you COMPETITION NOW CLOSED - THANKS TO ALL WHO...

11/6/2014

The Vatican's art treasures get the 3D cinema treatment in UK nationwide screening

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Immersive night-time footage from the halls that house some of the most rare and precious works of art in the world. It's Vatican Museums 3D a detail from ©...

11/5/2014

Benedict Cumberbatch's design of a life-size Paddington bear statue joins London trail

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Benedict Cumberbatch wants Paddington Bear statue at Museum of London to learn "finer art of acting" The arrival of Benedict Cumberbatch's statue coincides...

11/5/2014

Agreement to "maximise potential" of Britain's most intact First World War aerodrome Stow Maries

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It boasts 24 evocative Grade II listed buildings, now Britain's most intact First World War aerodrome is to benefit from a new planning agreement General View...

11/5/2014

Windsor Castle reveals details of Waterloo at Windsor: 1815-2015 for Waterloo200

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Windsor Castle is lining up to be one of the key locations during the Waterloo bicentenary in 2015 The Waterloo Chamber, Windsor Castle © Royal Collection...

11/4/2014

Archaeological Treasure: Portable Antiquities Scheme finds at the British Museum

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From the objects logged by the Portable Antiquities Scheme on Europeana to the archaeological treasures displayed at the British Museum The Ringlemere Cup....

11/4/2014

Nine artists in citywide Artes Mundi exhibition bring international biennial feel to Cardiff

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Exhibition: Artes Mundi 6, National Museum Cardiff, Chapter (Cardiff) and Ffotogallery (Penarth), until February 22 2015 Old Boiler Shop: Proud and Shaun,...

11/4/2014

Fears of demonic spirits following 1605 Gunpowder Plot revealed by witchmarks in Kent

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Apotropaic marks in royal room aimed to protect King who blamed Gunpowder Plot on Catholics, say experts Click on the picture to launch the gallery ...

11/4/2014

Guy Garvey, Bernard Sumner and more announced as BBC 6 Music Celebrates Libraries

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Guy Garvey, Public Service Broadcasting, DJ Yoda, Scroobius Pip join as 6 Music shows love for libraries What’s the longest you’ve ever kept a book from the...

11/3/2014

The Other Art Fair 2014: Culture24 talks to some of the rising stars

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Culture24 spoke to some of the artists at this year's Other Art Fair, set in a vast room filled with colours, textures and personalities at London's Old...