Assembling places and persons: a tenth-century Viking boat burial from Swordle Bay on the Ardnamurchan peninsula, western Scotland - Volume 91 Issue 355

Set in the aftermath of the famine, the Hamnet author’s family saga folds in myth and folklore

The swaggering statue’s luscious collision of brown and blue could stop traffic – and serves as a reminder of the big, beautiful, multicultural world we enjoy

PhD Position Women in the Early Modern Language Sector

By focusing on service as an important socio-historical reality of labour, this volume presents new research on the complex relations between gender a...

A fascinating book that draws much-needed attention to the best public sculpture and monuments in these two north-western counties.  The artworks included are mostly in urban areas; however, some are ...

Sue Wilkes is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She has written extensively on social history, and industrial history and heritage. Sue was born in Lancashire, and has lived in Cheshire since ...

A 1-day conference, organised by the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers and the Arms and Armour Society, to be held on Saturday 3rd October 2026 at Armourers Hall, London – 10:00 – 17:30.

Help Restore the Tomb of John Flaxman RA: Carving History Bac… PSSA Conservation of John Flaxman's tomb slab needs your support for Conservation of Sculptor John Flaxman's Tomb Slab

Edinburgh Council has approved a temporary ban on public art projects in Princes Street Gardens in a drive to move new statues away from the city centre. This will work as a "temporary moratorium" until a "statue and memorialisation plan" and wider Princes Street and Waverley Valley Strategy are signed off. This will not affect ongoing projects such as the memorial for Muriel Spark and a sculpture to commemorate those impacted by the Infected Blood Scandal, but would prevent any nascent memorial projects for the gardens. Princes Street Gardens is one of the capital's installation hotspots, with 21 statues and monuments standing in the gardens, and another two on the way.

As he opens a career-spanning show in London, the Turner prize-winning artist gives us a private view of his giant studio and talks controversy censorship and why disobedience is central to making great art

Butcher bags, human sacrifice and cavernous black holes … in a world of dry art this stunning exhibition forces us to confront religion and mortality

The Windrush Prize will award £10,000 to the writer of the winning play, which will receive a run at the Arcola theatre next year The first prize dedicated to discovering and developing British Caribbean playwrights has been launched using compensation awarded to a Windrush victim who died before receiving it. The Windrush Prize for British Caribbean Playwrights, believed to be the first major prize of its kind in 30 years, has been established by Shereener Browne, the founder and artistic director of Orísun Productions and a former barrister, in memory of her late father, Myron Brown. Continue reading...

The Development of Catholic Chapels in Ireland Prior to Catholic Emancipation, 1778–1829 - Volume 68

Fashion, animals, Venice, photography and emotions.