Culture secretary Lisa Nandy says the 15 national museums and galleries ‘must be free, forever, for everyone to access’

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The Cambridge academic has rightly now resigned. But that won’t end the targeting of senior black figures or the lazy way institutions promote faux equality, says Guardian columnist Jason Okundaye

The Migration Museum is partnering with five museums and galleries across the UK to launch a new programme bringing diverse voices, lived experiences, and perspectives into the creation of a series of...

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Heritage officials in Switzerland have uncovered an extraordinary collection of hundreds of religious pilgrim medallions dating from the 17th to the 20th centuries, offering a rare glimpse into centur...

The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships is a three year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences.

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In a fascinating new book, historian Anthony Bale vividly reconstructs the brutal, fantastical, and sometimes deeply religious experiences of medieval travellers across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

A starter list of books to get you going, as you explore the Middle Ages in all its horrors and wonders. 

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[caption id="attachment_9805" align="alignright" width="199"] Image credit: 'The Constellational Novel, by Dr Louis Klee, Published by Oxford University Press https://global.oup.com/academic/covers/pdp/9780198956303[/caption] Louis Klee has been awarded the 2025 University English Book Prize...

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