It’s been a long hot summer in Europe. That has raised many questions and concerns about the growing impacts of climate change, not least for how it is impacting visitor choices to museums and galleri...

Performance dates and tickets for A Historic Farewell: Elizabeth II's Lying-in-State

Some exhibitions stay with you for life. Such is the Dulwich Picture Gallery exhibition Tirza Garwood: Beyond Ravilious that I visited back in 2025 . Frankly I went because a friend suggested i...

An art exhibition about the Lying-in-State of Queen Elizabeth II will open at the Houses of Parliament from 13 July - 2 October 2026.

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Both artists and scientists are fascinated by the world around us. Both observe and interrogate the world and show it back to us in new ways. Both use images not only to illustrate but also to produce...

Title: Curator: Parliamentary Art Collection. Employer: House of Commons. Salary: £43,614 - £50,374 per annum. Closes: 15/03/2026, 23:55

I still remember the moment when I realised that the throw-away joke that I used as the basis for a blog post was actually going to be a whole chapter of my PhD. That moment of exhilaration and clarit...

Two of the newest members of the House of Lords, Sanna Marin and 'Spin Class'.

Days out to a museum look a little different these days. Gone is the time when we could wheel a reasonably compliant baby around an exhibition and absorb the content. Today, Alfie is fascinated by, an...

In 1714, the British government joined a number of European powers in passing an act to encourage the study of the longitude question—literally: how do we reliably calculate longitude at sea?—in the i...

Research theme 3 for the CDP 2026/27 cohort is Rediscovering a Woman Collector at the British Library: New Sources and Perspectives on Sarah Sophia Banks

In the <i>Star Wars</i> series about the creation of the rebellion, Stellan Skarsgård’s art dealer/spymaster is perfectly placed to understand the inner workings of empire, writes Will Wiles

YouTube video by House of Lords

It’s funny how you remember some small events for years. I vividly recall early in my career being overawed at a conference by how confidently a senior colleague met and talked to people. How would I ...