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BY Culture24
01.10.2015
Artist's Statement: Russell Marshall on John Lennon posing in his New York t-shirt in 1974
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 and roll was still king. John Lennon had...
BY Culture24
01.10.2015
Facial reconstructions show how murdered 6th century men and women might have looked
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 or around Cramond and spent his last...
BY Culture24
30.09.2015
"Tantalising" Bronze Age building could have been used as prehistoric healing sauna, say archaeologists
Speculation surrounds Bronze Age hot house discovered on Orkney A hot new discovery could have been a prehistoric sauna in Scotland © Crown Copyright: reproduced for Historic Scotland Archaeologists...
BY Culture24
30.09.2015
Could Bronze Age mummies have been smoked and buried in British peat bogs? Experts say mummifying could have been widespread
Two buried bodies found in South Uist, Scotland could show mummification in prehistoric Britain © Cambridge Archaeological Unit Bronze Age bodies buried in the UK bear resemble a prehistoric mummy...
Museums
29.09.2015
Top museums: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
To celebrate some of the most incredible museums in the world, we're rounding up the winners of the TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice awards for 2015 . At number 25: Museum of...
BY Culture24
29.09.2015
Artist's Statement: Matthew Darbyshire on Tate, shopping malls, smoking shelters and student halls
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) “I made this for an exhibition in the...
BY Culture24
29.09.2015
Dutch master's 17th century selfie, bought by wartime socialite for £771, moves from Surrey to The Hague for Golden Age show
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 Easel: Self-portrait, aged 32 (1667). Oil on...
BY EUROPEANA
25.09.2015
A is for…anything!
If you’re reading this, I’m pretty sure you know your ABCs. But learning to read isn’t all there is to the alphabet. An ABC can teach you a whole lot more… In Europeana, we have traditional...
BY Culture24
27.09.2015
Archaeologists find oldest decapitated skull in South American hunter-gatherer mortuary ritual
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 World was pulled and twisted after...
BY Culture24
28.09.2015
Curator's Choice: Kate Jesson on photographer Pat Flynn's Half-Life of a Miracle at Manchester Art Gallery
The Curator of Contemporary Art on the new exhibition by the Wizard of Oz-referencing photographer in Manchester Pat Flynn, Cheeses (2015) © Courtesy Pat Flynn / The International 3 "Pat Flynn’s...
BY Culture24
24.09.2015
Object of the Week: A gas mask worn by a German soldier in the First World War trenches
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 was worn by a German soldier in the...
BY Culture24
23.09.2015
Brutal Utopias: See pictures as the National Trust announces a Brutalist Architecture Celebration
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 behind the scenes at the Southbank...
BY EUROPEANA
21.09.2015
How does a Greek traditional lullaby sound like?
This is a guest post by Marianna Anastasiou, The Music Library of Greece of the Friends of Music Society , CC BY-NC . This post appeared first on September 21, 2015 on Europeana Sounds blog . ...
BY Culture24
21.09.2015
Soviet-British alliance could have averted World War II, diaries of Russian ambassador who drank with Churchill reveal
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 Soviet Union, signing the Soviet–Finnish...
Museums
05.02.2016
Travelers' Choice Top 25 Museums of the World
TripAdvisor has announced its Travelers' Choice awards for museums around the world. The awards are based on the millions of reviews and opinions from TripAdvisor travelers worldwide. "Honoring...
BY Culture24
18.09.2015
Competition: Win tickets to Art Social '15
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 House of St Barnabas The week-long Art...
BY Culture24
18.09.2015
"Like an armadillo on steroids": Scientists announce unique dinosaur species at Sussex museum
Horsham Museum dinosaur differs from Polacanthus and is unique, more robust species, says expert The vertebra of the new Horshamosaurus © Courtesy Horsham Museum A dinosaur whose fossils were found...
BY Culture24
21.09.2015
Buried Neolithic Scottish woman is sad case of UK's first rickets sufferer, say archaeologists
Sea food diet could have prevented problems, skeleton removed from Scottish island of Tiree suggests The skull of the skeleton found on Tiree. Archaeologists say it belonged to a malnourished woman...
BY Culture24
21.09.2015
Pristine pilgrim skeletons found in Warwickshire could have been followers of medieval saint
Medieval bodies found near Lichfield Cathedral could have been pilgrims seeking saint’s healing © Archaeology Warwickshire Around 50 “pristine” medieval skeletons have been found at a pilgrimage...
BY Culture24
17.09.2015
