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BY Culture24
08.07.2015
Archaeologists reveal more about Roman marching camp found at sports stadium excavation in York
Ankle breakers show how well-organised Roman marching camps "kept lads busy", say archaeologists A possible Roman ring © Courtesy York Archaeological Trust The remains of a Roman marching camp,...
BY Culture24
06.07.2015
"We wanted it just right": Rolling Stones announce largest ever exhibition about band
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 memorabilia will be given shelter at the...
BY Culture24
06.07.2015
Battered soldier's body tells bloody tale of the Wars of the Roses
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 fell at the Battle of Towton have been...
BY Culture24
07.07.2015
Flower power: RA examines the importance of gardens to Monet and his contemporaries
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) (1914-15). Oil on canvas © Portland Art...
BY EUROPEANA
03.07.2015
Caption this! summer competition
Circus Museum, CC BY-SA Here’s a little summer fun for you. Every Friday, we’ll share a great artwork or photo on Facebook and challenge you to come up with a witty caption for it. At the end of...
BY Culture24
03.07.2015
Andy and Kim Murray offer Fred Perry tennis ball to public in aid of cancer hospice which treated fan
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 of the three balls signed by the star...
BY Culture24
03.07.2015
Museum staff offer special tour to mystery boy who accidentally smashed 221-year-old jug
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 three-spout jug last summer © Courtesy IBC...
BY Culture24
03.07.2015
Restored Spitfire goes on show outside Cabinet War Rooms ahead of its charity sale at Christie's
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 © Christies London Supermarine Spitfire...
BY Culture24
07.07.2015
Volunteer project uncovers untold stories of Merchant Navy men in the First World War
The remarkable stories of merchant seamen during the First World War are being uncovered thanks to a digitisation project from the National Maritime Museum and National Archives Hundreds of...
BY Culture24
02.07.2015
Commemorative paving stone to be unveiled for first civilian to receive a VC during WWI
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 The SS Anglo Californian cargo vessel ©...
BY Culture24
01.07.2015
Object of the Week: A mystery terracotta head found on a tomb in an Ipswich churchyard
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 in the churchyard of St Lawrence in...
BY Culture24
01.07.2015
Public ballot announced for Battle of the Somme centenary memorial tickets
English and French leaders speak of "shared remembrance" ahead of ceremony at memorial next year Thiepval Memorial © Amanda Slater / Wikimedia Commons A public ballot will allocate 8,000 free...
BY Culture24
01.07.2015
"Disgraceful" first edition of Alice in Wonderland, rejected by book's illustrator, goes on public display
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 Wonderland has gone on show © Bodleian...
BY Culture24
02.07.2015
Hadrian's Wall frozen in time: New archive catalogues how English Heritage keeps historical site stuck in the past
Exhibition Preview: Working the Stasis at Chesters Roman Fort and Birdoswald Roman Fort until September 14 2015 Artist Dawn Felicia Knox with material collected and archived during the conservation...
BY Culture24
30.06.2015
Archaeologists find human footprint left by naughty teenager 2,000 years ago at Roman fort
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 Trust A tile with a “clear imprint” of a...
BY Culture24
30.06.2015
Culture Minister slaps export ban on John Logie Baird TV treasure trove
Culture Minister hopes buyer can be found for "hugely important" archive including earliest TV transmission to US Materials relating to John Logie Baird’s first-ever transmission of trans-Atlantic...
BY EUROPEANA
28.06.2015
Into the lions den with Rubens
The baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens was born on this day in 1577. Known as the ‘Prince of Painters’, and instantly recognisable for his grand, swirling style, his art now hangs in some of the...
BY EUROPEANA
26.06.2015
Join us in supporting VanGoYourself and Europeana Beacon
We often think of cultural heritage as paintings hung on a museum wall, or an impressive building in a foreign city. But nowadays, in this digital age with initiatives like VanGoYourself and...
BY Culture24
26.06.2015
A guide to Arts and Crafts venues across the West Midlands and the Cotswolds
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 Stratford-upon-Avon, is hosting two...
BY Culture24
27.06.2015
