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BY Culture24
11.05.2015
Cecile Walton's idyllic double portrait hints at the tangled lives of Scottish artists at the SNPG
A beautiful double portrait that celebrates the talents and hints at the tangled lives of Scottish artists of the early 1900s has gone on display in Edinburgh Cecile Walton, Eric Robertson...
BY Culture24
13.05.2015
Archaeologists who found wounded knight among 2,500 bodies at Hereford Cathedral to release book
Archaeologists to take story of wounded knight on tour as book on mysterious Hereford burials is published The remains of a medieval knight were found among thousands of bones during recent...
BY EUROPEANA
09.05.2015
A big idea: how the European Union was set in motion 65 years ago
To those of us who live here, the European Union is something that we argue about – who’s in, who’s out, who’s in charge – but ultimately, I think, something we take for granted as a...
BY Culture24
08.05.2015
Sally B Flying Fortress to celebrate 70th birthday with VE Day fly past at Duxford Air Show
The Sally B B17 is to celebrate its 40th birthday by leading the salute during the VE Day Air Show at Duxford on May 23 and 24 B-17 Flying Fortress Sally B will be leading the VE Day anniversary...
BY Culture24
11.05.2015
Archaeologists reveal shoes of workers at 18th century site which was Scotland's largest whiskey distillery
Site which was one of Edinburgh's largest whiskey distilleries opened to public before development © City of Edinburgh Council The site of one of Scotland’s largest whiskey distilleries, where...
BY Culture24
13.05.2015
"A crucial transformation": Scientists use 500 million-year-old fossilised brain to study evolution of animal heads
Scientists use most complete fossilised brain from Canadian collection to trace "major transitional step" between worm-like creatures and hard exoskeletons Odaraia alata, an arthropod resembling a...
BY Culture24
06.05.2015
Penis Worm was a fearsome Cambrian period predator with teeth like a cheese grater, say palaeontologists
Fossil turned mouth inside-out to expose tooth-lined throat resembling cheese grater, according to scientists The carnivorous Ottoia still exists in various forms © Shunkina Ksenia Palaeontology...
BY Culture24
08.05.2015
William Scott's Victory 1945: A poignant memento of VE Day
The William Scott Foundation is marking the 70th anniversary VE Day with a beautiful early lithograph called Victory William Scott, Victory, 1945 © Estate of William Scott 2015 On May 8 1945,...
BY Culture24
12.05.2015
Infirmary murder mystery leads to Edward Elgar Museum
Get your tickets for an infirmary's murder mystery leading to the birthplace of Edward Elgar Snap up your ticket for a unique event at two of the country's most popular heritage venues © The...
BY Culture24
01.05.2015
'Defiant' Jack Holmes: The man who built the Boulton Paul Defiant
He built Boulton Paul Defiants during the war and went on to build a faithful replica. 'Defiant' Jack Holmes talks to Culture24 about a lifelong passion Jack Holems holdes the silver salver...
BY Culture24
03.05.2015
A mermaid model of a sprite: The Horniman Museum's 19th century monkey-fish
This style of Mermaid has had a long tradition in Shinto shrines in Japan, with reports of examples that are reputed to be more than 1,000 years old Specimen of Ningyo mermaid, Feejee mermaid or...
BY Culture24
05.05.2015
Skeleton of high-status girl was one of dozens of burials at Hampshire Saxon cemetery, say archaeologists
Girl of between 12 and 14 found was buried with necklace at 6th century cemetery excavated between 1973 and 1975 Cremation 58 from a cemetery discovered at Portway © Hampshire Cultural Trust A...
BY Culture24
28.05.2015
Curator's Choice: Two forgotten mausoleum gates inspired by Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde's graveyard at Highgate Cemetery
Dr Ian Dungavell found a pair of lost 19th century mausoleum doors - inspired by the graveyard where Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde lie - during his duties at London’s Highgate Cemetery The two 19th...
BY Culture24
30.04.2015
Amputation knives to historical gold mines: key exhibits from the new National Civil War Centre
Ahead of the opening of the new £5.4 million Centre in Newark this weekend, here are some of the key exhibits, as chosen by curators and experts Surgeons aimed to carry out clean amputations during...
BY Culture24
29.04.2015
Postcards, photos, Great Trilithon toasting forks and Spinal Tap: Stonehenge as tourist attraction
A new exhibition at Stonehenge tells the story of the famous monument as a tourist attraction. Here are ten tasters An early postcard of Stonehenge, from the turn of the century The new exhibition...
BY Culture24
29.04.2015
Cambridge University Library reveals its rarely seen treasures for Waterloo200
Detail of the Grand View of Waterloo © Cambridge University Library By its own admission, Cambridge University Library never set out to assemble a specific, single collection relating to Waterloo,...
BY Culture24
27.04.2015
Moss Side Asda to a tommies' military hospital: The Museum of the Year finalists, pictured by Martin Parr
Reaction from the six finalists in the Art Fund's Museum of the Year, pictured by Martin Parr Dunham Massey, Altrincham Developed in 1916, the Thomas Splint drastically reduced mortality rates ©...
BY EUROPEANA
24.04.2015
Gallipoli from a different perspective
By collecting together untold stories of this historic war, Europeana 1914-1918 offers many opportunities to look at familiar events from new and different perspective, and from both sides of the...
BY Culture24
24.04.2015
Dinofest2015 brings the world's leading dinosaur exhibits to museums across Hampshire
Dinofest, a year-long festival of dinosaur exhibitions and events, kicks-off in May across Hampshire John Sibbick is an Isle of Wight based artist who has been drawing and illustrating dinosaurs...
BY Culture24
22.04.2015
