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BY Culture24
21.04.2015
Cats and books to bake-offs and bread: 20 of Orkney Library's best tweets on Twitter
Stewart Bain, of the Orkney Library Twitter account which has almost as many followers as the islands' population, picks 20 of his favourite tweets from the past two years Just found these on the...
BY Culture24
20.04.2015
Guinness World Record for pendulum clock vindicates John Harrison 250 years on
The Royal Observatory scoops the Guinness World Record for ‘most accurate mechanical clock with a pendulum swinging in free air’ © National Maritime Museum, London From the world’s largest biceps to...
Brukenthal National Museum
16.04.2015
Oldest museum in Romania runs a campaign for its first complete restoration
More than 200 years ago, a visionary man, Baron Samuel von Brukenthal, disposed in his will that his palace and collections be open for public visiting. His dream came through after...
BY Culture24
16.04.2015
Richard Diebenkorn makes return to Europe in overdue retrospective at Royal Academy
The paintings of Richard Diebenkorn make a welcome return to British shores at the Royal Academy Richard Diebenkorn, Berkeley #5, 1953 © 2014 The Richard Diebenkorn Foundation, Pirvate Collection A...
BY EUROPEANA
15.04.2015
The miniature magic of Japanese netsuke
Netsuke, the small sculptural objects worn by men in Japan since the seventeenth century, first shot to fame in Europe with the publication of Edmund de Waal’s popular memoir, The Hare With Amber...
BY Culture24
15.04.2015
The power of ceramics: Jack Doherty on the fine art of pots ahead of Ceramic Art London
Ceramicist Jack Doherty makes the case for the fine art of pots ahead of this weekend's Ceramic Art London at the Royal College of Art Clockwise from top left: Delfina Emmanuel; Kyra Cane; Jin Eui...
BY Culture24
16.04.2015
Discovery of family recipe allows RAF Museum to recreate fighter ace's favourite plum cake
The RAF Museum pays tribute to First World War Flying Ace Albert Ball by recreating his favourite cake © RAF Museum The legendary English fighter pilot Albert Ball was one of the most iconic heroes...
BY Culture24
17.04.2015
Bearded men bottles could have been filled with urine and hair to ward off 17th century witches
Bottles found beneath a hearth in Hampshire contained bent bronze pins, human hair and cork bungs Four complete 'bearded man' bottles were discovered in Hampshire 24 years ago © Hampshire Cultural...
BY Culture24
19.04.2015
Bone fragments and burial goods of "wealthy and cosmopolitan" Roman found in North Hertfordshire village
Large glass bottle from 2nd century contained cremated bone and worn Roman coin © Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews Archaeologists who have been describing a metal detectorist’s discoveries in a North...
BY Culture24
14.04.2015
Archaeologists find Britain's oldest human cremation at Mesolithic pit in Essex
Prehistoric Britons had "required understanding" of fire and pyres to combust corpses at more than 600 degrees Some of the cremated remains found by Oxford Archaeology at a pipeline site in Essex ©...
BY EUROPEANA
13.04.2015
Yesterday’s news: How newsreels told the story of the First World War
Nowadays there’s news breaking everywhere we go; there’s no escape. We have access the latest stories at any time, in any place, in any form. We read it, see it, hear it all day. This omnipresence...
BY Culture24
11.04.2015
Spectacular but occasionally sagging: Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art at the British Museum
Exhibition review: Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art, British Museum Marble statue of a naked Aphrodite crouching at her bath, also known as Lely's Venus. Roman copy of a Greek original...
BY Culture24
09.04.2015
From the Far East to the North West, Manchester Art Gallery celebrates Asian craft
Exhibition review: Eastern Exchanges - East Asian Craft and Design, Manchester Art Gallery, until May 31 2015 Gyokusendo, gold teapot © Courtesy Manchester Art Gallery With its rich displays of...
BY Culture24
10.04.2015
"May you consume his blood": The Roman curse tablet written after a 4th century theft
Roman man used tablet to urge god and nymph to deprive thief of mind and blood The tablet, known as a defixio during Roman times, found at Badnam Creek © Hampshire Cultural Trust Found by Badnam...
BY Culture24
13.04.2015
Prunella Clough's Unconsidered Wastelands reconsidered at Osborne Samuel
Prunella Clough's journey through England's wastelands is explored at Osborne Samuel Deserted Gravel Pit , c.1946 Pigeon-holing Prunella Clough (1919 -1999) has always been difficult. The English...
BY Culture24
07.04.2015
Cantona, cinemas and a temporary closure: Cornerhouse moves Manchester HOME after 30 years
Cornerhouse leaves home after 30 years ahead of opening of £25 million HOME arts centre in Manchester Cornerhouse has closed its door on the Oxford Street home where it stood for 30 years © Ben Page...
BY Culture24
08.04.2015
Curators find Victoria Cross won by British Major shot on horse during First World War Mesopotamian campaign
Medals remember British Major and junior officer buried at Basra with thousands of First World War casualties The Victoria Cross awarded to Major Godfrey Massy Wheeler in September 1915 © Royal...
Museums
02.04.2015
Daily art story: Mucha's Seasons
Alphonse Mucha was born in 1860 in the Czech Republic. Although his singing abilities earned him several scholarships that allowed him to continue his education through high school in Brno,...
BY EUROPEANA
01.04.2015
Life on the edge: the Story of St Kilda
With its sheer cliffs and glassy waters, the archipelago St Kilda sits at the northern tip of the British isles, the westernmost part of the Outer Hebridean islands. As you might expect from such a...
BY Culture24
01.04.2015
