The Portland Collection stands out as one of the earliest documented collections of a stately home, thanks to the efforts…
‘Threads of Empire: Rule and Resistance in Colonial India, c.1740-1840’, Lakeside Arts Centre
Not only was the subject of India on the tongues of all politicians in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but…
‘Death in the ice’, an Exhibition of Exploration and the Unknown at the National Maritime Museum
‘Death in the ice’, the exhibition of Captain John Franklin’s fateful Arctic voyage at the Royal Museums Greenwich, has captivated…
The Workhouse & I
I hadn’t been to The Workhouse property- and thought I had never been to a workhouse at all- until…
Christmas at Castle Howard
The first time I have officially felt Christmassy this year was today, at Castle Howard: Christmas trees, upside down Christmas…
Whitby Museum: a Treasure Trove
The heritage sector is an important part of my life: I have spent a majority of my academic life in…
The idea behind “Heroes on Paper”
In his essay collection The Spirit of the Age, William Hazlitt wrote that “heroes on paper might degenerate into vagabonds in practice”. In…
Heroes on Paper 