Pevsner Photo Competition | Your Favourite Building in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire Photo Competition 2020 Many of you have been admiring Martine Hamilton Knight’s photographs from the new Pevsner…
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Architecture
A 16th-century Portuguese Plan of the Badi’ Palace
Writing a book is hard, but finding centuries-old primary sources of Moroccan royal households can be even harder….
Fake Heritage for the Fake News Era
Heritage is a physical manifestation of days gone by – the remains of humankind’s past; from our buildings,…
Fashion
“The Pocket” Design Competition | The Winners
In the summer of 2020, we asked dress history enthusiasts from across the globe to get crafty (18th…
Fur: A Sensitive History
Fur has built nations, decimated species, subjugated communities and driven fashion. It has inspired great works of art,…
The Rose in Fashion: Ravishing
In this blog, Amy de la Haye gives readers a taste of her latest book, The Rose in…
Photography
Face Values: George Beresford’s photographs of Virginia Woolf & Vanessa Bell
As social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram become ubiquitous in our daily lives, you could be…
Art Can Help: Spreading Hope in an Imperfect World
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all…
Lynda Nead explores post-war Britain, 1950s culture & The Tiger in the Smoke
To coincide with the launch of The Tiger in the Smoke by Lynda Nead – her third publication for…
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Marking Time: Objects in Early Modern History
During the early modern period, people’s relationship with the concept of time and their personal experience of it…
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Pevsner Photo Competition | Your Favourite Building in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire Photo Competition 2020 Many of you have been admiring Martine Hamilton Knight’s photographs from the new Pevsner…