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Douglas Bader centenary exhibition launched at RAF Museum
The RAF Museum in Hendon's Douglas Bader centenary exhibition celebrates the inspirational pilot and disabled campaigner's life with a rare selection from the RAF archives.
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe narrates commemorative Holocaust Memorial Day film
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has narrated a special film charting the stories of survivors and their wish for a legacy of hope to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day.
Fighting in the Fields: The Land Girls at Brighton Museum
Brighton Museum hosts an exhibition on the history of the Women's Land Army who worked to feed the nation during WWI and WWII.
German Embassy in London marks fall of the Berlin Wall with ice wall installation
An 11-foot ice wall has been erected outside the German Embassy in Belgrave Square to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
TPYF project explores Cold War threat to York between the 1960s and 1980s
Young people have been investigating York's secret Cold War history to make a film for the Their Past Your Future project with the York City Archive.
Queens of all seasons Foale and Tuffin at Fashion and Textile Museum
Sally Tuffin and Marion Foale epitomised youth and Mod style in the 1960s, staying ahead of the game to produce some of the defining female fashions of the era. Melanie Abrams catches up with them at ...
Bournemouth University digitises key moments in LBC/IRN radio archives
The UK's commercial radio history has been brought to life in the form of online sound archives which will enable lecturers, students and researchers to extract knowledge from the key moments of...
Beatles to Bowie, The 60s Exposed at the National Portrait Gallery
London's cultural revolution as one of the hippest capital cities in the world is explored in the National Portrait Gallery's celebration of the swinging Sixties.
Salt of the Earth celebrates Scottishness at National Museums Scotland
Celebrating emigration, internationalism and Scottish impact abroad, Salt of the Earth features more than 20 contemporary photographs of personalities who have made a unique contribution to the image ...
New energy curator joins Museum of Science and Industry
The Museum of Science and Industry is set to see sparks fly as a new energy curator joins the museum, adding new items to the Electricity and Gas Galleries.
Simon Pope's Memory Marathon swaps batons with microphones for Olympic flashbacks
Last November, artist Simon Pope spent a day walking 26 miles across the East End of London, discussing Olympic memories with local residents every 400 metres. A film of the day, Memory Marathon, has ...
Richard Hamilton weighs Modern Moral Matters at Serpentine Gallery
Pop art meets politics in a major show by Richard Hamilton at London"s Serpentine Gallery. Mixed media gives rise to a range of messages in Modern Moral Matters, as Mark Sheerin finds out.
Hull trawler joins ss Great Britain and Royal Yacht on Historic Ships Register
Arctic Corsair, Hull's last sidewinder trawler, is now listed on the National Register of Historic Vessels after volunteers worked hard to preserve her.
Guest Article: The rise and demise of Manplan in the Architectural Review
Robert Elwall, assistant director at the RIBA Library Photographs Collection, discusses the rise and fall of the Manplan series of features in the Architectural Review in the late 1960s.
Michael Landy installs his Art Bin at the South London Gallery
Artists are invited to bring their "creative failure" along to a 600m³ bin for art at the South London Gallery. After destroying all his possessions for Breakdown, Michael Landy is set to dispose of ...
