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The Leach Pottery reveals its east-meets-west ethos in Shigeyoshi Ichino Memorial Exhibition
One of the later Japanese potters to work at the Leach is celebrated with a show celebrating the East-West flow of ideas began by Bernard Leach during the early 20th century.
Marking the Line: Ceramics and Architecture at Sir John Soane's Museum
Curators say Making the Line, which will take work by four leading ceramicists to a trio of historic venues, is unlike anything ever previously attempted at a museum.
Archaeological remake of 4,000-year-old boat faces "moment of truth" in Cornwall
An amazing project to reconstruct an ancient boat, carried out using Bronze Age axeheads and prehistoric techniques in Cornwall, could see the vessel launch this week.
Cornish lord Sir James Tillie found in chair burial after 300 years at Pentillie Castle
Excavators believed they have found Sir James Tillie's body, buried in his best clothes alongside books, wine and his pipe 300 years ago, in a hidden vault.
William Scott Centenary year begins with a major exhibition at Tate St Ives
Tate St Ives kicks off the 2013 centenary of the birth of painter William Scott with a series of thematic rooms exploring his morphological shifts between genres.
Museums at Night 2013: Port Eliot at Night's music and monastic splendour in Saltash
Fire, candlelight, a choir performance and an enormous sculpture of an elephant as one of Cornwall's best-loved historic sites celebrates Museums at Night in style.
Culture24/7: A scintillating Science and Nature selection box to round off your 2012
"Hackable" table-tennis games, Arctic gnomes and a trip to Ecuador in our pick of seven Science and Nature exhibitions to keep an eye on this December.
Halloween Curator's Choice: A Dark Mirror from the Museum of Witchcraft
A Halloween special Curator's Choice sees Graham King of the Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle, Cornwall explain the strange allure of Cecil Williamson’s Dark Mirror.
Cornish Mining World Heritage: The Count House and coast at Botallack Mine, St Just
Jamie Maddison continues his journey across the Mining Heritage Landscape of Cornwall by following an audio trail that uncovers the story of Botallack Mine, St Just.
Kurt Jackson in bullish mood as St Just show brings out treasures at Royal Cornwall Museum
Artist Kurt Jackson has attempted to photograph every bull in the West Cornwall parish of St Just as part of a new exhibition exploring the treasures of the area.
Cornish Mining Heritage: Dark Engines - History and Architecture on the Great Flat Lode
Jamie Maddison downloads an audio trail from Cornish Mining World Heritage to step back in time amidst the engine houses of the Basset Mines.
New set of audio trails help bring the Cornish Mining World Heritage landscape vividly to life
Cornish Mining World Heritage have developed and published a new set of free audio trails that bring the history, people and places within the UNESCO World Heritage site to life.
Gold medal memories from Olympic Games head to Cornwall and Sussex
Ben Ainslie's boat, Rita, will be at the National Maritime Museum for the rest of the year, rivalled by a Grenadan team flag gifted to the Horsham Museum.
Bronze Age pottery sherd from Isles of Scilly could be earliest British depiction of a boat
A small Bronze Age pottery sherd, currently on display at the National Maritime Museum in Cornwall, could be the earliest representation of a boat ever found in the UK.
Exploring Cornish Mining Heritage: The Duke of Bedford's Grand Plan for Tavistock
Jamie Maddison takes an audio tour round Tavistock with the help of a podcast developed by Cornish Mining World Heritage.
