The Design Museum's new home, the Europe 1600-1800 treasures at the V&A, First World War Galleries at the IWM and the Tank Museum's invincible vehicles share £16 million.

November 2009 saw 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall, effectively ending the tense, nuclear-driven animosity of the Cold War period. Culture24 explored some of the best places in the UK to explore the 40-year conflict.

Seven designers have created works referencing the history of the Seven Dials shopping village in Covent Garden for an aerial display above streets of London.

This British Museum Young explorers' fun video guide is great for learning about different kinds of money from the past.

Desperate Romantics? Victorian avant-garde? Judge for yourself as we tell you where to find Pre-Raphaelite works of art in the UK's museums, galleries and stately homes.

To mark the bicentenary of his birth, the British Library in London goes beyond A Christmas Carol for a new exhibition on Charles Dickens, the supernatural and the macabre.

The 1904 Cup Final: most of the Pubs and Working Men's Clubs in the Ardwick area and in the city, organised excursions to the capital.

Siba Matti discusses Said Adrus' exhibition at the Woking Ligthbox Gallery which featured photographs, water colours and archive footage tracing the forgotten history of Asians in war, migration and Empire. He then explores the history of Muslims in Woking and the various special sites in the area which recall these memories.

The Arts and Crafts Movement was a rebellion of substance and style: a strong social and moral purpose marks its continuing relevance.

During our interview with artist Marcus Coates, we discuss shamanism, charlatanism, art, humour and nature. But as Mark Sheerin discovers, no badgers were available for comment.