Huge thanks to @designmuseum.bsky.social for donating a catalogue from their latest blockbuster Wes Anderson exhibition - there is also a Wes Anderson round if you think you know your Darjeeling Limited from your Bottle Rocket!
Think of yourself as a film buff? My daughter is hosting an online film quiz on Sunday 12 April 7pm in aid of the National Autistic Society with film experts @clarisseloughrey.bsky.social and @lillcrawf.co.uk Prizes to be won - donate for a ticket
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New on the blog: An interview with artist Harriet Mena Hill on her fascinating work on the Aylesbury Estate. Photography by Jon Cardwell tinctureofmuseum.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/t...
New on the blog - 'In an old house there is always listening, and more is heard than is spoken...' a visit to artist Harriet Mena Hill who takes broken lumps of the Aylesbury Estate and transforms them into something beautiful... tinctureofmuseum.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/t...
New on the blog - 'In an old house there is always listening, and more is heard than is spoken...' a visit to artist Harriet Mena Hill who takes broken lumps of the Aylesbury Estate and transforms them into something beautiful... tinctureofmuseum.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/t...
New on the blog: An interview with artist Harriet Mena Hill on her fascinating work on the Aylesbury Estate. Photography by Jon Cardwell tinctureofmuseum.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/t...
Really pleased to have written about mural artist Bruce Williams as part of this fantastic initiative artuk.org/discover/sto...
I'm looking for suggestions of museum/heritage education consultants for a small project, ideally south-west based. Any ideas or recommendations greatly received!
We stayed in the Aldeburgh Martello Tower and pretended we were kings of the castle
I do love a Martello Tower
Love this - Anning 'sick of fossils' letter sells for £15,000 via BBC Couldn't love Mary Anning any more www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Weird to think that Liza Minnelli and Dusty Springfield were respectively only 43 and 50 when they made their comeback records with the Pet Shop Boys. At the time they felt like ancient ghosts of showbiz past. The equivalents now (in age if not in stature) would be Cheryl Tweedy and Emma Bunton.
My photo shows a collection of sixteen ancient Egyptian silver bangles lined up side by side in two rows of eight, one above the other. They are arranged on wooden cylinders inside a wooden box covered in gold sheet. The lower row is partially covered by the side of the wooden box. Each silver bracelet is broad and slightly curved, like a bangle. They are decorated with multi-coloured butterflies with out-stretched wings made from tiny inlaid pieces of semi-precious blue and green turquoise, deep blue lapis lazuli, and reddish-orange carnelian. Each bracelet is decorated with at least four butterflies (not all seen), with each butterfly separated by a circular piece of reddish-orange carnelian stone. Each bracelet decreases in diameter to be worn along the queen’s forearms. When discovered in 1925, there were originally 20 bracelets in the box. An inscription on the lid of the box (not shown in my photo) says 'Mother of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt Hetepheres, box carrying rings (bangles).
Stunning 4,600 year-old silver bracelets with inlaid semi-precious stones in the shape of butterflies! 🦋🦋🦋🦋
They belonged to Egyptian Queen Hetepheres. From her tomb at Giza. Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, c. 2613-2494 BC.
Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Opening today ‘The Coming of Age’ @wellcomecollection.bsky.social gave me a good giggle which you can’t always say that about ageing! #free wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/...
New on the blog ... the delight of 'The Jolly Postman' at the Postal Museum is returning to a time when my kids were little. tinctureofmuseum.wordpress.com/2026/03/11/t...
Fab to listen to Catherine Opie today talking about her new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery which opens tomorrow www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhi...
You can find links to my upcoming A Hard Day's Night @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social book festival events and screenings around the UK here... Hay, Bath, Lake District, Newcastle, Cambridge and more being added .. samiraahmed.blog/upcoming/
As bombs rained down in 1940s London, artists responded. See art that presents a city both familiar and strange in over 45 paintings and drawings alongside photographs, film, objects and oral histories.
IWM London
20 March to 1 November 2026
Sometimes, in the whirl of life, the personal seeps into my blogs. I've been reflecting on Guinness, Beckett and the circles of time this week. Bit of a strange one but then, life is sometimes just that way. tinctureofmuseum.wordpress.com/2026/02/27/g...
Embracing the arrival of spring with our Dementia-friendly groups. After a tough winter, it might seem daunting to reconnect with nature, but we've made sure a cosy spot for tea awaits you afterwards! Discover your nearest group here:
In or near Abergavenny (or want an excuse to visit)? Augustus & Gwen John biographer @judithmackrell.bsky.social, curator Lucy Wood and I will be in discussion with @peterwakelin.bsky.social on Thursday 26th March. Talking about Gwen John, of course artshopandgallery.co.uk/events/conve...
Hannah Spencer walking into Westminster, sucking her teeth, tutting, and muttering "tell you what, you've had some cowboys in here."
Loved visiting the Love Letters exhibition in the National Archives in Kew — a free show spanning 500 years of devotion, longing and passion, from monarchs and spies to everyday Britons. Runs until 12 April. Highly recommended. 💌www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/lov...
I'm now recruiting for a crucial post in my team - Curator: Parliamentary Art Collection. A rare chance to work with a wonderful collection in a unique setting.
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Sometimes, in the whirl of life, the personal seeps into my blogs. I've been reflecting on Guinness, Beckett and the circles of time this week. Bit of a strange one but then, life is sometimes just that way. tinctureofmuseum.wordpress.com/2026/02/27/g...
