Now available as a free download: our resource pack for museums & galleries britishartnetwork.org.uk/research/race-… Huge thanks to the British Art Network, our research group members, all the contributors & Sharonjit Kaur Sutton for her fabulous design🙏

The War and Us, by Polish painter Edward Okuń (1917-23). National Museum in Warsaw.

CfP: BAVS EVENT 2024 (deadline extended to 1 February 2024) victorianist.wordpress.com/2023/11/16/cfp…

Packing up to move out of my flat and finding perfectly normal things:

Are you a researcher or professional in the field of humanities and keen to learn new digital skills? As part of the Hot Source! project, we are running a new series of free workshops and webinars in 2024! For more information and how to sign up, follow the links below ⬇️

My last book of the month blog!

Happy Christmas everyone! 🎄 About 14,000 years ago, towards the end of the last glacial, this reindeer was expertly scored into a slab of hard Dordogne limestone. Image Fitzwilliam Museum #IceAgeArt data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media…

An armadillo clutching a bookworm. Every library should have one of these. #cardiffcastle

What is wrong with these people? theguardian.com/environment/20…

150 years ago today, at precisely 8pm, the world of art changed forever. What happened? A small, independent art exhibition opened in Paris. It was a financial failure and barely 3,000 people went — but, in time, these artists would come to be known as "the Impressionists"...

Please help save the historic church of St Michael’s Mount Dinham, Exeter - it's a fascinating example of Victorian Gothic architecture and a home to nesting peregrine falcons! chng.it/DsyRMD9c via Change.org UK

This is Borgund Church in Norway, made entirely out of wood and built over 800 years ago. It is a "stave church", an incredibly unusual type of Medieval building. What makes them so special? Well, there are only 30 original stave churches in the world...

How do you research History when you're no longer at University? With the help of you folks, I compiled this list. Happy researching. (Plus! Bonus picture of my sister's cat looking utterly happy to be exactly where he is in the preview picture.) katherineweikert.co.uk/post/researchi…

23. Rosa Genoni's 1906 "La Primavera" dress - Spring by Sandro Botticelli (late 1470s or early 1480s) Widely regarded as "one of the most iconic paintings in Western art," this masterpiece features over 500 plant species, including approximately 190 varieties of flowers.

National Trust imposes chandelier ‘tax’ over Only Fools and Horses jokes theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

174 years ago there was a huge storm in northern Scotland, and it uncovered something strange. From beneath the soil emerged a perfectly preserved village older than the Pyramids, and it even had furniture. This is the 5,000 year old story of Skara Brae...

We have an exciting one-year post at The National Archives for an 18th century researcher to shape our public engagement programme in the lead up to the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Please share and get in touch if you have questions! civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j…

For publication day, I'll join artist/writer Daniel Faria and folklorist Dee Dee Chainey for an afternoon of FREE #sea #folklore talks! Anyone can join us, we'll be in the new The Cultural Futures Hub. TODAY, 2pm: Thurs 12th Sept! #FolkloreThursday Register here: buff.ly/3XiWTpI

Lindsay Lohan just needs a good script.