The British Museum’s exhibition Hieroglyphs focuses on the Rosetta Stone in order to tell the story of the decipherment of the language of Ancient Egypt. A Little Pre-Reading I wrote once several years ago about an exhibition at the British Museum which left me with a feeling of disappointment: what I thought was quite an […]
A lovely storytelling event by the Crick Crack Club held at the British Museum, in which we hear the millennia-old story of Gilgamesh. The Crick Crack Club I’ve been wanting to see something by the Crick Crack Club for some time. To be fair the only thing holding me back from this is a packed […]
A small, free exhibition, Shattered Glass of Beirut shines a light on a small story of hope from a catastrophic event. Shattered Glass of Beirut I’ve reviewed one room exhibitions at the National Gallery a number of times (see here, here or here), but never at the British Museum. And yet this is another museum […]
A review of The World of Stonehenge, an epic historic exhibition on now at the British Museum. Fabulous loans and beautiful design combined with interesting subject matter. The World of Stonehenge I’m not exaggerating too much when I say that this is an epic exhibition. Epic in the broad sweep of (pre-)history it takes in. […]
A review of Peru: A Journey In Time, now on at the British Museum. A quietly excellent exhibition which reveals a lot about Peru’s past cultures and the threads of continuity with the present. Peru And My Personal Bucket List I don’t want to say I had been doom-mongering. BUT – it is true that […]
A review of Thomas Becket: Murder and the Making of a Saint at the British Museum. A good exhibition indeed, but sadly a poor choice for right now. Murder In The Cathedral? More Like I’m Going To Murder The Next Person Who Peers Over My Shoulder I had been looking forward to this exhibition! A […]
A visit to the British Museum including their new Collecting and Empire trail. In which I was underwhelmed by the Museum’s new openness to talk about collecting and colonialism, but at least they’re trying…? The British Museum (Re)Opens Its Doors The British Museum must have been about the last major London institution to reopen. So […]
Let me preface this by saying I’m a massive (and proud) history geek, but it’s hard to underestimate how impressive it is seeing all of the bits usually missing from archaeological exhibitions and museum displays. The wood, the fabrics, the leather, the hair: the things that are normally inferred from the lack of them (an […]
We are familiar with Greek art. In fact, as a rule, the audience will also be familiar with a number of the sculptures on display in this exhibition at the British Museum. Even the fact that Greek sculptures were originally decorated in what could be described as garish colours will not be new to many. […]
A free exhibition at Two Temple Place, The Glass Heart explores 170 years of glassmaking in the UK. The Glass Heart On a recent walk along the Victoria Embankment I stopped in a whim at Two Temple Place. Or not quite a whim: I decided it would be a lovely thing to show the friend […]
