A map showing how the Post Office Tower was never a secret, next to an Enigma machine that was a flawed attempt to keep secrets, are two highlights of an exhibition about secret maps. It’s an exhibition with the word
Read MoreLondon’s East End in the 1970s underwent incredible change in a short period, and a photography exhibition looks back at that lost world. It was both an area of considerable old poverty and post-WWII dereliction, but also the place where
Read MoreRarely seen due to its age and rarity, a 500-year-old birthing girdle is currently on display at the Wellcome Collection. A birthing girdle, or scroll, was a long length of parchment inscribed with Christian prayers and charms to protect a
Read MoreFor 150 years, the Liberty department store has commissioned artists to create its distinctive fabrics — and now a new exhibition shines a light on the women who broke through social and professional barriers to design for the famous London
Read MoreSometimes artists and exhibitions of art can try a bit too hard, be a bit too clever, and fall flat on their face as a result. Sadly, that’s what’s happened at the Freud Museum, where they invited an artist in
Read MoreThis is Greenwich’s famous Painted Hall, and at the moment it’s also home to a light display by the artist Peter Walker. It’s surprisingly calming, helped along by soft ambient music that fills the space. Tall pillars of coloured light
Read MoreThe King’s Gallery is to stage the largest exhibition of Queen Elizabeth II’s wardrobe ever assembled – and tickets go on sale today. Queen Elizabeth II on Princess Margaret’s Wedding Day, Cecil Beaton, 1960 © Cecil Beaton / Victoria and
Read MoreAs winter’s shadows fall across the land, it’s an appropriate moment for the National Gallery to open an exhibition by the master of shadows and light – Joseph Wright of Derby. The exhibition is the latest where the gallery takes
Read MoreA small indoor garden has been filled with trailing trellis, roses, cacti, succulents, and bushes, all of which are made from discarded denim fabric. And it’s a delightful little garden to visit. It’s an exhibition of denim plants by Ian
Read MoreIf you visited the recent Caravaggio exhibition at the National Gallery and thought it was quite busy, you’re not wrong. The gallery has revealed that it was their third most visited exhibition of the past decade. The one-room display featured
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