The Churchill War Rooms
A visit to the Churchill War Rooms is a mix of authentic historical exploration and a modern, technology-driven museum experience. Created underneath Whitehall in 1938 due to fear of German […]
Category Archives: History
The Tower of London
The fact that the Tower of London is an important London historic site and a fantastic place for a day out in the city is hardly breaking news, but I […]
Art Under Attack at Tate Britain
-This exhibition is now closed- Mounting an exhibition about the destruction of artwork has one inevitable challenge; many of the relevant pieces have either been destroyed or restored to their […]
Daumier: Visions of Paris at the Royal Academy
-This exhibition is now closed- Famous for his satirical prints on 19th-century French political life, Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) is the subject of a retrospective at the Royal Academy, which focuses […]
Beyond El Dorado at the British Museum
-This exhibition is now closed- An edited version of this review was originally published in Mongoos Magazine. The British Museum’s dazzling new exhibition of artefacts from pre-Hispanic Colombia, Beyond El […]
Leighton House Museum
The Leighton House Museum, a restoration of the home of 19th-century artist Frederic Leighton, has a stunningly opulent interior, with excellent examples of Arts and Crafts furniture and many other […]
Context Travel guided tours
An edited version of this article was originally published on the Quintess Collection Travel Blog. As the successful 2012 Olympics and the 2013 opening of the Shard skyscraper have proved, […]
Propaganda: Power and Persuasion at the British Library
-This exhibition is now closed- The British Library’s fascinating new seasonal exhibition, Propaganda: Power and Persuasion, traces the history and influence of state propaganda from the ancient world to today. Only […]
Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum at the British Museum
-This exhibition is now closed- Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum is the British Museum’s new temporary exhibition of artefacts from Pompeii and Herculaneum, ancient Roman cities buried by the […]
Manet: Portraying Life at the Royal Academy
-The exhibition is now closed- I visited the Royal Academy exhibition Manet: Portraying Life recently and was impressed by the wealth of work on show in the first major UK […]
Treasures of the Royal Courts at the V&A
-This exhibition is now closed- Treasures of the Royal Courts, the latest seasonal exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, takes for its theme diplomatic gift-giving between England and Russia […]
Extinction: Not the End of the World? at the Natural History Museum
-This exhibition is now closed- Extinction: Not the End of the World? is a new temporary exhibition at the Natural History Museum, exploring the history of mass extinction and asking […]
Inside LDN 