Students researching a new display of Tudor portraits in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery have uncovered a ghost figure, which may be Shakespeare's only known patron, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton.
The Clayton Collection - The Curator's Choice Few people today have heard of John Clayton yet he is one of the single most important individuals in the history of Hadrian’s Wall. Were it not for this remarkbale Victorian gentleman collector
One of the great unsung saviours of the UK’s heritage was remembered yesterday when the museum housing his remarkable collection was re-launched at Chesters Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Cumbria. Chesters Roman Fort Museum, which re-opened on April 29
Exhibition preview: The Pound in Your Pocket at the Bank of England Museum until October 31 2008. As the cost of everything from a pint of milk to a litre of petrol seems to rise inexorably with every passing month,
A mass Roman grave, discovered in Gloucester in 2005, may have contained the victims of an acute disease of epidemic proportions, possibly plague. This is the startling conclusion to a new report by Oxford Archaeology and archaelogical consultancy CgMs, who
Big or small most of the UK’s rail and engineering collections rely on an enthusiastic band of volunteers to avidly - and lovingly - keep our historic steam engines steaming and running along the tracks.
Above) Admiral Sir Ian Garnett of Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust, Mark Wood and Roy Clare of the Museums Libraries and Archives Council and Major General Melvin of the Royal Engineers. A joint museum store for the 'really large objects' held
