Louise Gray

Louise Gray

freelance journalist

The Museum of… Wheal Martyn

This Scheduled Ancient Monument on the St Austell river celebrates the history and legacy of Cornwall's china clay industry. By Louise Gray

The Museum of… Burgh House and Hampstead Museum

A Queen Anne townhouse close to Hampstead Heath combines an impressive 20th-century art holding with local history collections, writes Louise Gray

The Museum of… Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre

Staff at the Cheshire observatory field some unusual questions from visitors

The Museum of… The Spike Heritage Centre

A heritage centre in a former hostel for vagrants on the site of Guildford’s old workhouse is a grim reminder of Edwardian poverty, says Louise Gray

The Museum of… Glenside Hospital Museum

Louise Gray finds out how a museum set in a former psychiatric hospital is promoting mental health and wellbeing today

The Museum of… The story of soap

Louise Gray hears about a museum in a village that was first developed for workers in the Sunlight Soap factory

The Museum of… Shandy Hall

Louise Gray finds out about a museum dedicated to the 18th-century novelist and clergyman Laurence Sterne

The Museum of… Our pick of the UK’s specialist collections

Louise Gray on a museum dedicated to the 'The Men in Scarlet', the Chelsea Pensioners

The Museum of… Our pick of the UK’s specialist collections

Louise Gray hears about a visitor centre in a windy location above the Avon Gorge

The Museum of… Our pick of the UK’s specialist collections

Louise Gray on a museum dedicated to the achievements of the first woman to practise as a doctor in Britain

Books: Shakespeare’s Restless World

Neil MacGregor's use of objects to explore the age of Shakespeare is a great read, writes Louise Gray

The Museum of… Our pick of the UK’s specialist collections

Roman Britain in all its shapes and forms is at the heart of the Jewry Wall Museum in Leicester, writes Louise Gray