People

Q&A | ‘Glasgow has always been at the forefront of contemporary innovation’

Susan Deighan reflects on her time at Glasgow Life as she prepares to retire from the charity she helped to create

Profile | ‘I had to watch that I didn’t get seduced by the British Museum’s charms’

Hew Locke’s exhibition, What Have We Here?, reflects the artist’s constant questioning of history, nationhood and the legacy of empire

Q&A | ‘Healing our soil is the most effective weapon we have against climate catastrophe’

As it prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary, Somerset House is digging deep with a landmark new art exhibition

Q&A | ‘Public engagement with the idea of buying original art has definitely changed’

As the Own Art loan scheme celebrates its 20th birthday, Mary-Alice Stack tells us how it has benefited artists, museums and the public

Q&A | ‘Peer support is so helpful, especially when you are a small organisation’

Hannah Little of the Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust on rebranding from visitor centre to museum after gaining Accreditation

Working life | ‘I think of museum galleries as real estate that curators don’t want to give up’

US-based artist Glenn Ligon talks about his new exhibition at Fitzwilliam Museum

Q&A | ‘Museums fear getting too close to Traveller communities – but they have a role to bridge the gap’

Georgina Stevens explains how how a project to interpret Worcestershire's Vardo collection has led to an art exhibition

Working life | ‘We’re adopting an ethical, people-centred approach to community engagement’

The Royal Armouries' Rob Freeman on a project to diversify the narratives of the museum

Q&A | ‘The shadow of eugenic thinking still hangs over disabled people today’

A groundbreaking new exhibition explores the untold stories of 13 British-born disabled people murdered by the Nazi state

Q&A | ‘Every new venue brings with it a chance to learn new things’

Consultant food historian Marc Meltonville is demonstrating Georgian cookery at Handel Hendrix House, but he's an expert in food and drink throughout history

Profile | ‘There’s a sense of culture being under attack’

Former MP Tristram Hunt, now director of the V&A, on why he left politics and the challenges of leadership in the era of the culture wars

Q&A | ‘There are intrinsic power dynamics that must be acknowledged’

Carrie Canham reflects on a co-curation project that explored the difficult legacy of British Museum founder Hans Sloane