People
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
Profile | Listen. Learn. Act.
Simon Stephens talks to community activist Michelle Charters, who is now leading a revamp of the world’s first standalone international slavery museum
Working life | ‘Things were sinking fast so I needed to put some basics in place’
Steve O’Connor reflects on a choppy first year as director of the River & Rowing Museum in Henley on Thames
Q&A | ‘Despite an increase in spontaneous memorials, little attention is paid to their impact’
Kostas Arvanitis on a new study that aims to support museums looking to collect material from spontaneous memorials
Working life | ‘These were hard and even dangerous times for most working people’
As deputy chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces and co-curator of Untold Lives, Sebastian Edwards has been researching the people who used to run Kensington Palace
Profile | ‘Who were the real voices of Manchester?’
Sook-Kyung Lee, the director of the Whitworth art gallery, on rebalancing the art historical narrative
Q&A | “We hope to inspire the next generation of naturalists”
Steve Green shares how the Gilbert White House & Gardens, known as the birthplace of ecology, is securing its future
