People

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

Q&A | ‘We’re trying to introduce ourselves for the first time to people who’ve never met us’

Nisha Nath tells us about the National Trust’s ambitious new brand campaign aimed at younger, urban audiences

Profile | ‘You could almost touch the change that was possible’

Clore Leadership director Hilary Carty on creativity, careers – and how culture helped win the London 2012 Olympic bid

Obituary | Mar Dixon, 1970-2024

A self-styled troublemaker and groundbreaking force on social media, Mar helped to usher in a new, more open way for museums to interact with their audiences

Obituary | Aneesa Riffat, 1978-2024

Particularly remembered for her work with Holocaust survivors, Aneesa was a powerful asset to the sector with a passion for emancipation, learning and transformation

Obituary | Terry Suthers, 1944-2024

A man whose professionalism, creativity and kindness touched many across Yorkshire and beyond

Working life | ‘I try to look at the gap between what museums say they do and what they fail to do’

Matt Smith is one of four artists taking part in the Holocaust Centre North’s Memorial Gestures artistic residency, which is funded by the Ernest Hecht Charitable Trust

Moves | The latest appointments in museums and culture

Barbican appoints Devyani Saltzman as director for arts and participation

Q&A | ‘This will be a major step change for collections-based research’

The NHM’s Tim Littlewood on how the museum's planned collections move will benefit science