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Reviews

Talking pictures | A Proposal For Radical Hospitality, Queen’s House, Greenwich

Artist Peter Adjaye’s soundtrack to accompany three paintings of Elizabeth I helps reveal the true nature of our imperial past

Digital reviews

Rachel Ellis digs a blossoming collection of homegrown videos

On my bookshelf | The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club, by Peter Hook

Owen Hopkins on the link between nightclubs and museums

A brush with fame | @background_bob and his amazing friends

Firstsite's exhibition on a global art alliance that paints a vivid picture of lockdown life

Books | Troy on Display: Scepticism and Wonder at Schliemann’s First Exhibition

A rigorous account of an exhibition that combines history with drama and a fascinating protagonist

Crafters’ companion | Crafts Council Gallery

This new creative space in London is the perfect home to showcase a rediscovered love of crafting

Digging up the past | Drawn from the Pits and Women in the Miners’ Strike

Two exhibitions at the National Coal Mining Museum for England delve into a rich seam of mining history

Carbon capture | Our Future Planet, Science Museum, London

Mechanical trees, carbon toothpaste and a yoga mat are the latest objects on display in the Science Museum

Digital reviews

From a Black history app to guided Twitter walks, we take a scroll through the latest digital content from museums

On my bookshelf | The Waste Land by TS Eliot

A poem that inspired Jemma Channing to investigate heritage as a place of asylum and recovery

Books | The Brutish Museums, by Dan Hicks

A hard-hitting case for cultural restitution and the need to recognise the impact of withholding items

Setting sail | Life on Board, Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool

Culture, community and identity are explored in a tribute to the city’s seafaring history