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Reviews

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

In sickness and in health | Thackray Museum of Medicine, Leeds

Jamie Taylor finds that this inspiring redevelopment cured him of his aversion to medical museums

Powerful portraiture | Zanele Muholi, Tate Modern, London

A compelling portrayal of South Africa’s Black LGBTQIA+ communities

Books | Iconoclasm and the Museum

A timely look at what happens after the destruction of icons and monuments

On my bookshelf | Dan Vo

The Sexual Perspective: Homosexuality and Art in the Last 100 Years in the West, by Emmanuel Cooper

Digital reviews

We take a scroll through the latest online content from museums and galleries

Moving stories | London’s Transport at War, London Transport Museum

Rachel Boon found this new gallery engaging, but found the displays a little densely packed