Reviews

Culture Under Attack, Imperial War Museum, London

Art and culture is central to national identity in times of conflict. What happens in the aftermath is dealt with poignantly in these three exhibitions, says Justin Maciejewski 

Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge, Suffolk

This redeveloped experience around a Scheduled Ancient Monument has finally done the site justice

Digital reviews

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A City and its Welcome: Three Centuries of Migrating to Leeds, Leeds City Museum

Jude Holland discovers a range of stories in this moving show about migration 

On my bookshelf | The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k, by Sarah Knight

Do you check your work emails when you’re on holiday? Do you frequently suffer from the Sunday blues? And do you find yourself thinking about work when you’re sat on the sofa watching your favourite television programme? If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions (and I certainly used to) then Sarah Knight’s “no-f**ks-given” …

Book | Monument Culture: International Perspectives on the Future of Monuments in a Changing World

Stuart Burch is enthralled by a series of essays that serves to highlight the contentiousness of monuments

Linda McCartney Retrospective, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow

This show reveals just how good the photographer was at her art, but Matthew Bellhouse Moran wanted to find out more about Linda McCartney herself

Catalogue | Jonathan Kingdon: Evolution as Inspiration

How the naturalist’s tales feature alongside more traditional descriptions to create accessible accounts

Keith Haring, Tate Liverpool

This retrospective of the American artist’s vibrant work highlights the political urgency of his message

Temporary exhibition | HumanKind, Calke Abbey, Derbyshire

This show attempts to put a spotlight on loneliness through the stories of six former residents. By Alexandra Woodall

Book | Museum Activism, edited by Robert Janes and Richard Sandell

A great introduction to the sector’s activist role, says David Fleming

On my bookshelf

The Keeper of Lost Things, by Ruth Hogan