Reviews
On my bookshelf
My choice is a magazine because it represents the earliest memory I have of wanting to work in the heritage sector. Dinosaurs! launched in 1992, when I was five years old. I was already running through the Natural History Museum naming all the dinosaurs, so the moment I saw this magazine – with its T-rex-shaped …
Bristol Music: Seven Decades of Sound, M Shed, Bristol
Liam Wiseman enjoys himself at this fun and inventive exhibition about the Bristol music scene through the ages
Books: Antiquities: What Everyone Needs to Know
This book addresses the practical and ethical challenges of working with antiquities, says Verity Smith
Catalogue: London Nights
Anna Sparham on producing a visually arresting publication about the photographic history of London at night
Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
This fascinating exploration of the Mexican artist’s personal style would be even better with a stronger focus on her political activism, says Nicola Sullivan
HMS Caroline, Belfast
The visitor experience has been enhanced by the restoration of the Pump House that sits next to this historically significant warship, says Alan Freeburn
Best in show
The Rezillos’ Fender Precision bass guitar, 1970s - National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Catalogue
The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum and its Collections, by Elspeth King and Michael McGinnes