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Reviews

Headstone Manor & Museum, Harrow, London

This is an intriguing historic site that’s slightly let down by its attempts to be all things to all people, says Steve Gardam

On my bookshelf

Postcard Stories, by Jan Carson

International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln

Rebecca Morris-Buck is drawn to the compelling stories of those who served and suffered in the second world war’s bombing campaigns

Books

The Future of Natural History Museums, edited by Eric Dorfman

Best in show

Doubling Gloucester Cheeses By the Gruyere Method in an Old Gloucester Cheese Works, 1940, by William Heath Robinson - Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire 

Digital

We review the latest museum sector websites

Catalogue

Phil Cleaver on the curious workings of a master of typographic design

On my bookshelf

Tools for Success: A Manager’s Guide, by Suzanne Turner

Hayward Gallery, London

Sara Holdsworth finds beauty in this iconic brutalist gallery, with the remodelled venue given a gentle facelift and improved facilities

Brooklands Museum, Surrey

Oliver Green marvels at the technological and engineering innovations revealed by the reimagining of a significant site for British motorsport and aviation

Best in show

3D model sculpture of a pliosaur, by Andrew Cocks, 2017 - The Etches Collection, Museum of Jurassic Marine Life, Kimmeridge, Dorset

Books

Animal Kingdom: A Natural History in 100 Objects