Reviews Art 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
Reviews Bookshelf On my bookshelf | The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club, by Peter Hook Owen Hopkins on the link between nightclubs and museums
Reviews Art 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
Reviews Books 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
Reviews Openings Crafters’ companion | Crafts Council Gallery This new creative space in London is the perfect home to showcase a rediscovered love of crafting
Reviews Temporary Exhibition 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
Reviews Sustainability 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
Reviews Digital Digital reviews From a Black history app to guided Twitter walks, we take a scroll through the latest digital content from museums
Reviews Bookshelf 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
Reviews Benin Bronzes Books | The Brutish Museums, by Dan Hicks A hard-hitting case for cultural restitution and the need to recognise the impact of withholding items
Reviews maritime Setting sail | Life on Board, Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Culture, community and identity are explored in a tribute to the city’s seafaring history