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Reviews

Bethlem Museum of the Mind, Beckenham, Kent

Emma Shepley is moved and fascinated by a newly designed museum that sensitively explores the lives of those people living with mental ill-health

Guildhall Art Gallery, London

The rehang of the City of London Corporation’s art collection sheds new light on its Victorian paintings, says Cressida Diez-Finch

Books

Cultural Capital: The Rise and Fall of Creative Britain

Catalogue

Catalogue History Is Now: 7 Artists Take On Britain

On my bookshelf

Nicholas Thomas selects The Rings of Saturn by WG Sebald

Web and mobile

We review the latest websites and mobile apps

The Coffin Works, Birmingham

The former Newman Brothers coffin-fitting works provides a fascinating insight into Birmingham’s industrial past, but the visitor experience could be improved

Stoneywell, Leicestershire

Lilly Crowther on the challenges faced by the National Trust in opening this arts and crafts house to the public

Small Stories, V&A Museum of Childhood

Yasmin Khan enjoys an exhibition that explores themes of home, family and work through the history of dolls’ houses

Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea

Essex Havard enjoys finding out about the life, times and works of one of Wales's most important cultural figures

Books: You Are Here: Art After the Internet

Conrad Bodman welcomes this wide-ranging exploration of the impact that the internet is having on contemporary artistic practices

Information Age, Science Museum, London

This permanent gallery about communication technologies does a lot with the materials at its disposal, but Danny Birchall wanted to hear a wider range of voices tell the story