Reviews

On my bookshelf

Face to Face: The Remarkable Story of Photographers Olive Edis and Cyril Nunn, by Alan Childs, Cyril Nunn and Ashley Sampson

A Victorian Obsession: The Pérez Simón Collection, Leighton House Museum, London

The studio house built for the artist Frederic Leighton provides the perfect backdrop for a collection of Victorian and Edwardian paintings, writes Caroline Ikin

Books: Rendez-vous with Art

Timothy Mason enjoys this lively collaboration that analyses how and why we look at art

Modern History Gallery, Ulster Museum, Belfast

This new gallery will encourage visitors to think differently about the history of Northern Ireland and its people, writes Elizabeth Crooke

Catalogue: Sculpture Victorious

Martina Droth on the importance of maintaining a focus on the objects for this catalogue about Victorian sculpture

Web and mobile

A look at the latest websites and mobile apps

Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire

The home of world war two codebreaking has been brought alive by interactive and immersive displays that recreate the atmosphere of the time, says Simon Stephens

On my bookshelf

Do More Great Work by Michael Bungay Stanier

Books: Playing to the Gallery

Turner Prize-winner Grayson Perry's personality shines through in this guide to understanding and appreciating contemporary art. By Nicholas Thornton

Catalogue: War, Art and Surgery: The Work of Henry Tonks & Julia Midgley

Sam Alberti hopes that this catalogue shows the quiet heroism of the service people facing long roads to recovery

Trainspotting, National Railway Museum, York

Rebecca Atkinson visits York to find out what the National Railway Museum can reveal about the much-misunderstood hobby of trainspotting

Staffordshire Hoard Gallery, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Dave Freak is fascinated by a permanent gallery dedicated to displaying the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found