Reviews

Portrait of a Lady? Ruin & Reputation in the Georgian Era, No 1 Royal Crescent, Bath

Sarah Cheverton is impressed by a small exhibition that exposes the darker side of women’s lives in Georgian England

Web and mobile

We review the latest websites and mobile apps

Books: The Postcolonial Museum: The Arts of Memory and the Pressures of History

Timothy Mason spots some bright lights through the mist in a book about museums in the postcolonial era

Web and mobile

We review the latest websites and mobile apps

Catalogue: Virginia Woolf: Art, Life and Vision

Frances Spalding on how she devised a fresh approach to one of literature's most important authors

On my bookshelf

Christian Baars selects The Snouters by Harald Stümpke

London Museum of Water & Steam

Oliver Green celebrates a museum that combines the preservation of a working industrial site with displays and facilities that will appeal to today's visitors

Wessex Gallery of Archaeology, Salisbury Museum, Wiltshire

Object-rich displays with clear and concise interpretation make this new archaeology gallery a triumph, writes Matt Williams

Colchester Castle Museum, Essex

This redevelopment does justice to its atmospheric and historically important location, writes Frazer Swift

Imperial War Museum, London

The opening of the redeveloped IWM London is one of the major events marking this year's first world war centenary. Julian Humphrys assesses the First World War Galleries while Yasmin Khan looks at the new atrium and the second world war displays

This Terrible Ordeal, Manx Museum, Douglas, Isle of Man

Elaine Edwards visits the Isle of Man to find out how its main museum has portrayed life on the island during the first world war

Digital Revolution, Barbican Centre, London

This joyful celebration of the impact digital technology has had on art and creativity highlights some of the challenges of displaying the subject, writes Danny Birchall