Reviews
Books: Shakespeare’s Restless World
Neil MacGregor's use of objects to explore the age of Shakespeare is a great read, writes Louise Gray
Modern British Childhood 1948-2012, Museum of Childhood, London
Sharon Heal on an exhibition that reveals how children's lives have changed over the past 60 years
Doctors, Dissection and Resurrection Men, Museum of London
Jonathan Conlin probes the Museum of London’s expose of a harrowing trade in body snatching
Catalogue: The Bowes Museum Cook Book
Instead of the usual exhibition publication, the Bowes Museum went for a cookbook, writes Francesca Young
Collective Observations: Folklore and Photography – from Benjamin Stone to Flickr, Towner, Eastbourne
Simon Stephens applauds an exhibition that precedes the creation of the Museum of British Folklore
The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury
Great name, great renovation and great displays, but Oliver Green is not sure the collections at the Beaney are up to scratch
In Pursuit of Art: Charles Eastlake’s Journey from Plymouth to the National Gallery, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Devon
Peter Mason enjoys a beautifully executed show about a 19th-century artist and administrator who laid the foundations for today's public galleries
The Long March to Equality: Treasures of the Women’s Library, London
The material is movingly and often wittily presented, but Gemma McGrath feels more depth was needed to do justice to this compelling topic