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Reviews

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

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

Books: Counter-Tourism: The Handbook

Sharon Heal enjoys the rib-poking of the Crab Man

National Football Museum, Manchester

Premier league or second division? David Fleming gives his verdict on the National Football Museum's new home in Manchester

The Hunterian Art Gallery

Students and visitors are far better served at the University of Glasgow's revamped art gallery, says Sarah Saunders

William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow, London

Like many others, Caroline Worthington welcomes the reopening of a gallery dedicated to the designer, artist and writer William Morris

The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

Its world-class collections have been beautifully redisplayed, but Sara Selwood feels this museum needs to do more to engage the public

Books: The Company of Artists: The Origins of the Royal Academy of Arts in London

Big egos, brutality and boozy dinners: Timothy Mason enjoys a history of the RA

Catalogue: The Public Catalogue Foundation, South Yorkshire: Sheffield

Liz Waring discusses how the all-important front cover image was chosen for a catalogue of publicly owned paintings in Sheffield

On my bookshelf

The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal

Steam, Steel and Submarines, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Kent

Jane Insley says Chatham's newest gallery works well in the context of the whole dockyard site