Reviews

On my bookshelf

Watching the English by Kate Fox (2004)

SeaCity Museum, Southampton

The story of the people of Southampton and the city's maritime connections is well told in a new museum, says Oliver Green

Museum of British Surfing, Braunton, Devon

Surfing is more popular than ever and the sport now has its own museum. Peter Mason catches a wave in north Devon

Titanic and Liverpool: The Untold Story, Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool

Tim Bryan on an exhibition that connects the internationally famous story of the Titanic with the ship's impact on the people of Liverpool

Renfrew Museum, Renfrewshire

The development of Renfrew's new museum has benefited from the involvement of local communities, writes Lyndsey Mackay

Books: The Routledge Companion to Museum Ethics

This new book on museum ethics is over-long and a bit unfocused, although Maurice Davies backs many of the values that it promotes

Catalogue: Home Dartmoor

Garry Fabian Miller speaks in favour of intelligent publications

Life Online, National Media Museum, Bradford

Have two new galleries at the National Media Museum done justice to the complex and rapidly changing online world? Danny Birchall finds out

Sinopticon, various venues, Plymouth

Rebecca Atkinson travels to Devon to see a multi-site exploration of the cultural impact that China has had on the UK

On my bookshelf

A Summer of Drowning, by John Burnside

Catalogue: Caro at Chatsworth

Stephen Feeke says that despite growing scepticism about book publishing, creating a catalogue to accompany the Caro at Chatsworth exhibition was the right thing to do

Jerwood Gallery, Hastings

Yet another arts venue has opened on the south coast and while there is a lot that's good about the Jerwood Gallery, it will need to do more if it's to thrive, argues Maurice Davies