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Reviews

Books: Art Theft and the Case of the Stolen Turners

There's plenty of cloak-and-dagger stuff in this book about an audacious theft, but it’s a whodunit with few answers, thinks Timothy Mason

On my bookshelf

The Hare with the Amber Eyes: a Hidden Inheritance, by Edmund de Waal

Memoranda, Crafts Study Centre, Farnham

Four artists provide a fascinating insight into the Crafts Study Centre's Collection, writes Peter Mason

Museum of Liverpool

It's been worth the long wait for what feels like a genuine people's history museum on the Liverpool waterfront, says Oliver Green

On my bookshelf

England, England, by Julian Barnes

Turner Contemporary, Margate

Turner was passionate about Margate, but will visitors fall in love with the town's new gallery that bears his name, asks Caroline Worthington

Royal Palace, Stirling Castle

Built for James V, Stirling Castle's Royal Palace has been rescued from the ravages of time. Emily Malcolm enjoys its renaissance

All About Us, At-Bristol

At-Bristol's ambitious and thoughtful investigation into the human body and the brain would benefit from a tighter approach to its content, argues Maria Blyzinsky

Books: Morbid Curiosities: Medical Museums in Nineteenth-Century Britain

A forensic examination of the history of medical collections would have benefited from a bit more drama, says Timothy Mason

The Cardiff Story

The involvement of local people in the creation of the displays at a museum dedicated to the city of Cardiff shines through, writes Tim Bryan

Living Worlds, The Manchester Museum

Oliver Green enjoys the Manchester Museum's clever and arty approach to redisplaying its natural history collection

On my bookshelf

Len Lye, by Roger Horrocks