Death is one of the few inevitable things we can all count on. Whether we’re a prince, a pauper, or anything in between, one day the Grim Reaper comes for all of us. People have been dying for as long as there has been people, yet, despite this, it’s a subject that is still  held... Read...

In my very first post about my adventures in museum land I wrote about getting a job at a museum. Not just any museum, but one of the best museums in the world, with over 8 million artefacts under its care and the one that has been consistently the most visited museum in the UK.... Read...

It’s that time of year again when everyone in the museum sector gets more than a little bit obsessed with numbers. It’s year end report time, a chance for us to maybe shout and celebrate or maybe think “What on Earth happened?”. Each museum, gallery or cultural site has its own number-story to tell at... Read...

Once upon a time, when we talked about burnouts, we meant a very specific group. You might recognise them from various films set in high schools that suffered from particularly aggressive clique problems. Usually this group could be observed lounging around, talking it easy,  laughing to themselves. The very epitome of ‘chilled.’ Like this young... Read...

Towner Art Gallery is under threat. As the largest gallery in the South East outside of London, and with an annual visitor figure in around the 150,000 region, with an exciting exhibition programme and a Learning Programme that reaches thousands of children, young people, and adults – often working with the most vulnerable members of... Read...

I’ve been thinking quite a bit recently about the various identities objects carry with them. Specifically, LGBTQ identities have been on my mind. There’s one in particular that I’ve been pondering; Hadrian’s. His face is on the cover on the big gay book of big gay museum objects. Ok, so maybe it’s not so big.... Read...