Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month 2010

Roma gathering at launch of Otto Pankok exhibition courtesy of Tomasz Nowak
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Gypsy Roma and Traveller’s History Month launched at the beginning of June, building on the success of 2008 and 2009’s celebrations.  Kicking off at Mile End Arts Pavilion with a sobering reminder of the Holocaust’s legacy of loss among the Sinti and Roma
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Jewish Museum reopens

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Earlier this year London's Jewish Museum relocated, revamped and decanted itself into several new purpose developed spaces.  Kate Smith visited to report back for Untold London. The long first room of the reopened Jewish museum conveys the UK 's
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Cotton To Curry - Kew Gardens Puts Asian Plant Culture Online

Photo shows indian lady in orange sari picking tea in a field
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A new government-funded project dedicated to lifting the lid on some of the UK’s favourite plants and spices was launched on February 15 by Kew Gardens. Plant Cultures is a new online archive from the Royal Botanic Gardens and Culture Online that explores the real

Lost Portrait Of Mary 'Mother' Seacole Goes On Display At NPG

Mary Seacole was awarded three medals for her work in the Crimea, but this is the first painted portrait of her known to exist.
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Caroline Lewis goes to see the only known painted portrait of Mary Seacole, the famous black nurse of the Crimean War, on display in the National Portrait Gallery. The portrait, by an obscure artist, had been concealed under a framed print until a dealer unsealed
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A Taste Of Black British Style At The V&A In London

Women in arrival outfits arriving at Victoria station, 1956. By Heywood McGee. © Hulton Getty.
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Kristen Bailey puts on her Sunday best for the V&A's exhibition exploring the style and fashion of black people in Britain and their impact on British culture over the past 50 years, on until January 16 2005. The first thing which grabs my attention is
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English Heritage Unveil A Blue Plaque To Honour Paul Robeson

Blue Plaques are awarded to those who have gained recognition through their life and work. Photo: William Conran
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David Prudames reports that an English Heritage Blue Plaque has been unveiled at the former London home of the black singer, actor and pioneering civil rights activist, Paul Robeson. Blue Plaques are awarded to those who have gained recognition through their life and work. In

Horniman Museum Sculpture Marks Slave Trade Abolition

Taslim Martin's Blue Earth was installed at the Gallery in 2007 in response to the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave tra
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The Horniman Museum in London has unveiled a sculpture to mark the end of the Bicentenary Year commemorating the 1807 Parliamentary Abolition of Transatlantic Slavery.African artist Taslim Martin unveiled the poignant sculpture  ‘Blue Earth 1807-2007’ on Friday December 14 2007 as a major new permanent addition

Divine Cat: Speaking to the gods in Ancient Egypt

The Gayer-Anderson Cat The Gayer-Anderson Cat. © British Museum
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Wajihah Hamid gets under the skin of the iconic Gayer-Anderson cat, one of the best known objects in the British Museum. This room 3 highlight exhibition is now over but you can still find the cat and friends in the permanent Egyptian galleries upstairs at

Aboriginal Human Remains

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During the colonisation of Australia many artefacts were taken from the indigenous peoples. Many of these items ended up in British museums, including a vast number of Aboriginal skeletons, or parts of skeletons from about 4,000 people. Further remains were held in museums in Australia.The

Opium To London: Pictures From The Science Museum

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06/07/2007Jonathan Chan has uncovered rare pictures of the Chinese opium scene in East London. Here he describes the chain of events that spread opium around the world, before telling the story of Ah Sing, whose den was one of the best known in London  

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