Ars Homo Erotica in Warsaw
26 September 2011
National museums staging major exhibitions on LGBT themes are still a rarity, and Poland is among the more conservative countries in Europe in approaching the subject. So, at least in the gay press, it was international news when last year the National Museum in
Download Stories of the World Young Londoner Museum Trail For Free
22 March 2011
Follow young Londoners through time at local London museums....
What follows is a text version of the trail, scroll to the bottom for pdf download.
What would life have been like as a teenager or young adult in London across time?
Sometimes filled with freedom
Museums, volunteering and the Big Society
09 November 2010
Museums are one of the test beds for the big society. 'Vanguard community' Liverpool is to build "a volunteer programme so they can keep museums open longer" - the words of David Cameron in his first major speech on the big society as prime minister.
Shedding Light
21 September 2010
Never has murky subterranean London been so refreshing; never somewhere so dark so illuminating. The contemporary art on display in the winding tunnels of ShoreditchTown Hall’s basement is as diverse in both execution and quality as one might expect from any group show
Otto Pankok brings German Gypsies to Greenwich
25 June 2010
Gypsy Roma Travellers History Month has provided the backdrop to many events around the capital and beyond this year, celebrating modern Gypsy life styles and reminding us of a sometimes heartbreaking past. The German Holocaust in Europe is one aspect of Gypsy history that is
Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month 2010
09 June 2010
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
A Short History of London Refugees
12 June 2007
Refugee Week celebrates the contribution of refugees to the UK, counterbalancing the often very hostile images in the press of refugees as an unequivocally negative influence.We look at some of the groups who have fled to London in the past 500 years, and where you
Polish Migration To London: A Drama In Three Acts
21 February 2007
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Since the 1940s there have been three major waves of Polish immigration to the UK. The different reasons for these mean that the Polish communities can be seen as distinct groups with very different aspirations who may or may not mix.
Marysia Lachowicz describes the
Poles In London History
21 February 2007
Marysia Lachowicz picks out some notable Poles who lived in London, and the homes, landmarks and museums that commemorate their lives.
Right: One of several portraits of Joseph Conrad held at the National Portrait Gallery. This one is by Walter Tittle and was painted between 1923
Hungarians In London
02 October 2006
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October 2006 marks 50 years since the failure of the Hungarian uprising brought more than 12,000 refugees from Communism to London. One of those people was writer and journalist Mátyás Sárközi.Here he gives a long view of Hungarians in Britain, recalling how they
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