Visualising space probes 30 years on
When I went to see the Science Museum’s excellent Cosmonauts exhibition this week I expected to find objects…
Who wouldn’t want to build a life-size origami elephant?
It’s not really a surprise that I have a bit of a penchant for elephants. After all, I…
Digital Crystal: Swarovski at the Design Museum
I’m currently working with the Design Museum on their Digital Crystal: Swarovski at the Design Museum exhibition. The…
A helping hand for interactive storytelling
While I may spend most of my time writing seemingly conventional non-fiction, I’m actually very interested in the…
Inside the Cutty Sark
I’m on the HMS Beagle Project blog this week talking about the freshly-opened Cutty Sark in Greenwich. She’s…
London’s Archives: home to Shackleton’s book, Darwin’s letters and the world’s first ornithology encyclopedia
What do the first book published in Antarctica, a bunch of letters written by Charles Darwin while on…
Design Museum app showcases designs that changed the world
The new free Design Museum Collection app for iPad launched last week, soon to be followed by iPhone…
“Wealth and beggary, vice and virtue”: Dickens and London at the Museum of London
Dickens and London was always going to be a challenge for the Museum of London. Should they focus…
Pirates! On the quest for the ‘true story’ of Captain Kidd
The Museum of London Docklands’ Pirates: The Captain Kidd Story exhibition has all the essential ingredients of a…
Once Upon a Wartime at the Imperial War Museum
The Imperial War Museum London’s latest temporary exhibition claims to delve “into the pages of well-loved books, bringing…