Secret society sought to ban the bust in Louis XIV’s France
The ranting of priests against the “poison” of plunging necklines in Louis XIV’s France provoked a backlash that secured enduring freedoms in Western fashion,...
Underwater forensic tagging to protect artefacts on English wrecks
Cannon and other artefacts at risk from the organised looting of shipwrecks off the English coast are being forensically tagged using new technology.
The system,...
Glencoe coin hoard bears witness to Highland massacre
A coin hoard discovered in the Scottish Highlands is likely to have been hidden before or during the Glencoe Massacre and to have belonged...
Blue plaque for Claudia Jones, activist and ‘founding spirit’ of carnival
An anti-racism activist who overcame chronic ill-health and deportation from the US to become a galvanising figure for London's black community is being commemorated...
Castle of Norman warrior-bishop saved from collapse
A castle built by a warrior-bishop grandson of William the Conqueror has been saved for the nation in a landmark conservation project.
The ruins of...
