Our first month exploring the world through the lens of the Met collection has taken us on a journey through a stunning selection of creative sense of place short films… Read More »Exploring The World Through the Lens of the Met Collections
This week we celebrate International Women’s Day. We want to share a story inspired by our current Isle of Wight Museums and Schools project. Blanche Thornycroft was one of the… Read More »In Search of Speed: Blanche Thornycroft
To say that 2020 has been a challenging year globally is an understatement. As of today, 1,775,776 people have lost their lives around the world because of the Covid-19 virus.… Read More »Covid-19, World Heritage and a Shared Humanity
With a population of just 7,000 people, East Cowes on the Isle of Wight is a small town with a big history. Home to Osborne House, the summer palace of… Read More »East Cowes: Home of Shipbuilders and Royalty
Imagination is a never-ending source of inspiration. But what of the real places and people of the World and the detailed heritage marks they make in our landscapes and museums?… Read More »The Earth Museum: Dive In and Explore
Just outside Ryde on the Isle of Wight is a derelict and abandoned holiday park known as Harcourt Sands. It is situated on what was once the vast grounds of… Read More »The Wight Knight Who Saved Alice: Augustus Vernon Harcourt
We talk about the importance of invention, innovation, creativity, enterprise and clean growth in the social and economic recovery of our country, post-Covid. But these are just words which mean… Read More »Electric Pioneer: John Peter Gassiot
Heritage and the arts come together in this unique vision for fighting back against the social and economic impact of coronavirus in our seaside towns. Theirs is a fragile economy,… Read More »A Coastal Call To Arms – The Back and Fill Festival
Many brilliant women mathematicians and engineers helped make the NASA Apollo Programme of 1963-72 possible, as integral members of the team that sent astronauts to the moon. Yet many of… Read More »Hidden Stories: The Apollo Mission Women
Creative practice can bring our experiences of history, people and place alive in refreshing and original ways. I love this contribution about Sarah Rae Redrup, and her response to the… Read More »The Women’s Bureau of Rebellion