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Football: Our Beautiful Game

Dive into the history of England’s football glory with the National Football Museum’s collection...

A brief history of early photography

Photography is coming of age as an aesthetic discipline. Now in its second year, Photo London...

Controlling the State: Chinese Propaganda Posters

Traditionally, Chinese political culture has used the arts to control behavior and thought. This...

Bethlem Museum of the Mind

Bethlem Museum of the Mind, the pioneering new gallery and museum at the world’s oldest...

Top Board Games to Kill Boredom

Let’s face it, no matter what season it is, there are bound to be plenty of rainy showers to keep...

Exposing the History of Underwear

There’s a pants party and you’re invited; the V&A’s much-anticipated exhibition Undressed: A...

Top Ten Tats: A History of Body-Art

Here is a run down of badass tattoo images, featuring a disproportionate amount of hunky sailors...

Shakespeare in Art

‘Beginning in the middle, starting thence away. To what may be digested in a play.’ * In 2016 the...

Ireland’s Easter Rising in Pictures

As the centenary of the Easter Rising approaches, explore rare photographs of Dublin in ruins...

Take a Crack at our Easter #YolkFolk Competition

In the weeks leading up to Easter the marketing team at Bridgeman got creative with a Facebook...

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