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Peter Brown's 'Journeys of the Mind' presents a very attractive picture of one man’s life immersed in the world of books and arguments—one that also seems like a lot of fun.

The Faith Museum, which opened Oct. 7, is Britain's first museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the country’s diverse expressions of religious faith.

In an unparalleled move, leaders from 68 UK museums, sector bodies, and funders have come together for the first UK Museum COP summit.

Kabuki icon Bando Tamasaburo's kimono costumes will be put on rare display at a museum in Oxford for two years from late November to further spark interest in Britain in the over 400-year-old traditional Japanese performing art.

One of the world’s most esteemed ceramic artists, Dame Magdalene Odundo, made her Canadian debut this fall at the a href= http://www.gardinermus

Flowers Gallery is hosting Miscellanalects by British painter Stuart Pearson Wright, his first solo exhibition with the gallery. The BP Portrait Award-winning artist is regarded as one of Britain's foremost figurative painters, known for his distinctively uncanny, theatrical portraits and narrative works of himself and others. In this exhibition, Wright explores the concept of creative "loose ends", placing works

For my November Art Diary, I highlight exhibitions in Cambridge, Venice, Hastings, Lisbon, St David's, Cookham and Colchester

A metal detectorist discovered a rare ancient coin with a long-lost king's name, revealing more about Britain's Iron Age.

One of the world’s most esteemed ceramic artists, Dame Magdalene Odundo, will make her Canadian debut this fall at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto

A new exhibition at Oxfords Ashmolean Museum presents us with a dazzling version of the Victorian world. Mid 19th century Britain was, it appears, a riot of colour.