I write regularly for a variety of publications and websites.
Here are the most recent pieces published:
25 January New UK Museums in 2012 on Museum [Insider]
10 January Boy at a Window 9: red phone box on Dulwich OnView
6 January Boy at a Window 8: Ruskin Park on Dulwich OnView
2011
30 December Boy at a Window 7: Horniman Museum on Dulwich OnView
27 December Boy at a Window 6: All Saints’ Church on Dulwich OnView
20 December Building upgrade for Trinity College, Dublin on Museum [Insider]
20 December Boy at a Window 5: Dulwich Hospital on Dulwich OnView
5 December New boat museum for Windermere on Museum [Insider]
10 November Looking and thinking ahead: libraries on Museum [Insider]
9 August Why We Love Peckham on Dulwich OnView
18 July New First World War galleries at the Imperial War Museum on Museum [Insider]
15 July Boy at a Window 4: Dulwich College on Dulwich OnView
5 July Boy at a Window 3: Denmark Hill on Dulwich OnView
27 June Preserving Pottery (and Growth) in Stoke on Museum [Insider]
21 June Boy at a Window 2: Brockwell Hall on Dulwich OnView
7 June Boy at a Window: Dulwich Picture Gallery on Dulwich OnView
1 June A Castle Fit for a King (Once Again) (King John’s Castle, Limerick) on Museum [Insider]
Research paper: An Evaluation of Object-Centred Approaches to Museum Interpretation at the British Museum in Museum Gallery Interpretation and Material Culture published by Routledge, 2011. (ISBN: 978-0-415-88575-1)
21 May Completing Kettle’s Yard on Museum [Insider]
My second book: Museum [Insider] Looking Ahead: Handbook of Future Museum and Heritage Projects 2012-2017 published by Heritage Solution Ltd
21 April New Internet galleries for National Media Museum on Museum [Insider]
4 April Water Scott’s home set for £10m revamp on Museum [Insider]
28 March Architect announced for V&A’s courtyard project on Museum [Insider]
22 March West Berkshire Museum to undergo redevelopment on Museum [Insider]
10 March Refurbishment of Torre Abbey on Museum [Insider]
2 March Is 2012 really only about sport? on Museum [Insider]
10 February Postal Museum moves to Swindon on Museum [Insider]
4 February Preston Gallery to return to Glory on Museum [Insider]
25 January Redevelopment at Birmingham Thinktank on Museum [Insider]
6 January 2010: The Year in Review on Museum [Insider]
2010
My first book:
Looking Ahead: Future UK Museum and Heritage Projects 2011-2015 published by Heritage Solution
20 December The Story Museum on Museum [Insider]
4 November Overhaul at the Imperial War Museum on Museum [Insider]
27 October What’s next for museum education? on Museum [Insider]
21 October Comprehensive Spending Review and the heritage sector on Museum [Insider]
14 October Quango Shake Up for Heritage Sector on Museum [Insider]
12 October Transformation for Royal Museum, Edinburgh on Museum [Insider]
24 September New Football Museum for Manchester on Museum [Insider]
9 September Presentation Combining oral history with narration in museum audio guides at oral history seminar at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
25 August Transforming Tate Britain on Museum [Insider]
11 August A Portrait of Scotland on Museum [Insider]
5 August Titanic Museum leads Belfast’s regeneration on Museum [Insider]
3 August Interview with Cllr Veronica Ward on Dulwich OnView
28 July Ancient Egypt mini course for iPhone, made with Zuztertu (available from iTunes store)
20 July Ancient Rome mini-course for iPhone, made with Zuztertu (available from iTunes store)
19 July Giants Causeway Visitor Centre on Museum [Insider]
16 July Happy blogging in Brixton on Dulwich OnView
13 July A library of home improvement on Dulwich OnView
12 July Museum without walls on Museum [Insider]
8 July Permanent home for the Mary Rose on Museum [Insider]
22 June Canterbury Beaney to reopen in 2011 on Museum [Insider]
2 June 700th anniversary of Bannockburn on Museum [Insider]
24 May New galleries for Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery on Museum [Insider]
30 April Wrest Park submit bid to HLF on Museum [Insider]
30 April Breath of fresh air for George Canning on Dulwich OnView
26 April Preston Hall Museum starts spending £7 million on Museum [Insider]
20 April Shakespeare in a supermarket? on Dulwich OnView
14 April St Fagans to become National History Museum of Wales on Museum [Insider]
6 April Seaton Deleval Hall saved for the nation on Museum [Insider]
6 April New website for Kingswood House on Dulwich OnView
25 March Cross-cultural collaboration – comment piece on Museum [Insider]
19 March Is it me or is Henry Moore everywhere on Dulwich OnView
18 March Bletchley Park brought up to date on Museum [Insider]
12 March From Farmyard to Museum on Museum [Insider]
12 February Is Valentines Day dead? A look at romantic pictures in DPG on Dulwich OnView
3 February Controversy at Kengsington Palace on Museum [Insider]
22 January Cutty Sark project sails ahead on Museum [Insider]
19 January Live in Peckham? Wanna be on the telly? on Dulwich OnView
18 January New 20th century galleries planned for Royal Naval Museum on Museum [Insider]
12 and 15 January Two articles about pictures on loan from DPG to Oklahoma City Museum of Art part one – part two on Dulwich OnView
5 January The Dulwich phone box is famous worldwide on Dulwich OnView
2009
11 December How to avoid the Christmas shopping rush on Dulwich OnView
2 November The ‘new’ New Bodleian (University of Oxford) on Museum [Insider]
27 October Test your brain at Dulwich Picture Gallery’s annual quiz on Dulwich OnView
26 October Design Museum on the move – at last? on Museum [Insider]
14 October Stonehenge – a turning point? on Museum [Insider]
01 October New cultural quarter for Great Yarmouth on Museum [Insider]
25 September ZEST: a new art exhibition in East Dulwich on Dulwich OnView
24 September Building works at the new Museum of Somerset on Museum [Insider]
18 September Revised web content for Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery on DPG website
11 September Titanic museum to launch in Southampton on Museum [Insider]
7 September Huge new library for Birmingham on Museum [Insider]
3 September A page about visiting the Peak District for a bed and breakfast website
2 September New archive venture for British Film Institute on Museum [Insider]
25 August What happened to the swamp cypress? (article about craftsman Nic Webb) on Dulwich OnView
24 August More Money for Maidstone Museums on Museum [Insider]
21 August What’s in a name? – some more local place names and the strange stories behind them on Dulwich OnView
20 August A departure from normal service – I edited a conference paper for a Christian researcher, all about the theological concepts behind ‘discipleship’ and its implications for evangelicalism in the UK.
15 August Big plans for Westminster Abbey on Museum [Insider]
07 August Good news in Peckham on Dulwich OnView
05 August Lincoln Castle due revamp for 2015 on Museum [Insider]
26 July BM set to work with UAE on Museum [Insider]
24 July The Lost Zoo of Southwark on Dulwich OnView
22 July Boost for Bedford’s Cultural Quarter on Museum [Insider]
17 July The greatest weekend of all of our lives on Dulwich OnView
16 July 2011 for Bristol’s Harbourside Museum on Museum [Insider]
02 July Who’s Who in the UK Museum Sector? on Museum [Insider]
26 June Glass Artist in East Dulwich (article about Sue King) on Dulwich OnView
24 June Revisiting Rosslyn Chapel on Museum [Insider]
18 June Ambitious Plans for Science Museum on Museum [Insider]
12 June Lost Southwark exhibition at Cuming Museum on Dulwich OnView
09 June Something for everyone in Tate Modern 2 on Museum [Insider]
05 June Paris returns to Dulwich on Dulwich OnView
03 June Design Museum - on the move? on Museum [Insider]
26 May DOV: cultural barometer? on Dulwich OnView
25 May National Railway Museum set to spend £20m on Museum [Insider]
19 May Review of Dulwich Artists’ Open House on Dulwich OnView
18 May Mackintosh’s Glasgow Gem Expands on Museum [Insider]
06 May North West Development Project at the British Museum on Museum [Insider]
02 May Glasgow Guggenheim on Museum [Insider]
01 May Interview with Cllr Lewis Robinson about arts and culture in Southwark on Dulwich OnView
20 April Reinterpreting Kensington Palace on Museum [Insider]
16 April Southend-on-Sea to get a new museum on Museum [Insider]
09 April New ceramics galleries at the V&A on Museum [Insider]
07 April Facebook and Dulwich on Dulwich OnView
31 March Transforming Tate Modern on Museum [Insider]
25 March Plans for V&A to open a new branch in Dundee on Museum [Insider]
20 March Hepworth Wakefield on Museum [Insider]
11 March The brand new Museum of Liverpool on Museum [Insider]
10 March New theatre in Edward Alleyn building on Dulwich OnView
03 March 10 classic banking movies to help us survive the recession on topmoviez
03 March Transforming the Ashmolean on Museum [Insider]
03 March Article about Kingswood House including photo slide and interview with a local councillor on Dulwich OnView
26 Feburary 10 most extreme surf spots on earth on SurfingIreland
23 February Redevelopment of the Royal Museum, Edinburgh on Museum [Insider]
20 February New wing at the National Maritime Museum on Museum [Insider]
17 February Islamic Art lectures at Dulwich Picture Gallery on Dulwich OnView
16 February Plans afoot at Dulwich Picture Gallery on Museum [Insider]
11 February What’s Happening at Hadrian’s Wall? on Museum [Insider]
10 February Article about Kingswood House, south London on Dulwich OnView
06 February Luxurious Water Villas in the Maldives on Maldives2go.com
05 February Celebrating Robert Burns on Museum [Insider]
27 January Interview with author Gemma Weekes on Dulwich OnView
20 January 10 best bodyboarding slabs around the world on Global Surfing
16 January What’s Hot in Dulwich in 2009? on Dulwich OnView
14 January 11 reasons why any online business should have a blog on essentialkeystrokes.com
11 January 5 best southern hemisphere ski resorts on matadortrips.com
2008
30 December Taking Stock of 2008 on Dulwich OnView
26 December What Are You Like: Interview with Tegwen Tucker on Dulwich OnView
16 December La Bouche du Roi on Dulwich OnView
5 December Ideal Christmas Gift for a Teenager in Dulwich on Dulwich OnView
2 December Blowing Our Own Trumpet on Dulwich OnView
25 November How to plan a visit to the Louvre on venere.com
25 November Story Behind the Street: Delawyk Crescent on Dulwich OnView
18 November How to visit the Prado Museum in Madrid on venere.com
14 November The Veil and Latin American Teenagers. At Dulwich Picture Gallery, right? on Dulwich OnView
28 October How to visit the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2 hours on venere.com
28 October Farewell to the Swamp Cypress on Dulwich OnView
28 October Stories Behind the Streets: Gilkes Crescent and Druce Road on Dulwich OnView
25 October A literary walk in Edinburgh, Scotland on venere.com
21 October Sing High and Low: Interview with a new choir on Dulwich OnView
21 October Another Blue Plaque for Dulwich on Dulwich OnView
14 October What’s On Your Mind? on Dulwich OnView
3 October Growing Chillies in Brockwell Park on Dulwich OnView
2 October Driving the Route Napoleon, France on venere.com
26 September Story Behind the Street: The Dutch Estate on Dulwich OnView
16 September The Story Behind the Street on Dulwich OnView
7 September The Best Places to Enjoy an Afternoon Tea in London on venere.com
5 September Who was Edward Alleyn? on Dulwich OnView
29 August A Trip Back In Time With Vincent van Gogh on Dulwich OnView
26 August How To Find Great Food and Drink in Cork on venere.com
25 August 5 wet-weather activities in Manchester on venere.com
15 August Some local sport history on Dulwich OnView
13 August The Best Places to View the London skyline on venere.com
5 August The ‘Myths’ of Transport Planning in South London on Dulwich OnView
29 July Dulwich OnView, Creative Matchmaker on Dulwich OnView
22 July Show and Tell on Dulwich OnView
15 July What’s All The Fuss About That Picture Gallery? on Dulwich OnView
17 June How Did We Do? Quiz Me on Dulwich OnView
A series of articles about pub quizzes in south London:
Monday: The Gowlett, Gowlett Road, SE15
Give Your Brain a Work Out on Dulwich OnView
Tuesday: The Clockhouse, Peckham Rye, SE22
In Search of Genius on Dulwich OnView
Wednesday: Sun and Doves, Coldharbour Lane, SE5
Things can Only get Better in Camberwell on Dulwich OnView
Thursday: The Plough, Lordship Lane SE22
Thursday’s Team has Far to Go on Dulwich OnView
Of course, no pub quizzes on a Friday or Saturday.
Sunday: The Magdala, Lordship Lane, SE22 (alas no more)
In Pursuit of Glory on Dulwich OnView
March 2006 Review of Winslow Homer exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery for Culture 24
November 2005 Caring for Treasures for 24 Hour Museum
April 2005 Belsen1945: The Liberation of a Concentration Camp, a co-authored education web paper for Their Past-Your Future
November 2004 The Point of No Return, features articles for Museums Journal
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