Stephen is surrounded by the tools of his murder and the remains of his tattered robe – perhaps this is a scene that some people recognise on this Boxing Day morning, after the celebratory highs of the day before …

Posters such as this one from the early 80s for the reggae artist Eek-a-Mouse, were designed with simple black graphics and font on a yellow background. Flyers were often designed by band members …

Of the 39 officers who signed this silver box in March 1914 (at Verdala Barracks, Malta hence the name) 13 lost their lives during the First World War, seven of them by October of that year …

Made specifically for, but never used in, the execution of the five ring leaders of the Cato Street conspiracy, this axe is a curious reminder of a time when the state readily killed its own citizens …

Influenced by the world of Van Gogh, Mario Giacoya (born 1951 in Sarandí Grande, Florida) creates artworks that are alive with fluidity and colour. Their approach to landscape painting stands out, a rural landscape …

This is the collected volume of Shakespeare’s plays, bought for Birmingham’s public collection in 1881, is the only copy of this historic book purchased as part of a programme of education and inclusion …

Very few pieces of civic street furniture in Britain survived the Second World War. Many metal poles and railings were taken away to be recycled into weapons for fighting the war. But many people didn’t realise that iron …

“One summer afternoon. I had just washed my stuffed dog and placed it on a drying rack when I heard a mortar shell fall close by. As soon as I realized that the fighting had begun, I rushed back inside” writes Dmytro …

A few months after the end of the Second World War, HMS London sailed from Colombo back to the UK. Members of the ship’s company who were not due for release or repatriation were replaced by people due for return to Britain, including this …

What does home mean to you? It’s a purposefully broad question that this interactive, fact-finding exhibition asks visitors to respond to in a range of ways. Making Home: a Place to Be invites asks broad questions about …

Commissioned for the opening of OCMA’s new building this week, Of many waters… is a 24-foot-wide-by-16-foot-tall multimedia outdoor sculpture …

Sometimes the exterior of the gallery gets taken over as a canvas. Spraying art – yes, let’s call it art – directly onto the art gallery walls provokes thoughts not only about what’s within, but how it’s funded. Don’t get me wrong …

“With an apple, I will astonish Paris” Cezanne once claimed. Leaving his native Aix-en-Provence for Paris in his 20s, this is precisely what he did, a story explored in a new exhibition at Tate Modern. Cezanne’s still lifes …

Images of the fictional village of Llareggub (read it backwards) are usually only ever summoned up in the mind, when hearing a performance or recording of Dylan Thomas's play for voices, 'Under Milk Wood' …

One of those words we haven’t heard for generations then, all of a sudden, it’s back in common usage – a catafalque is a frame for holding a coffin during a funeral or lying-in-state. This one was made in 1865 to support the …

From Squid Game to K-pop and Gangnam Style, the dynamic visual style of modern Korea is immediately recognisable. The ‘Korean Wave’ of colour, upbeat designs and, here, the traditional Korean saekdong garment …

‘Do what you want’ the screen says. People are invited to speak, sing, perform, recite or entertain fellow visitors in this exhibition – a space handed over to anyone from Rochdale to have their own artworks displayed and voices heard …

Smaller than a playing card and more expensive than a mansion, this tiny manuscript offers an insight into the mind of the budding 13-year-old novelist …

The International Council of Museums is meeting in Prague this week and the Czechia post office, Ceska Posta, has created a stamp to mark the occasion …

In the 1960s, applicants to work in a Belgian textile factory had to copy the image on the white board onto a larger board, using thread, correctly and as quickly as possible. People were also tested …

Cats are secretive beasts – you never can quite tell what they’re thinking. And this Ancient Egyptian cat is no exception, hiding a secret for generations, before scientists and the British Museum figured out …

The oldest visual representation of a lion in Georgia (2500–3000 BC) this little golden figurine, highly decorated and just a few centimetres, served as inspiration for the logo of the National Bank of Georgia …

Archaeologists don’t just dig up prehistoric objects. Between 2007 and 2009, the owner of this now corroded USB memory stick – excavated from a muddy secondary school playing field …

By the time tourists visiting Liverpool leave, it is impossible for them to be in any doubt of the city’s link to The Beatles. They are all plastered on all the guided walks, each tourist information sign, every …

At first glance, it might look like a piece of medieval needlework, but this is a modern piece of woven and embroidered tapestry, commissioned in 2017 by Tourism Ireland to celebrate …

Useful for peeking around corners, spreading light in a room and distorting perspective, curved mirrors like these have gone out of fashion since this one was made in the early 1800s. In 2014, the frame …