Art history is social history and I will die on that hill. Read my latest blog on how the missing Franklin Expedition affected contemporary portrayals of the arctic in the 19th century. Also haunted polar bears. 🐻‍❄️ www.redactedmuseum.com/blog/haunted... #arthistory #arctic #polarbears #history #art

Those #castles scattered across the UK? Status symbols, power plays, and paranoia told by expensive stonework. 🏰 When #Tudor era politics got messier than moats could handle, construction stopped. Read about the rise and fall of fortified houses: www.redactedmuseum.com/blog/ceasean... #history #blog

Next time you visit an #EnglishHeritage or #NationalTrust site, take a moment to notice: is the tearoom in the old kitchens or the old stables? It's always one and once you start clocking it, you’ll never unsee it.

The #britishmuseum recent #silkroads exhibition made me think a lot about Aurel Stein, a significant 19th c. archeologist whose questionable choices we tried to bury as adeptly as the 2nd century shoes he pulled out the desert sands.📜 Read about him in my new blog here: shorturl.at/lKqjK #archeology