At its core, art is the language of emotion, sentimental states, emotional situations, and personal mood and some art is defined as a beautiful and enjoyable expression stemming from human emotion. Art is almost becoming a fundamental human need, reflected in the sheer volume and diversity of art forms across all aspects of life today. Its importance is evident in the numerous rock art sites scattered throughout the world, dating back to various periods. These sites are inscr

I’m sure everyone reading this has experienced bad customer service when purchasing something, whether that’s during purchase, delivery, or using the item once you have it. Nowadays, it’s very easy to express your dissatisfaction with it, as you can easily email, call, go in person, or leave a review expressing your anger and disappointment. However, that was not quite the case in the ancient world, where it was rather more difficult to leave written feedback. Paper is quite

Unless otherwise stated, all information referenced here comes from the Leicester Museum and Art Gallery display of the dinosaur. Admittedly quite a large object, the “Rutland Dinosaur” can be easily viewed at the Museum and Art Gallery here at Leicester, and is notable for being one of the most complete dinosaurs of its type (sauropod) found in Britain. Figure 1: The Cetiosaurus from the front. (Author photo) Discovered by Bill Boddington (no, I’m not making that name up), t

I love a graveyard. Something about walking through the hundreds of headstones, reading the epitaphs of people I never knew and will never know, uncovering stories in the names and dates - it makes me feel like I’m glimpsing into the past, and gives me a sense of connection to humanity as a whole. I get the same feeling when in Bath Abbey, which isn’t surprising considering that the Abbey has almost 1500 memorials covering the walls and floors, and that for much of its 1300+

I first learnt about the Pansy Project when I was exploring the queer symbolism of different flowers, such as lavender, green carnations and pansies. Formerly a slur used against gay men dating back to the 1920s and 1930s, Paul Farfleet has reclaimed ‘pansies’ and since 2005 has been planting the flowers at different sites of homophobic and transphobic abuse. When I visited the Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool, I did not know the project was on display. At first, I was greeted b

Its 2025. I’m approaching the end of my palaeontology studies, and it concludes with a journey across southern Germany. This trip saw me and my classmates visit many of the country’s natural history museums. The first museum we visited was the Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt. It was a wonderful museum that I sadly didn’t have time to fully explore and hope to return to one day. Although there are several choices in where to go upon entering the museum, the dinosaur footp