“God bless you all. This is your victory. In our long history, we have never seen a greater day than this. Everyone, man or woman, has done their best.” This is part of Winston Churchill’s speech from Whitehall on the 8th May 1945 to a gathered crowd of Londoners celebrating the downfall of the German Reich and the end of World War II in Europe (Hermiston, 2016). Whilst the war would continue until the 14th August 1945 in the east, where the twice atomic bombing of the Empire

It is a surprisingly warm winter evening in Barcelona, November 2024. My friend and I fancied a little break and decided the Catalan capital was the place to be: off-season, no school holidays and a city rich in culture all to ourselves. We have virtually just stepped off the high-speed train from Madrid and the sun is well on its way down but, being the insatiable culture vultures we are, of course we need to check out the historic city centre as we get our bearings. Knowing

Museums are everywhere on Earth, we’ve all been to at least one and if you somehow haven’t, it’s near impossible to go somewhere and not see a sign or promotion for a museum in the area. Even driving we see signs for museums everywhere we go. They have managed to get everywhere in nearly every country and for any subject matter from the sublime to the ridiculous. However, I’m looking at this from a very narrow scope, in that I’m taking an Earthling perspective and a very Eart

In a small museum in Dorchester there exists a very strange model of a man-like dinosaur with green skin and large yellow reptilian eyes. This isn’t a science fiction museum, this is the Dinosaur Museum, the only museum in the UK solely dedicated to Dinosaurs. The model, cast from fibreglass and filled with sand (Russell and Séguin, 1982), is one of the most unique things you can find in a scientific museum like this. Figure 1: The creepy model of the Dinosauroid. (Wikimedia

I am no great art enthusiast, as anyone who knows me will tell you, but there is one piece of artwork I would call my favourite piece. Its official name is The Fallen Madonna but it goes by many names including The Reclining Madonna or The Fallen Madonna with the Ample Figure, and it has quite the history from its creation to today. Figure 1: A full look at the painting Painted by famous Dutch artist van Clomp (1453-1507) early in his life (recognisable as when he was older h

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