Features

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  Garden installation: Plywood ice-skating shelters

  This makes it the coldest city of its size outside Siberia.…
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  An A – Z of gemstones

  Iridescent labradorite, the primary stone here, was newly imported from Siberia.…

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  V&A South Kensington

  At RCM she has performed as a soloist for the concerto by Sibelius and has taken part in some public…

From the Blog

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  #LetsMakeWednesdays – Why do we wear clothes?

  by Helen Hancocks The image below is a woman’s marriage coat made about 120 years ago in Siberia…
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  Collecting Textiles at the Victoria and Albert Museum: first insights (III)

  The core of the 1893 acquisition comprised medieval textiles from Iberian and Sicilian workshops (fig…
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  Watery Wonders: Spectacular Aquatic Entertainment – Part 3, Taking the Horses to Water

  building in Chepstow Street, Manchester, presenting A Village Wedding in 1902, and a new spectacular Siberia…
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  Welcome to Hell!

  Born in Syracuse to an impoverished aristocratic Sicilian family, the early life and training of Zumbo…
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  Behind the Scenes of my Shakespeare Course

  My postdoctoral research focusses on how Sicilian dialect travelling troupes performed Shakespeare at…