Chris Killip: ‘Askam-in-Furness’ 1982 at Cooke’s Studios, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, will include almost 80 previously unseen prints and two letters from Killip to members of the community The post Chris Killip’s newly uncovered archive is being exhibited in Cumbria appeared first on 1854 Photography.| 1854 Photography
The dazzling promise of Broadway and London’s West End is simple: Everyone gets a shot, and the best rise to the top. But walk into almost any major theater today, and you’ll see a new, unspoken law at work-a “40% Black, 50% White (mostly women)” rule that quietly shoves Latinos, Asians, and white men to ...| Cruising The Past
The high-profile divorce of entertainment billionaire David Geffen and his much younger husband, Dav...| Cruising The Past
Brought up in apartheid-era South Africa, Adam Broomberg’s art has always been political and remains so in the Berlin home studio in which he lives and works| 1854 Photography
The shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner completed its final journey, reaching Genoa on Sunday where it will be scrapped. The ship before the negligent disaster by Costa Lines and Carnival Cruises. The nightmare cruise. If this happened in an open sea – thousands more than the TITANIC would die. Cruise-ships can be very dangerous. Especially ...| Cruising The Past
Cruise History - The Old Fall River Line - Everyone from presidents to swindlers sailed the Soun...| Cruising The Past
A detailed analysis of a full-sized digital scan of the Titanic has revealed new insight into the do...| Cruising The Past
Set up in 1990, the space remains committed to image-making and image-makers, and now has a handsome new London home| 1854 Photography
Fantasy Island is a collective publication from both Northern Ireland and the Republic that addresses some of the longest persisting ideas around the nation| 1854 Photography
Zak Waters traces the quiet decline of this fiercely passionate subculture — from its soaring past to its precarious present — capturing a vanishing way of life| 1854 Photography
Did you know that boxing legend Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) came to South Shields in the summer of 1977? Ali was the World Heavyweight Champion at the time so, as you can imagine, his Tyneside visit drew huge crowds. Many came… Read more The post Muhammad Ali and South Shields first appeared on Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Blog.| Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Blog
To commemorate VJ Day, Conservation Officer Ana Flynn shares the story of her grandpa Harry Gregory and the long, long road home from Burma. For most, the Second World War ended on 8 May 1945 with VE Day. For my… Read more The post The Forgotten War first appeared on Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Blog.| Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Blog
The floating palace for the rich and famous: Vintage photos reveal glamor on board the Queen Mary du...| Cruising The Past
In 1929, the German airship Graf Zeppelin began her round-the-world voyage from Lakehurst, New Jerse...| Cruising The Past
The photographer tells BJP about Beeton Grove, a tender photobook documenting the rhythms of a neighbourhood, published by Bluecoat Press| 1854 Photography
A kind of paradise used to be at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Heights. Built when Hol...| Cruising The Past
Repressed under communism, Polish photography burst into new life after 1989 and is now creatively evolving again, says Karolina Ziębińska-Lewandowska, director of the Museum of Warsaw| 1854 Photography
What Did You Want to See? at Ikon Gallery turns the lens on Birmingham’s Muslim community, reclaiming visibility through portraiture and architecture| 1854 Photography
Over 900 German-Jewish passengers had purchased return passage in Cabin Class and 3rd Class on the H...| Cruising The Past
A group show put together by a Polish and a Hungarian curator, European Kinship: Eastern European Perspective picks out a shared sensibility across Eastern Europe – and beyond| 1854 Photography
As Peter Mitchell’s retrospective opens at The Photographer’s Gallery in London, we look back at our coverage of the show’s opening in Leeds last year| 1854 Photography
The Afropean author is back with a touring show, curating working-class photographers to present an alternative reading of class aesthetics| 1854 Photography
Years before social media, the photographer was already critical of our obsession with celebrity culture and mocked the idea of spectacle| 1854 Photography
by Confoederatio Ludens Bern, Switzerland, September 11-12, 2025 Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=histgames2025 Submission deadline: March 14, 2025 How do we write a history of video gaming? As scholars argue (Sicart, 2011; Triclot, 2011; Newman, 2017; Trépanier-Jobin, 2021; Berry, 2022), video gaming should be understood as an ongoing interaction between artifacts—such as games, rules, machines, screens, images, … Continue reading Call for Paper: Historicizing G....| Confoederatio Ludens
The STELLA POLARIS was considered one of the most elegant and exclusive devoted to cruising. Th...| Cruising The Past
The German shipping magnate was responsible for turning Germany into a world leader in ocean tra...| Cruising The Past
We know that there was more to the world’s pageant master than met the eye.| The Historic England Blog
Described| Riverdale Historical Society—since 1999
An overview of the conservation process of two medieval boots in the Norfolk Museums Service's collection.| Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
We have been honoured to talk to exhibition visitors whose family members feature in the photographs taken in Norwich by … More| Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Along with The Daily Kos, I was party to a significant decision for bloggers and free speech rights....| Cruising The Past
Letters of introduction were the reference letters of the past.| Shannon Selin
If you were taking a trip before the dawn of rail travel, you’d likely be stopping at a post-house.| Shannon Selin
Unpick the legacy of the historian who made pioneering contributions to history and international feminism.| The Historic England Blog
Explore the history of one of the most iconic queer landmarks in Birmingham.| The Historic England Blog
In the 1950s... an APL ships sails from San Francisco for an Around The World Cruise... First Cl...| Cruising The Past
Norwich Works: The Industrial Photography of Walter and Rita Nurnberg marked a particular point in the history of Norwich’s economy and celebrated the people who were part of it. The exhibition sho…| Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Discover the writers who carved queer literary legacies in Cornwall’s inspiring coastal landscapes.| The Historic England Blog
From Cecil Daily:| Women of History
Discover the story of these northern English boxing clubs rooted in working-class community life.| The Historic England Blog