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The Amazing Adventures of Kastner’s Miraculous Pyrophone (Part Two)
This article was written by Rob Sommerlad, Volunteer Research Assistant for Electronic Music. Last week we looked at a curious fire-powered organ invented by Strasbourg’s Fréderic Kastner in 1873. For...
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Coronation collecting
After the heady celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee, which memorabilia are you going to hold on to? When Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne in 1952 and was crowned the year after a whole host of...
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Re-’cycling’
On Saturday I had tickets to see the Men’s Road Race competition. It was terrifically exciting as they zoomed nine times round Box Hill. Shame about the result but ho hum. In recent times Britain has...
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Burglars beware….
This blog was writter by Jared Keller, a part-time Explainer. With so many visitors flying in from abroad, security has been a hot-button issue in the capital all summer. So much so that we here at the...
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Spectacular spectacles
The second installment of Miranda Bud’s blogs… The majority of people will need to wear some form of glasses at some point of their lives, and I am no exception. I was fascinated therefore to discover...
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If the shoe fits…
This post was written by Amy Charlton, a work placement student with the Research & Public History department from Sussex University’s MA Art History and Museum Curating. Pedoscope (Science...
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Unpacking bags of Science: The Voices of Science
This post was written by Tara Knights, a work placement student with the Research & Public History department from Sussex University’s MA Art History and Museum Curating. The Science Museum’s...
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History Carnival 116
Something a bit different from Stories from the Stores today – we’re hosting the History Carnival, and bringing you a roundup of last month’s blogs on history (and a few other links we just found...
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Don’t try this at home
Everyone, at some point in their lives, will ‘accidently’ ingest something that, well, they really shouldn’t have. At best, the event might provide an amusing story to tell your friends, at worst the...
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From blazing skies to bogus shamrock: Giants’ Shoulders 57
Today we’re hosting The Giants’ Shoulders, a monthly event providing a taster of some of the best history of science the blogosphere has offered this month. News of a meteor breaking up over Russia and...
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