The #frow in the past

Today, if we want to know the latest fashion trends we just buy a fashion magazine, follow brands on social

15 Feb 2020

Exciting times 150 years ago…

Wrapped up against the Teesdale autumn weather, a delicate French woman holds an ornate ivory handled silver trowel and moves

27 Nov 2019

Monsieur Mazzioli’s floors

Possibly, like me, you may have visited the first floor galleries of the Museum many times and paid little attention

18 Nov 2019

Hockney and Hollywood

Late one afternoon earlier in the year my office received a phone call out of the blue from a gentleman

28 Oct 2019

Shoes, glorious shoes

My recent visit to the Conservation Studios at The Bowes Museum introduced me to an enchanting pair of early 18th

28 Oct 2019

Nottingham Alabaster

Nottingham Alabaster is the name given to English medieval carvings which are small and of a religious theme. The Bowes

9 Oct 2019

Tea, Mrs Bowes?

Afternoon tea is today one of the most quintessentially British things that you can do. But how old is this

12 Aug 2019

Clobbered

The terms ‘clobbered’ and ‘ceramics’ do not sit very well together, given the ‘natural’ tendency of ceramics to break and

19 Jul 2019

One Crazy Day in May

In May the Marketing team, Alison White, Media and PR Officer, Leo Rotaru, Marketing Assistant and myself, took a day

19 Jul 2019

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