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Read more about the article New First World War Galleries IWM London
Looking out to IWM's exterior from the rather balmy top floor. © Sophie Collard

New First World War Galleries IWM London

The new First World War Galleries at the Imperial War Museum in London open 19th July 2014, with the reopening of Imperial War Museum itself. We interviewed James Taylor, the lead curator, about bringing this ambitious project to life as we walked around...

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Read more about the article Jeremy Bentham’s Head and Auto-Icon, UCL, London
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Jeremy Bentham’s Head and Auto-Icon, UCL, London

A flash of lightning as they cut the body of Jeremy Bentham, his head stolen and replaced... why not visit the Utilitarianism-toting philosopher preserved in his case at UCL? It's free. Travel Darkly spoke to curator Nick Booth about the man behind the, erm, man...

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Read more about the article The Grant Museum of Zoology, University Street, London
Brains in jars © UCL, GMZ and Matt Clayton

The Grant Museum of Zoology, University Street, London

University College London's Grant Museum is near the main university building (where Jeremy Bentham's Auto Icon is displayed). The museum has jars of lizards, snakes and moles as well as a cloned domestic cat. Travel Darkly took a look inside...

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Read more about the article M Shed, Bristol, England
The human skin book © Katherine Conlon

M Shed, Bristol, England

Boy meets girl, falls in love. Sadly the girl doesn't love the boy back. Boy finds out girl has a new boyfriend and throws a large stone at girl's head. Ends up hanged at Bristol's New Gaol. After his death, the whole affair is documented in a rather grisly book which can be visited at Bristol's M Shed...

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