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This post is cross-posted from the blog of the Adler Planetarium, Chicago, USA.  It was written after a research visit I made to the...

I was pleased to be able to speak at (and help organise) the Connecting with Collections Symposium a few weeks ago.  That event showcased...

What do museums owe the public?  And what should the public give museums? These questions have been on my mind recently, as I’ve been...

I wrote this post for the blog of the 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine (iCHSTM), which takes...

I’m flying to Chicago on Wednesday.  There’ll be an unusual object in my luggage (is it wise to put that kind of statement online?). ...

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. I recently read a fascinating article about the early years of the...

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. At the start of this project I was only hoping to find some ...

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. In a previous post I introduced one of the main subjects of my...

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. Last Friday was a proud day, as the object I re-discovered and am...

This post is cross-posted (with minor modifications) from the Connecting with Collections blog. This month the Connecting with...

Last Saturday I posted about the proposed new National Curriculum and its programme of study for History.  Yesterday’s Sunday papers...

To those who have managed to keep up with the astounding pace of policy changes flowing from the Department for Education in recent...

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. My current project is about King Arthur’s Table.  I described this...

This is a question I’ve been asked several times, and it’s a reasonable one given that this blog is called “Astrolabes and Stuff”, yet...

Remember when I found King Arthur’s Round Table?  I told the story way back in my second ever blog post.  Go and have a read if you’ve...

We all miss the Sun at this time of year, don’t we?  (Unless you’re reading this from Australia, I suppose.)  Luckily for you, this blog...

In between all the mince pies and playing with my new toys, I had an interesting lesson in media relations last week as a little piece of...

Who's read Prisoners of the Sun?  In this enthralling Tintin story our hero is captured by a group of Inca who have survived in secret. ...

*well, on a disc of MDF, anyway. Want to know how to find the moon?  Of course you do! So far on this blog I have constructed and...

This week I’m back with my equatorium, trying to pin down precisely how well it models Ptolemy’s planetary theories (and, in turn,...